# of P&Y in bow range?
02-13-2004, 09:29 AM
#21
Typical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Mertztown, PA
Posts: 970
RE: # of P&Y in bow range?
Had one in range that made me demolish my pants. Wind was variable and he stopped about 25 yards away broadside, BUT a sassafrass tree's branches were in a direct line with him. He stood there for about 4 minutes getting progressively more and more nervous until the wind picked up and gave me away. He turned heel and ran like he'd seen a ghost!
If that thing had one point it had 14, although I was so nervous I didn't remember to count them all. Saw him the next day chasing a doe well out of bow range and never again.
What I'd give to have another crack at him.
Fritz
If that thing had one point it had 14, although I was so nervous I didn't remember to count them all. Saw him the next day chasing a doe well out of bow range and never again.
What I'd give to have another crack at him.
Fritz
02-13-2004, 09:43 AM
#23
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Inverness, MS
Posts: 3,982
RE: # of P&Y in bow range?
As would be expected, guys in the midwest have had multiple encounters with P&Y bucks. To kill a P&Y in Mississippi would be equivalent to killing a B&C in Kansas, IL, IO, WI, OK, etc.
02-13-2004, 09:54 AM
#24
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Oklahoma
Posts: 1,598
RE: # of P&Y in bow range?
I hunt Northeast Oklahoma not far from Dalejbrass. I too have had over 20 different P&Y bucks in bow range. I've also had at least 3 B&C bucks under 30 yards. I've taken a few P&Y but haven't scored on that B&C yet. I've been bow hunting for 13 years now.
02-13-2004, 11:22 AM
#29
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Bismarck ND USA
Posts: 322
RE: # of P&Y in bow range?
I've been bowhunting for 4 yrs and have had 3, maybe 4, P&Y whitetails within bow range. Who knows, there could be many more that have been in bow range but I didn't see them because I was "resting my eyes" 
. All P&Y that I've had in range have been in the past 2 yrs. And none have offered a decent shot. I guess that's why we keep going into the woods day after day.
. All P&Y that I've had in range have been in the past 2 yrs. And none have offered a decent shot. I guess that's why we keep going into the woods day after day.
02-13-2004, 01:15 PM
#30
Typical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2003
Posts: 590
RE: # of P&Y in bow range?
I've had three in bow range in the last two years, two in '02 that both came in straight on and presented no shot. The big one, 340-class, came in to 25 feet. The other, a 310ish animal, came to 18 yards. This past year, I finally got the angle on a low 260s animal (still have to get it officially scored), and killed him at 26 yards.
P.S. I'm talkin' elk, did I mention that before?
P.S. I'm talkin' elk, did I mention that before?