Braveheart and Firefly are going to Kenny's! Now with Pics!

[T Folts]

I got a text from Steve reporting great deer activity and sightings. Waiting for the text with kill pics when they get one.

[Cyclic-Rivers]

     

Its time for Zwickey to have a job.

[Joeabowhunter]

   

[Doc Nock]

My, my, my...

Couldn't happen to greater people... judging by Tim and since he likes his companions, they MUST be good'uns!


Hope you guys get some shooting and bring home meat... memories are wonderful, but a plate full of venison enhances those memories or so I'm told!

  :eek:    

[Russ Clagett]

Updates....?

[Yellow Dog]

Just talked to Steve about an hour or so ago. They are having a great time and have been covered in deer. Several opportunities and I think things are about to heat up. More to follow for sure.

 

[Gator1]

Mike

Thanks for the update. Speedy recovery to you...      

[kennym]

Still seeing plenty of deer. Things just haven't aligned yet.

My theory on trad bowhunting is a lot of things have to go right to shoot a deer, but only one thing wrong and no go.

I think they are enjoying tho, and that is the most important part.

I know I'm enjoying visiting with all three of them!!      

[SlowBowinMO]

Well we've got a connection at the moment so I'll throw in a little update.  Far too many stories to begin to tell but I'll give a summary.

LOTS of deer.  I guess that isn't news.  But LOTS of large bucks running around.  So many that it messes with your head!    

I am normally not much of a trophy hunter, I immensely enjoy shooting does and am pretty much a shoot and drag kind of guy.  But here, with all these good bucks, I have held off.  I have passed a slam dunk shot on a little doe, a so so shot on a big doe, and let two different smaller bucks walk despite their pretending to be 3d targets for 10-15 minutes at a time.   :D   I see deer virtually every time out and just this morning stumbled (   ) into a couple of nice ones again.  They are still mature whitetails though, so not easy nuts to crack but wow what a fun hunt this has been! It is now nearing the end however so my restraint may not hold.   :p

Jim Jones has still been hard on a large buck he spotted the very first morning.  He has had 4 encounters, 3 of them in bow range, but he hasn't quite been able get the one up on him in the chess game.   He is having great fun, but since he is hard on that buck deep in a wood lot he has seen fewer deer overall.

Steve has been voted "most likely to be run over by deer", we have all seen plenty but Steve seems to be a magnet.  He has several times found himself surrounded and had the problem of too many deer a couple of times.  He tried to draw twice on two different large does at just 7 yards on the ground but got busted before he could execute.  He too has seen plenty of good bucks.

What a great place!  It has been a fantastic hunt even if nothing else happened from here on out.  

[T Folts]

Great update. keep at it guy's.

[Joeabowhunter]

Man this sounds great.

[Cyclic-Rivers]

 

Keep at it.  Good Luck  

[SlowBowinMO]

Well I am back from one the best hunts of my life.  Thanks Kenny!  No deer were harmed during this hunt but only because we chose for it to be that way.  Each of us had at least one deer we had dead to rights that we let walk.  Anyway I thought I'd post a couple pics for those interested.

Here's the hacienda, great accommodations that totally makes the hunt.

 

[SlowBowinMO]

These are no particular order, sorry.  Here's a nice scrape I found, despite it being early December it had been cleaned up fairly recently.

[SlowBowinMO]

Rubs were all over the place but this one caught my attention!  That's one of my Firefly Bows for reference.   :D  

 

[SlowBowinMO]

Here's the world's best host Kenny who had stopped by for a visit.  I tried to get a picture when he didn't know I was taking one but he is too smart for that!  Kenny knows more about the place and what the deer are doing than the deer do.  

 

[Mac Hicks]

Glad you had a good hunt Tim.  I was hoping to see some hero pics today, but we all know that is not the only measure of success.  Thanks for the pictures and reports.  We are really looking forward to getting out there next week.

[SlowBowinMO]

Mac we were all hoping for some hero pics but I guess we'll just have to make up for it next time.

Here is Firefly bowyer Jim Jones plotting his next attack on the big buck in the wood lot.  Jim has a quip for most situations and is sure fun to be around.  He knows so much about bows and building them you can learn a lot if you shut up and listen.   :p  

 

[SlowBowinMO]

Here is Jim with our hunt companion Steve.  He has a honey locust board he got from Kenny.  Sometimes I wasn't sure if Jim came for the deer or to talk bow building with Kenny.  That and Jim had to see all the wood Kenny had, Jim has enough bow wood to last him 3 lifetimes but he can't stop buying more!

Steve is a deer magnet and very good hunter.  He has one of the best eyes for spotting deer I've ever seen too.  By the end of the hunt Jim and I figured out Steve was cheating though, turns out he was using Diet Pepsi for bait!   :D  

 

[SlowBowinMO]

Jim and I celebrate the renewal of another multi-million dollar Braveheart Archery / Firefly Bows supply contract.