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ORIGINAL: pigiron
I'm amazed that this paragraph follows immediately afterthe story of yourcomplete disreguardfor bowhunting ethics.
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ORIGINAL: wack
To ad insult to injury, as I was waiting to climb down, I see the buck I've been after for this the 7th year. He has 1 white sock on his left front leg that goes up past his knee. His twin sister was my first bow kill, I spared his life when he was a nubber buck and again when he was 2 1/2 years old. he's now about a 24" spread and 12 points, I'm guessing 160 class min. well over 200 lbs with real dark antlers and was bedded 50 yards behind my stand tonight.
ORIGINAL: wack
To ad insult to injury, as I was waiting to climb down, I see the buck I've been after for this the 7th year. He has 1 white sock on his left front leg that goes up past his knee. His twin sister was my first bow kill, I spared his life when he was a nubber buck and again when he was 2 1/2 years old. he's now about a 24" spread and 12 points, I'm guessing 160 class min. well over 200 lbs with real dark antlers and was bedded 50 yards behind my stand tonight.
I'm amazed that this paragraph follows immediately afterthe story of yourcomplete disreguardfor bowhunting ethics.
Sorry for the bash wack, but really..... what did you expect. Your post was worded in a way that made it sound like you intentionally made a spine shot.
There's been a few "Gotcha" threads lately, as well as a few threads that are just plain shocking (head shots with a bow), so anymore nothing really surprises me.
I'm happy to hear of your recovery, and congradulations.
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#38
Now that I started reading the whole post before replying I have 2 things to say.
1. Nice buck im sure and congrats on the recovery.
2. We wont see no pics because he was in a hurry to cool the deer down. Thus he didn't get no pics of the buck and he skinned it right away.
1. Nice buck im sure and congrats on the recovery.
2. We wont see no pics because he was in a hurry to cool the deer down. Thus he didn't get no pics of the buck and he skinned it right away.
#39
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ORIGINAL: wack
Relax guys, I went back and it took 15 minutes for me to find my 8 pointer. He was only about 25 yards past were i gave up the blood trail.
When I wrote last night I was a bit scattered. I read what I wrote and see why I'm getting bashed. I wasn't aiming for a spine shot. I WAS aiming for a quartering away heart lung shot. It ducked and roled away from the arrow. If I was aiming for the spine i would have missed completely because of the way it ducked down. I was aiming at the left side. The arrow went in between the spine and right shoulder. He rolled his back toward me, dropped his front left leg which is why the arrow was staight up and down, and made it in far enough to get 1 lung. When I first saw the buck drop in his tracks, I knew he tried ducking the arrow and I was relieved that it looked like a good spine shot. He didn't get up for at least 4 minutes. I could only see his hind quarter when he was laying there, I knocked another arrow right away but the way he was just laying there, I didn't think he was going to need another arrow..... until he got back up. The 50 yard shot was stupid. I practiced it a few times but just enough to know that I shouldn't take a 50 yard shot. If I wouldn't have taken the 2nd shot I think he might have just layed down again and died with in sight. My first thought after the 2nd arrow was," that looked like a Tred Barta shot." not my proudest moment, but now seeing the deer, I did draw blood with the hair cut, may have added a few blood drops to the thin blood trail I had to follow.
As far as:
I also want to add that this is the highest stand I hunt from, about 20 feet high. I use a pendulum sight and don't care about exact yardage, just that it's under 40 yards. Anything under 40 aim dead on with single pin. In my mind the shot was at about 25 yards. He's got a big body, high stand, it looked to be perfect range Later ranging the spot where he fell was 36 yards. The actual impact I'd guesstamate at about 30 yards. I promised myself to keep my shots under 30 this season, I'm changing that thought to 25 yards as of now.
This is also the first Quik Spin Speed Hunter vanes I've ever shot at an animal. He deffinitly heard the arrow coming, I wont be using them next year. My bow is about as quiet as they get, I was surprised to see him jump the string, he was eating and looking the other way, I didn't hurry my shot at all.
So you all can bash away, I knew it was coming, I bashed myself all night got home at 5:30 am. Whle bashing me please remember how easy it is to make a mistake while hunting. It's easy to preach and point fingers but it all comes down to what you do with buck fever and split second decissions. One second I'm looking at the perfect dream shot, the next second I'm looking at I don't know where it hit shot, then it looks like a spine shot, deer down. I'm happy but confused, how did he duck like that? Then he gets up and walks away staggering! Up down up down, I panicked and flung a desperate arrow.
So yea, I screwed up, I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN it was at 30 and not 25, and that he would jump my string and arrow. After the shot, laying on the ground for 4 minutes, I thought he was dead plus I couldn't see where my arrow was or anything but his hind legs, and they weren't moving....until he got up and started walking......What a night, and it's not over yet. He's hanging in the garage, hide off and it's already in the 60's. Time to finish quartering.
