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Well I hunted several more days off the ground rattling and calling. Saw a few deer but nothing within shooting distance. Didn't take a camera as it just gets in my way or I loose it when moving. Saw two little bucks (a spike and a small six) in NY state but I guess I am done now for awhile. At least the lil lady got me off my duff and hunting. It was fun and a pleasure and now the pleasure belongs to Dick Easter as it is on its way to his place as of today. Good Luck Dick as I am sure those Ohio bruisers are just cruising and waiting for you to show up with the lil gal........Mac~
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My time with Hope is over and she will be going on to the next in line. For some reason i just couldn't get Hope to shoot right for me. Plus i was too busy hunting to spend alot of time trying to tune arrows to her.
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Chad, I had the same problem.....and with hunting time at such a premium these days...I just couldn't bring myself to sacrifice what precious little time I had getting "Faith" to shoot like I needed her to.....congrats again on your great buck!!
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Got a package today from Walkingstick....Thanks Mac. It's raining here today so after stringing up Faith, I fired away at my basement target bag. I can only shoot 10 yds. in the basement but it was enough to see my cedar shafts were flying true. Of course, these were the same shafts I had last May in Texas for the Mod Melt hunt where Faith was first introduced...so I knew they would fly. Guess I'm lucky I didn't have to go through a bunch or different arrows to find a good match. Planning on a few morning and/or evening local hunts and a three day outing next week at a farm a couple of hours from home....be at the yardbarn Chad, I'll call you for dinner one evening. The bucks are really getting into chasing right now so we should see deer. I'll keep you posted.
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Dick, glad she arrived safe and sound. She is one sweet bow...enjoy.............Mac~
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Got out with Faith yesterday morning and missed a good 8 point at 22 yds....shot right over his back.(quit looking at the rack and pick a spot stupid!) Going to spend next Tuesday and Wednesday in a treestand so hope to have happier things to report by turkey day.
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Spent the last two days sitting in treestands with Faith. Mid 20's in the mornings, warming to about 50 by mid afternoon, sunny with little wind. Beautiful weather to be in the woods. The deer were moving but did not have a shooter come into bow range. Due to holiday family commitments and the Ohio gun season next week, it's not very likely I will have a chance to hunt with Faith again....so I will be sending her onto Mike Bolin a couple days early. Good luck Mike! Thanks to Horne Archery, Warren Archery and everone else connected with this great TradGang event.
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Dick, I contacted Terry a few weeks ago about sending Faith on to whoever is next on the list. I am working in Oklahoma and I'm not really able to hunt with the hours I am working. I could shoot her at the range in the evenings, but Faith should hunted with. I will pm and email you too, so that you get the info in plenty of time. Thanks, Mike
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Hope arrived in Montana this morning. I went through a dozen different sets of arrows and found two sets that fly great in the garage. I will give the two sets some longer distance tests after a Saturday morning hunt, then if all goes well, use her for the evening hunt. Currently an old set of Bear arrows with Razorheads (picked up at a garage sale for a dollar each) fly the best, hitting half an inch high at ten yards. The other arrows that fly well are Paradox Archery Chundo shafts, footed with purpleheart, and tipped with Damascus trade points made by Doug Campbell. These are hitting an inch high at ten yards. Better hit the sack, 4 a.m. will come early and I wouldn't want the whitetails to beat me to my stand.
Walt Francis
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First, would like to thank Chad for sending Hope a week early. I had been saving my last late season doe tag for the first two weeks of December, when I was scheduled to have Hope. The buck season ends on Sunday for most of Montana, and with Hope's early arrival I am able to hunt bucks for two days. Well I got in one day anyway, as of three this afternoon I have used my last tag for the extended season area. Luckily I still have two tags for does in a different unit that are good until Sunday evening. Hope and I will be taking a walk tomorrow afternoon and if my luck continues those tags will also be filled. Today’s hunt started with a morning sit on a stand located in the bottleneck along a creek. Not being fully comfortable with Hope at longer distances I took my selfbow Pigger (63# @ 29") with the intention of taking a deer if the opportunity arose. About 7:45 a 4x2 buck came into view with his nose to the ground. The direction he was headed would lead him by my stand, but out of shooting range. A couple of soft grunts stopped him and then he cautiously circled around my stand looking for the mysterious buck. Unfortunately, he stayed at least twenty five yards from my stand, well out of Piggers range (at least it is when I am shooting Pigger), before moving further up the creek. Ten minutes later I catch movement on my right, which eventually materializes in to a little button buck. The bucks’ path will take him by me at ten yards. When he gets fully broadside an arrow suddenly appears in flight half way to the deer. It is one of the few times I don't remember drawing or releasing the arrow. The arrow hit the shoulder about three or four inches forward of the spot I had picked. Penetration of the Grizzly tipped, hex pine shaft appeared to be about twelve inches, which had me worried for a second or two. The buck took off on a dead run and started to stumble after forty yards, at sixty yards he laid down and never got up. The broadhead had severed the aorta and both lungs. The morning hunt was finished, now the work began. I will post the afternoon hunt in the morning.
Walt Francis
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Going to spend next Tuesday and Wednesday in a treestand so hope to have happier things to report by turkey day.
