Taking one off the ground??
 

Think I might try this, this season.

Is it as big a rush as people say it is?

Who's done this? Who's done it with trad. gear?

RE: Taking one off the ground??
 

Only ever one with a bow Jeff, 2005's Buck, you can see it in my teams contest thread, remember 4 points one side, 12" spike on the other. I was hunting turkeys out of a ground blind when I took him at 19" yards. Yes it was a rush.....not more or less though, perhaps it was the blind. Well, there was a little more to the rush, it was my first and only birthday deer.

My one want is to take one on the ground while stalking a corn field.

RE: Taking one off the ground??
 

I've taken 6 deer off the ground with the bow. It's a rush, no doubt. You have to be prepared to get busted alot, at least I did. I didn't use a ground blind though, I just hid in blow downs etc.

RE: Taking one off the ground??
 

I got the buck in my avatar last year off the ground using doe in estrus scent and rattling antlers...but hes not a monster and it was with a hoyt.

RE: Taking one off the ground??
 

First bow buck 8 point taken off the ground, no blind just kneeling in a tree-line. shot from me knees.

No bigger rush..but i'd never hunted from a treestand..so it was the norm for me.

RE: Taking one off the ground??
 

It's a rush for me. You "fail" alot but it can be alot of fun.

RE: Taking one off the ground??
 

If it's "no big deal".....then I'll stay perched.

Taking a turkey with the bow vs. shotgun was a totally different experience (both in mindset, season approach, and level of difficulty....for ME).

THAT is the kind of difference I was looking for.....or I won't try it.

RE: Taking one off the ground??
 

I took my elk at 12 yards off the ground with my bow, but never took a deer with a bow on the ground. It would be a rush! I know the elk was.

RE: Taking one off the ground??
 

I think it is a huge deal. I have taken many deer from the ground with a rifle but only one with the bow. It was exciting. It was a doe at 5 yards. I pulled on her when she was about 30 yards and had to wait for her to stop. It was a rush

RE: Taking one off the ground??
 

I've done it. It's not out of the ordinary for me though so the "rush" also does not seem out of the ordinary.