How many air-balls?
05-22-2008 | 03:50 PM
#21
Nontypical Buck
Joined: Nov 2007
Posts: 2,571
Likes: 0
From: Kansas city, Missouri
RE: How many air-balls?
but as an ending note, lets say im better with a bow than a gun[
] i have missed at least 5shooters with my gun[:@]so..........i am now a bowhunter only unless im hunting for elk, moose etc..
] i have missed at least 5shooters with my gun[:@]so..........i am now a bowhunter only unless im hunting for elk, moose etc..
05-22-2008 | 03:55 PM
#22
Thread Starter
Nontypical Buck
Joined: Feb 2003
Posts: 4,436
Likes: 0
From: Northern Idaho's Panhandle
RE: How many air-balls?
ORIGINAL: Steven McBee
but as an ending note, lets say im better with a bow than a gun[] i have missed at least 5shooters with my gun[:@]so..........i am now a bowhunter only unless im hunting for elk, moose etc..
but as an ending note, lets say im better with a bow than a gun[
] i have missed at least 5shooters with my gun[:@]so..........i am now a bowhunter only unless im hunting for elk, moose etc..
Steve, where ya hunt elk moose at??
05-22-2008 | 04:02 PM
#23
Nontypical Buck
Joined: Feb 2003
Posts: 1,180
Likes: 0
From: Elkville, IL
RE: How many air-balls?
Thanks for rubbing salt in the wound(s) Shed, geesh!
I have managed to kill some good bucks, but I am fortunate to live in a state where you have a chance if you do some work. I grew up in mid-western Illinois in McDonough county which is close to the famed Fulton county and about 1 1/2 hrs. from Pike and Adams. After I missed the first big deer I mentioned, we managed to get the lease on that farm and myfriends still have it. One of them killed a 213" non-typical therethree years ago during gun seasonand they consistantly kill P&Y deer every year during bow season. Ifmy business partners scanner still works I'llscan a pic. andI'll post it for you. I now live in the southern portion of the state and while the bodies on the deer aren't quite as big, butthe antlers are still there. The other two I mentioned were on a farm that has been managed well for over 10 years and that I am now in on a lease with a few other guys. Contrary to what theOutdoor Channel might have you believe, there aren't Booners behind every tree here, but we haveour share.
I have managed to kill some good bucks, but I am fortunate to live in a state where you have a chance if you do some work. I grew up in mid-western Illinois in McDonough county which is close to the famed Fulton county and about 1 1/2 hrs. from Pike and Adams. After I missed the first big deer I mentioned, we managed to get the lease on that farm and myfriends still have it. One of them killed a 213" non-typical therethree years ago during gun seasonand they consistantly kill P&Y deer every year during bow season. Ifmy business partners scanner still works I'llscan a pic. andI'll post it for you. I now live in the southern portion of the state and while the bodies on the deer aren't quite as big, butthe antlers are still there. The other two I mentioned were on a farm that has been managed well for over 10 years and that I am now in on a lease with a few other guys. Contrary to what theOutdoor Channel might have you believe, there aren't Booners behind every tree here, but we haveour share.
05-22-2008 | 04:08 PM
#25
Thread Starter
Nontypical Buck
Joined: Feb 2003
Posts: 4,436
Likes: 0
From: Northern Idaho's Panhandle
RE: How many air-balls?
ORIGINAL: Brett/IL
Thanks for rubbing salt in the wound(s) Shed, geesh!
I have managed to kill some good bucks, but I am fortunate to live in a state where you have a chance if you do some work. I grew up in mid-western Illinois in McDonough county which is close to the famed Fulton county and about 1 1/2 hrs. from Pike and Adams. After I missed the first big deer I mentioned, we managed to get the lease on that farm and myfriends still have it. One of them killed a 213" non-typical therethree years ago during gun seasonand they consistantly kill P&Y deer every year during bow season. Ifmy business partners scanner still works I'llscan a pic. andI'll post it for you. I now live in the southern portion of the state and while the bodies on the deer aren't quite as big, butthe antlers are still there. The other two I mentioned were on a farm that has been managed well for over 10 years and that I am now in on a lease with a few other guys. Contrary to what theOutdoor Channel might have you believe, there aren't Booners behind every tree here, but we haveour share.
