well what do you think??
10-21-2008, 01:14 PM
#31
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Posts: 7,208
RE: well what do you think??
ran into the same two deer again wi'll searching one had my arrow my arrow in it. i glassed them for a little while. well i know he is still out there alive now so i guess i owe it to him to tie a tag on him so that's what i'll be doing as soon as i get more broadheads.
good cause i need one. i'm sick of sucking at bow hunting.
Bowhunting isn't a wing it type pursuit, heading out without being proficient & confident enough to kill a deer. The odds are against you enough as it is. There is a lot of good info out there(around here actually) to read up, figure out how to shoot to an acceptable level & then head afield with more confidence. Back in the day we all had to figure it out the hard way, but that isn't the case so much anymore. Take some time, read up on things around here, PRACTICE shooting & enter the woods a little more prepared next time.
10-21-2008, 02:24 PM
#32
Fork Horn
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Join Date: Aug 2008
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RE: well what do you think??
yeah i'm am practicing i don't really need to get better i can shoot a 4inch circle about 9 our of 10 times 40 yds. and the reason i need more broadhead's is that i just don't wanna go without not having enough i have three now but i go hunting all day sometimes and i don't wanna shoot at something and then end up with no arrows or come up on that deer were you get the second shot. and only be left with one more arrow. it's just a safety thing plus i have a gift cert to the place i'm getting em from and my arrows need re fletched at least my practice arrows.
10-21-2008, 02:27 PM
#33
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: land of the Lilliputians, In the state of insanity
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RE: well what do you think??
Hope you didnt push him by looking for him so early. A shot like that might take a day or so before he dies. If you pushed him, he might be in the next county dead.
Live and learn. Dont kick your self too much. Everyone who hunts (guns, bows etc) are going to have a moment that makes them sick. You just get over it, learn and do better the next time.
Live and learn. Dont kick your self too much. Everyone who hunts (guns, bows etc) are going to have a moment that makes them sick. You just get over it, learn and do better the next time.
10-21-2008, 02:33 PM
#34
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Eldred, PA
Posts: 1,667
RE: well what do you think??
For next year practice logical thinking. If a buck comes running by and you dont have enough time to take a good shot without him lunging or moving or whatever, then you shouldnt have shot. If their is a next time, learn your lesson, and if you're not presented with a shot, THEN DONT TAKE ONE. It seems like some people feel like just because a deer is their they HAVE to shoot at it. Even if that means FORCING it and taking a poor and unethical/stupid shot. Take your time, if that deer doesnt give you the proper shot, tip your hat to him,because he's won this round. But stay on him, thats just the battle, but he hasnt won the war.
10-21-2008, 02:40 PM
#35
Fork Horn
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RE: well what do you think??
yeah i really appreciate all the advice guys. i went out checking fences today and working on my motorcross track. and was thinking about that whole thing. i really think that next time i go out i won't shoot unless i'm presented with a good comfortable shot. and also the deer didn't die. cause i saw him today. i'm wondering if the arrow might have just hit a bone and come out. i didn't see the arrow in him but i would know the deer i shot at from a mile away. there is no one like him. he is missing a g3 and a drop tine.
10-21-2008, 03:01 PM
#37
Fork Horn
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RE: well what do you think??
well that is weird. well i have never had any like this one ever around here he is a small rack just kinda messed up. very small no more than a foot but he is loaded up with ten points. it is so strange. but then we have a huge
typical 12 or 14. he has to be pushing 170 maybe more he is easily a pope and young.
typical 12 or 14. he has to be pushing 170 maybe more he is easily a pope and young.
10-21-2008, 03:08 PM
#38
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Minnesota
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RE: well what do you think??
ORIGINAL: trailrider894
and also the deer didn't die. cause i saw him today. i'm wondering if the arrow might have just hit a bone and come out. i didn't see the arrow in him but i would know the deer i shot at from a mile away. there is no one like him. he is missing a g3 and a drop tine.
and also the deer didn't die. cause i saw him today. i'm wondering if the arrow might have just hit a bone and come out. i didn't see the arrow in him but i would know the deer i shot at from a mile away. there is no one like him. he is missing a g3 and a drop tine.
10-21-2008, 03:08 PM
#39
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Eldred, PA
Posts: 1,667
RE: well what do you think??
Hahahaha. how many times have we heard this? Someone goes and shoots a deer, they "think" didn't die and damn it all from all the deer in the woods they go and see the EXACT one a few days later STILL ALIVE. Like telling us this "story" will make us all forget about it. Ohhhh its alive, ok then lets drop it, he missed it, its still fine, no worries. Ahhhhhhh B/s!! The CHANCES of even seeing the same deer are slim to none and then people try to convince us that just after they shot one he comes back and hes still alive and well. I hate liars.
10-21-2008, 03:40 PM
#40
Join Date: May 2008
Location: North Dakota
Posts: 17
RE: well what do you think??
This story is a great example of why I believe one must successfully complete a bowhunter's education course before being allowed to archery hunt! I KNOW I became a better and more responsible hunter after completing bowhunter's education many years ago when I first started to hunt with archery equipment!
-Schism
-Schism