Killed a deer on the ground withno blind just you and the woods? Story to tell? No tree stand at all. Archery equipment only.

My dear Fraley (tony),

I have killed 3 bucks from the ground with no blind and 1 doe. Of those three bucks one includes my 130" from last season.

I got stories up the wazoo of many other deer as well. I used to hunt about 70% of the time from the ground with no blind and 30% out of a tree. These days its more like 90% tree and 10% ground.

NONE

I've killed 2 and missed one. All does. The miss was with my longbow. It would have most likely been 3 of 3 had I had the compound.

What kind of longbow do you use? Recommend that over a recurve? I need to research those 2 bow a bit more.

I have one made by lakevalley. It's a small custom bowyer.
Longbows are fun to shoot. But I would recommend shooting both a longbow & recurve before you decide. Generally the recurves are going to be a bit quicker. The doe I missed, ducked A LOT at only 15 yds. My longbow is fairly slow.

Thank You, recurves shorter also?

None here Tony.

I got a buck last year from the ground. He was cruising about 70yds out, I gave a few grunts and he gave me a shot at 33yds.

i always hunt out of the open on the ground just behind a brush pile. i have killed all four of my deer like that. i have almost been bowhunting for a year now. and i never rifle hunted for the deer either. so this weekend will be one year lol