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Topic Archives => Memorable Hunts => Topic started by: Littlefeather on November 25, 2006, 12:04:00 PM
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I'm not quite sure where to even start with this story. I suppose it will be a lengthy tale of many twists and turns. I'll start out with the bow. I've been working on a beautiful little static tiped, sinew backed, Osage bow for close to a year now. I've finally gotten her tillered, shot in good, and put snake skins on her. I've not applied an arrow shelf or finish just yet. This bow is no doubt my finest work to date and shoots like a glass bow. The arrows I've chosen as a mate to this bow, now named "Lumpy", are tonkin shafts with purple heart fore shafts and string nocks. The feathers are from my wifes turkey that she killed last year. The broadheads I've chosen are hand forged by a friend of mine(Rick Savage) locally. They are awesome!
As the Sun neared the horizion this morning I found myself walking through the wisper quiet of the early morning deer woods. The bow and arrow combo I'd chosen this morning are the ones I describe above. It was only a short walk before I bumped deer, snorting as they left. I made my way through the tangle of spiderweb covered thorn brush to the blind I'd constructed overlooking a trail on the edge of a creek bank. It was a very short wait before deer started funneling through the trail. Somehow I'd remained unnoticed even though I'd chosen not to wear camo this morning. My wool shirt was obviously all the camo I needed. At one point a beautiful 8 point came charging through after a doe but never paused long enough for a shot. It's a good thing because I'd have missed my true trophy if I'd have shot the buck.
Around 15 minutes after the passing of the Doe and buck, more deer could be seen filtering through the underbrush. I place the cane arrow on the string and wait patiently. Two Doe were browsing their way toward me and I was ready in case another buck was in tow. As the Doe's fed I could see that one Doe was having some difficulty in feeding. She seemed to have a rather large tumor on her face that inhibited her ability to properly feed. With an MLD Permit in my pocket, I quickly made the decision to help relieve her misery if given the opportunity. The distance closed to 15 yards, then 10, then 8, and I let the cane shaft slip away. The hit was good and her demise inevetable. I'd made first meat with this traditional combo and I can't describe the feelings that were rushing through me. The Doe circled wide making a 60 yard circle. She paused, looked back to my location, and fell in her tracks right before my eyes.
(http://www.tradgang.com/upload/ck/SinewDoe2.jpg)
(http://www.tradgang.com/upload/ck/SinewDoe.jpg)
This is a couple of pics of my beautiful Sinew Doe but the story really has just begun. More to come. CK
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That is awesome, Curtis! Congratulations on reaching an extraordinary benchmark on your bowhunting journey.
Claudia
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great job, awesome bow and beautifull deer, now on with the story!!!!
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Good Job
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Nice job CK and a beautiful little bow also!
Jerry
OK, on with the story!
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That was a very nice story. That is a really nice bow also. Lots of luck with it.
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After shaking off the buck fever that I was experiencing after the shot, I decided to go back and get BoBo to let him track the Doe. It was a short track job and he had no problem finding the doe. I think BoBo may end up being quite the tracking pig!
Once at the doe I inspected the growth on the side of her face.
(http://www.tradgang.com/upload/ck/LumpyFace.jpg)
This is quite unusual. I've killed lots and lots of deer over the years and I've never seen a deer with a tumor on their face.
(http://www.tradgang.com/upload/ck/LumpyFace2.jpg)
After taking a few pictures I decided to inspect the tumor a little closer. I kind of suspect that there must have been an injury to create such a wound. I was wrong! Have a look.
(http://www.tradgang.com/upload/ck/LumpyInside.jpg)
This Doe must have cross bread with a hamster. She has a wad of tobacco in her cheek so big she couldn't even chew. I'm dumbfounded at my discovery and took many pictures to document this strange occurance. Here is the tumor once removed from the cheek. It had to be cut out. The lump was to big to simply roll from her mouth and had also created a leathery like layer inside her cheek.
(http://www.tradgang.com/upload/ck/Lumpylumpgreen.jpg)
The best is still to come. Stay tuned! CK
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great looking bow and weird stuff on the super cud.
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Huh, plenty neat discovery!!! Addicted to chewing tobacco?????????
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Fine tale so far CK. Love the look of that little sinew bow.
