quote:Originally posted by Ty-bone727: I learned that no matter how well you shoot your bow at a target that it is very easy to miss a deer at 20 yards broadside...... Twice!!
Pfffttt 20yds, I learned I can miss a whole elk at 7 paces last year and seconds later I learned that an elk at 30yds can completely spin around 180 degrees fast enough to dodge a perfectly shot arrow after being missed by an imperfectly shot arrow from seven yds. I also learned again that when you cleanly miss said elk from those distances it's a ton of fun without all the packing out and you still get to chase elk for the rest of the season instead of tagging out opening weekend!
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I learned that my ol' buddy Rob is alright for a feller from huntingburg LOL
Really though he's alright.
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quote:Originally posted by swamprat26: I learned I know longer want to be in a rifle hunting deer lease. If you don' t bring a trad bow in the woods, you can't kill a trad deer. It is much funner to hunt natural sign then sitting on top of a bait pile hoping.
This will be a public land, traditional bow carying hunting season for me.
Same here Swamp, made the switch this year also. I probably will pass on my share of deer (only want two deer max.), but I'll be HUNTING, not killing with a rifle.
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Don't quit. Ran back to my wheels after a less than perfect shot. So this season I have no wheels to go back to. Also learned trust what you know. Don't second quess yourself on stand placements and blind spots.
-------------------- "Other things being equal, it is the man who shoots with his heart in his bow that hits the mark." Dr. Saxton Pope Posts: 736 | From: Dahlgren Illinois | Registered: Mar 2011
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I found out that a ghillie suit can actually cause the deer to get too close for me to do anything except sit there and hope they don't nibble on the shaking bush.
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An old hand me down recurve sparked the fire, Trad Gang fanned the flames. There is no stopping now. Burn baby burn! Posts: 1342 | From: Beebe Arkansas | Registered: Aug 2008
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I learned that I need to hunt more and work less, you cant killem if your not in the woods.
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That if you try to cross a smallish log, over a creek, containing coon/possum/fox do, in zip up snake boots, that give you zero ankle support, you might as well be hunting in 4" heels.
-------------------- "If I had tried a little harder and practiced a little more, by now I could have been average"...Me Posts: 1515 | From: Macon, Ga. | Registered: May 2009
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Confidence in a shot is everything - and that a missed deer is a learning experience.
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Don't give up right to the last minute. Took off 10 straight days to hunt out of state. I hunted every single day in all kinds of weather and passed up several deer including bucks much to the dismay of those around me. I went several days without seeing a single deer. Then on the last day, the last evening in the last minute a nice buck came strolling by at 12 yards. 20 yards later I was attaching my tag that I swore I was gona eat minutes before.
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