Thanks for rubbing salt in the wound(s) Shed, geesh!
I have managed to kill some good bucks, but I am fortunate to live in a state where you have a chance if you do some work. I grew up in mid-western Illinois in McDonough county which is close to the famed Fulton county and about 1 1/2 hrs. from Pike and Adams. After I missed the first big deer I mentioned, we managed to get the lease on that farm and myfriends still have it. One of them killed a 213" non-typical therethree years ago during gun seasonand they consistantly kill P&Y deer every year during bow season. Ifmy business partners scanner still works I'llscan a pic. andI'll post it for you. I now live in the southern portion of the state and while the bodies on the deer aren't quite as big, butthe antlers are still there. The other two I mentioned were on a farm that has been managed well for over 10 years and that I am now in on a lease with a few other guys. Contrary to what theOutdoor Channel might have you believe, there aren't Booners behind every tree here, but we haveour share.
Send me some pix please, and while your doing it..show me that bow too! good luck
05-22-2008 | 04:10 PM
#26
Nontypical Buck
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 1,552
Likes: 0
From: Normal, IL
RE: How many air-balls?
I cant remember for sure, but I think 3. I had several misses back during my first couple of years bowhunting. Usualy with bucks I have no problems its the does that get me.
05-22-2008 | 04:26 PM
#27
Nontypical Buck
Joined: Jul 2006
Posts: 4,487
Likes: 0
From: St. Louis, MO
RE: How many air-balls?
2 clean misses on bucks, both in my first year of archery hunting. The first was a 1.5 year oldbuck at a scrape. He was sniffing the tree trunk when I shot. My arrow clipped the overhanging branch and it fell into the scrape. I think I may have been admireing his headgear.[:@]
The second was a buck I saw as I was walking back to my truck. I had reached the edge of a field and he was following a doe across it in my general direction. He was a good sized buck too, 130" I bet.I thought he was 30 yards, he was more like 40+. Right under his chest.
That was the last time I missed a buck that I have launched an arrow at.
The second was a buck I saw as I was walking back to my truck. I had reached the edge of a field and he was following a doe across it in my general direction. He was a good sized buck too, 130" I bet.I thought he was 30 yards, he was more like 40+. Right under his chest.
That was the last time I missed a buck that I have launched an arrow at.
05-22-2008 | 04:38 PM
#28
Nontypical Buck
Joined: Feb 2003
Posts: 1,180
Likes: 0
From: Elkville, IL
RE: How many air-balls?
Shed-I was just giving you a hard time. I can take, and give, a hard time with the best of them. I will try to get some pics of that big non-typical scanned and posted for all you guys.
05-22-2008 | 04:46 PM
#29
Nontypical Buck
Joined: Nov 2007
Posts: 2,571
Likes: 0
From: Kansas city, Missouri
RE: How many air-balls?
ORIGINAL: shed33
Steve, where ya hunt elk moose at??
ORIGINAL: Steven McBee
but as an ending note, lets say im better with a bow than a gun[] i have missed at least 5shooters with my gun[:@]so..........i am now a bowhunter only unless im hunting for elk, moose etc..
but as an ending note, lets say im better with a bow than a gun[
] i have missed at least 5shooters with my gun[:@]so..........i am now a bowhunter only unless im hunting for elk, moose etc..
Steve, where ya hunt elk moose at??
www.kesslercanyon.com
05-22-2008 | 05:01 PM
#30
Nontypical Buck
Joined: May 2006
Posts: 1,482
Likes: 0
From: IA/WI/IL
RE: How many air-balls?
I have to be truthfull, I have never had a deer get away unscathed. Its a very odd stat considering I have taken more than a dozen deer and not one I am proud of....I have had a few(too many) shots I wished I missed after the fact. I missed one buck due to the string catching on my collar, but he didnt get away unscathed - I got a second shot that I wont discuss as no one would believe me....he got away relatively unharmed anyway.
I have missed a few dozen squirrels, a bunch of turkeys, and many coyotes. Turkeys I just have a hard time hitting, and coyotes have insane reflexes.
I have missed a few dozen squirrels, a bunch of turkeys, and many coyotes. Turkeys I just have a hard time hitting
, and coyotes have insane reflexes.