Thanks for all the support, you guys are all wonderfull. It's nice to know I have a lot of perfect hunters here who I can draw inspiration and knowledge from. lol
No one is pefect here! A big reason why you hit that deer as high as you did was because the shot was to far out! A 36 yard shot gives that deer or any animal alot of time to either jump the string or move before that arrow gets to that animal! Everyone or alot of people thinkthey can take these long shots with these new compounds, this is getting rediculous, these are not guns were shooting, there still a bow and arrow!I blame alot of the archery shops for all this. I've been at a few shops where people young or old are there to purchase a new bow and the guy working there tells them this bow is quick enough or fast enough to take 40 yard shots at animals! This makes me sick! That is not something a person should be telling anyone who is buying a bow or is just getting into bow hunting for the first time. 9 times out of 10 these guys are going to take the advise of these so called proffesionals!ORIGINAL: wack
Relax guys, I went back and it took 15 minutes for me to find my 8 pointer. He was only about 25 yards past were i gave up the blood trail.
When I wrote last night I was a bit scattered. I read what I wrote and see why I'm getting bashed. I wasn't aiming for a spine shot. I WAS aiming for a quartering away heart lung shot. It ducked and roled away from the arrow. If I was aiming for the spine i would have missed completely because of the way it ducked down. I was aiming at the left side. The arrow went in between the spine and right shoulder. He rolled his back toward me, dropped his front left leg which is why the arrow was staight up and down, and made it in far enough to get 1 lung. When I first saw the buck drop in his tracks, I knew he tried ducking the arrow and I was relieved that it looked like a good spine shot. He didn't get up for at least 4 minutes. I could only see his hind quarter when he was laying there, I knocked another arrow right away but the way he was just laying there, I didn't think he was going to need another arrow..... until he got back up. The 50 yard shot was stupid. I practiced it a few times but just enough to know that I shouldn't take a 50 yard shot. If I wouldn't have taken the 2nd shot I think he might have just layed down again and died with in sight. My first thought after the 2nd arrow was," that looked like a Tred Barta shot." not my proudest moment, but now seeing the deer, I did draw blood with the hair cut, may have added a few blood drops to the thin blood trail I had to follow.
As far as:
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ORIGINAL: pigiron
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ORIGINAL: wack
To ad insult to injury, as I was waiting to climb down, I see the buck I've been after for this the 7th year. He has 1 white sock on his left front leg that goes up past his knee. His twin sister was my first bow kill, I spared his life when he was a nubber buck and again when he was 2 1/2 years old. he's now about a 24" spread and 12 points, I'm guessing 160 class min. well over 200 lbs with real dark antlers and was bedded 50 yards behind my stand tonight.
I'm amazed that this paragraph follows immediately after the story of your complete disreguard for bowhunting ethics.
I don't understand why your panties are in a bundle over this? I was waiting, killing time. Not wanting to push the wounded buck to the next county. Same while writing . I had several good arrows left and when I saw white sock, I had 0 intentions of shooting another arrow. He could have stood right under me and I wouldn't even grabbed my bow. Matter of fact I also had a doe at 15 yards durring my wait. Didn't shoot her either even though I've got 2 doe tags to fill.quote:
ORIGINAL: pigiron
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ORIGINAL: wack
To ad insult to injury, as I was waiting to climb down, I see the buck I've been after for this the 7th year. He has 1 white sock on his left front leg that goes up past his knee. His twin sister was my first bow kill, I spared his life when he was a nubber buck and again when he was 2 1/2 years old. he's now about a 24" spread and 12 points, I'm guessing 160 class min. well over 200 lbs with real dark antlers and was bedded 50 yards behind my stand tonight.
I'm amazed that this paragraph follows immediately after the story of your complete disreguard for bowhunting ethics.
I also want to add that this is the highest stand I hunt from, about 20 feet high. I use a pendulum sight and don't care about exact yardage, just that it's under 40 yards. Anything under 40 aim dead on with single pin. In my mind the shot was at about 25 yards. He's got a big body, high stand, it looked to be perfect range Later ranging the spot where he fell was 36 yards. The actual impact I'd guesstamate at about 30 yards. I promised myself to keep my shots under 30 this season, I'm changing that thought to 25 yards as of now.
This is also the first Quik Spin Speed Hunter vanes I've ever shot at an animal. He deffinitly heard the arrow coming, I wont be using them next year. My bow is about as quiet as they get, I was surprised to see him jump the string, he was eating and looking the other way, I didn't hurry my shot at all.
So you all can bash away, I knew it was coming, I bashed myself all night got home at 5:30 am. Whle bashing me please remember how easy it is to make a mistake while hunting. It's easy to preach and point fingers but it all comes down to what you do with buck fever and split second decissions. One second I'm looking at the perfect dream shot, the next second I'm looking at I don't know where it hit shot, then it looks like a spine shot, deer down. I'm happy but confused, how did he duck like that? Then he gets up and walks away staggering! Up down up down, I panicked and flung a desperate arrow.
So yea, I screwed up, I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN it was at 30 and not 25, and that he would jump my string and arrow. After the shot, laying on the ground for 4 minutes, I thought he was dead plus I couldn't see where my arrow was or anything but his hind legs, and they weren't moving....until he got up and started walking......What a night, and it's not over yet. He's hanging in the garage, hide off and it's already in the 60's. Time to finish quartering.
Thanks for all the support, you guys are all wonderfull. It's nice to know I have a lot of perfect hunters here who I can draw inspiration and knowledge from. lol
#40
SCBigBuckHunter , 10-21-2007 09:55 AM
Typical Buck
Glad you found your Buck. I too am glad you did not do that intentionally. Thanks for clearing that up.