MISSED a DANDY last night
#13
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Harford Co Maryland USA
Posts: 4,966
RE: MISSED a DANDY last night
It could've been far worse . . . suppose you HAD hit him, but with a gut shot or something similar? Every ethical archer would choose to miss an animal entirely rather than wound and then lose it. This way, you still have plenty of opportunity this season to take him. He'll no doubt be much more cautious in the same scenario next time, so you might want to try setting up on an approach route further back in the brush--he's probably gonna start hanging up in there waiting for dark soon anyway. Good Luck!
Today's small bucks are tomorrow's trophies.
Today's small bucks are tomorrow's trophies.
#14
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Hilliard OH USA
Posts: 328
RE: MISSED a DANDY last night
Keep at it!
Take a look at the inexpensive optical rangefinder that works by aligning the image. Go out to a football field and set the element at 20 yards with a target or a friend and your set! Then range several trees, bushes, dirt clods, corn cobs, sticks ... well you get the idea and you have know yardage markers.
Good Luck!
Greg
"Getting close to the game is the joy of Bowhunting for me, the harvest is a bonus."
Live 15 ft Python after eating a small Antelope!
Take a look at the inexpensive optical rangefinder that works by aligning the image. Go out to a football field and set the element at 20 yards with a target or a friend and your set! Then range several trees, bushes, dirt clods, corn cobs, sticks ... well you get the idea and you have know yardage markers.
Good Luck!
Greg
"Getting close to the game is the joy of Bowhunting for me, the harvest is a bonus."
Live 15 ft Python after eating a small Antelope!