Taking one off the ground??
08-20-2007, 09:01 AM
#2
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Oct 1998
Location: Hughesville, PA USA
Posts: 18,322
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.
My one want is to take one on the ground while stalking a corn field.
08-20-2007, 09:03 AM
#4
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2003
Posts: 3,913
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.
08-20-2007, 09:04 AM
#5
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: North Lima Ohio & Clarion Pa
Posts: 6,453
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.
No bigger rush..but i'd never hunted from a treestand..so it was the norm for me.
08-20-2007, 09:08 AM
#7
Dominant Buck
Thread Starter
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location:
Posts: 21,043
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.
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.
08-20-2007, 09:15 AM
#9
Typical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Northwoods of WI
Posts: 990
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
