Great Hunt!.....Disaster...........Diet? What? Must read!!
 

So far I' ve been out 6 times and passed 3 nice shot opportunities on does. I decided to hunt this morning. At 7:30 a nice doe came from my left at 16 yards, I can' t pull my bow back! I try 3 or 4 times before she left. I was so bummed! It was 20 degrees this morning so maybe I was cold, I thought. I streched and pumped up a bit and felt good. About 7:48 here comes a fork horn from my left. I let it pass at about 20 yards. (I want to save my buck tag for the bruiser) At 8:35 a large doe with 2 fawns come by and walk all over the place around me. I pass on these deer, they mill around for 10 minutes. 9:15 a single doe comes from my left, it steps into my window at 12 yards, here we go, but I CAN" T PULL MY BOW BACK AGAIN!!!!!! I tried and tried. The deer leave. I start looking at my bow, is something bent or broken.......no. I pull it back with my feet, it felt ok. I start thinking maybe because I' m 20 feet up and pointing my bow down and trying to pull it back is harder. I' m thinking everything, but I can' t pull it. Then about 9:30 once again from my left here comes a huge doe. She stands broadside at 18 yards I CAN" T PULL MY BOW BACK!! She walks under my stand and I get another chance on the other side. Still I can' t pull it back!! I hear noise behind me, 3 does coming from about 30 yards away, DEER ALL OVER THE PLACE and I can' t do anything! FRUSTRATION!!

I get down and go in really puzzled and pissed. I shoot 70 lbs. I shot leagues all winter, bowfished all summer, and shot thousands of arrows for 8 weeks before opener, and even shot 3D hunting league. The last time I shot my bow was 1 1/2 weeks ago and I shot great!!!! All OF A SUDDEN IT HIT ME!!

I started a DIET 3 weeks ago! I' ve lost 18 pounds in 3 weeks. I must have lost a bunch of muscle. Bummer!! My bow is fine, but now I can just pull 60 lbs and had to redo my set-up.

The only good thing out of this: A big monster buck didn' t walk out!


Quite a day!!

RE: Great Hunt!.....Disaster...........Diet? What? Must read!!
 

Maybe you had buck fever, errrr. I mean doe fever? :D:D

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that sucks

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18lbs in 3 weeks, dude thats not good, If your not working out and eating lots of protien, you were losing muscle like a big dog. Your body burns mucsle before it burns fat.

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Well how did you loose the weight???

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I' m with Buckshot. Way too much weight to lose in three weeks. You better check yourself man. About two pounds a week is plenty. If you are not careful, you are going to get sick and hunting will just be a memory.....

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That is a lot to lose in 3 weeks, its not healthy.

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I am not sure what kind of diet you are on, but you need to get off of it quick! It is messing with your health, no diet is good for you if it weakens you.

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sounds like you got your sugar (energy) levels all out of whack. You need to change something.

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And then you woke up. I was waiting for you to tell us that you where having a bad dream. That would be a nightmare a bowhunter would have.
Take the diet slow besides it is going to be a cold hunting season and your going to need some unsulation and energy to keep you warm. And less food takes a toll on your immune system.