Ok, so maybe there is a difference!!
12-12-2008, 01:15 PM
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Ok, so maybe there is a difference!!
Oh what a morning!
5:30am the alarm rings, really don’t want to get out of bed. But since I want one more deer for some jerky I decided I better give it a go, and boy am I glad I did.
It was just one of those mornings, once I got myself set up in my ground blind I could feel it. Around 7:15 out of no where I hear a deer blowing off to the north west, not sure what their deal was, since I wasn’t moving a peep and I was downwind of them. Bummed me out a little bit but they sure didn’t ruin my hunt.
At 7:45 I hear a deer crossing the creek behind me, coming up on the bank to eat apples. Wasn’t until 15 minutes later that I got a visual, it’s a doe. Now she’s at 30 yards behind a few trees munching away, she closes the gap to 5 yards, but still no shot. I had to sit still as a rock until around 8:30 when she finally decides to head off. Quartering away, she reaches my opening at 21 yards. I pick a spot, draw, anchor, release……Thwap! Absolutely perfect double lunger and I watch her run 80 yards then out of sight.
I knew that she was hit hard but I still gave her 2 hours, even though I know she was dead before I even lifted my butt off of my bucket. Easy tracking job, she only went another 5 yards and piled. Ended up being a He, but I wasnt really too upset!
I've killed a few deer in my day with various weapons but this was by far the best hunt I’ve ever had. Old Fred was with me today!
The spot I was hunting, ravaged with deer sign!
My trophy.
And with that, my season comes to a close!
5:30am the alarm rings, really don’t want to get out of bed. But since I want one more deer for some jerky I decided I better give it a go, and boy am I glad I did.
It was just one of those mornings, once I got myself set up in my ground blind I could feel it. Around 7:15 out of no where I hear a deer blowing off to the north west, not sure what their deal was, since I wasn’t moving a peep and I was downwind of them. Bummed me out a little bit but they sure didn’t ruin my hunt.
At 7:45 I hear a deer crossing the creek behind me, coming up on the bank to eat apples. Wasn’t until 15 minutes later that I got a visual, it’s a doe. Now she’s at 30 yards behind a few trees munching away, she closes the gap to 5 yards, but still no shot. I had to sit still as a rock until around 8:30 when she finally decides to head off. Quartering away, she reaches my opening at 21 yards. I pick a spot, draw, anchor, release……Thwap! Absolutely perfect double lunger and I watch her run 80 yards then out of sight.
I knew that she was hit hard but I still gave her 2 hours, even though I know she was dead before I even lifted my butt off of my bucket. Easy tracking job, she only went another 5 yards and piled. Ended up being a He, but I wasnt really too upset!
I've killed a few deer in my day with various weapons but this was by far the best hunt I’ve ever had. Old Fred was with me today!
The spot I was hunting, ravaged with deer sign!
My trophy.
And with that, my season comes to a close!
12-12-2008, 02:09 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: Castile N.Y.
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RE: Ok, so maybe there is a difference!!
ORIGINAL: GregH
Nice hunt and pics! What kind of bow and arrows are those?
Nice hunt and pics! What kind of bow and arrows are those?
Thanks for the good words guys!