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See even chewing tobaacy will kill ya. :readit:
Curtis that first pic is one of my all time favorites. The smiling hunter (obviously happy to be where he is..both in location and time) the beautiful bullskin snake backed bow, the traditionally turkey fletched cane arrow, the animal displayed in a respectful manner, the background scenery, the lighting, just a great photograph :thumbsup:
Congrats my friend :notworthy:
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OK, Now I'm going to back up to the deer season of 2005(last year). I was having a slow start to the deer season and everyone around me seemed to be shooting deer but me. I was feeling a little unworthy as I looked through my daily run of Archery Websites. I had two doe tags last year and decided I'd thin the deer herd by one or two if they'd ever give me an opportunity. Well, the day came and I ended up with 4 or 5 deer mulling around feeding within my effective bow distance. I waited patiently for one to turn in just the right angle so I could make a clean shot. The wind was blowing strong covering any noise I may make but it was leaving the deer really jumpy too. The time came and a nice young doe turns broadside at about 18 yards. I let a big ol' Grizzly 190 grain fly but before the arrow could get there the deer had ducked, swapped ends, and was headed away when the arrow took her through the ear. There was an aweful crack at the impact of the arrow and I knew without doubt that I'd done what we all fear the most, injured a deer and rendered her certain of a painful death. I searched in vain for days trying to locate that doe. I've searched for her remains every time I've entered the woods since then. For whatever reason that particular doe has haunted me from that day forward. Here's a pic that will position you guys for the rest of the story. Have a look! This is the top of her ear.
(http://www.tradgang.com/upload/ck/Doeearblurry.jpg)
(http://www.tradgang.com/upload/ck/Doeearbroadhead.jpg)
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It never is..........is it? ;)
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I found a deer dead like that once. I assumed a absess of some kind at the time. But after seeing your doe I believe it was just like that. She died about 30 yards from a stand I hunted. She had lost the ability to eat at some point and waisted away. She was a older doe too.
I'd never seen another until yours. The doe I found was skin and bones when she died. She was only dead a day or so when I found her.
Congrats on the Doe.
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As you can see from the pics, the doe has a broadhead slice through her ear. WOW! I am totally elated upon finding that the doe I've worried over for a year has not only survived but has done just fine other than the tobacco habbit she has picked up. Oh well, I'll overlook her vises. Just as I'm about to do the final work on my deer, I sit and look her over one last time. I can't see any other marks that the broadhead left and shrug it off as a simple ear hit that never did any harm. I look at her face one last time and notice a little scab wound between her eye and nose. As I rub my finger across it something cuts the tip of my finger. I look closer.
(http://www.tradgang.com/upload/ck/LumpysBroadhead.jpg)
I'm without words...... It's got to be a broadhead inside her skull and the tip is protruding through the skin. As I inspect closer I find that the broadhead is in fact a Grizzly due to the onesided bevel on the edge. The broadhead actually moves freely in her. As I touch the tip, it moves in but as I roll her head to the side it pops back out. The head is somehow lodged loosely in the sinus cavity and she's survived.
(http://www.tradgang.com/upload/ck/Broadheadandeye.jpg)
(http://www.tradgang.com/upload/ck/Broadheadandface.jpg)
I have to say that it pains me to think this doe suffered by my hand and a series of unfortunate events. Unfortunately as most of us have found as hunters, we do sometime experience events that we'd not ever intentionally wish for. As sometime also happens, we get the chance to make right the wrongs or the mistakes and those unfortunate events. This was certainly one of those times. I also will now have a heck of a cool skull mount on the living room wall to signify this deer. CK
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That's a great story!
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Interesting.
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Whoa! That's an incredable story! You must be elated! Do you think the tobacco wad was an attempt to relieve some pain? I personally applaud you for deciding to take a doe with a 'defect' in an attempt to end her suffering. What a noble hunter! Thanks so much for sharing this fasinating story. Mike
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I don't know if it's the same as with cattle but I had a cow that had that wad in her mouth and she could hardly eat so I took her to a vet and he told me that it was caused from eating to many mesquite beans the fall before and that it paralyzed her tounge (spelling??) and she would never get over it :D :D :D
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wow
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Thanks Gang! Here's a couple of follow up pics that BoBo wanted me to post. BoBo pig is such a ham! He loves the spotlight and since he did such a fine job trailing the doe this morning I told him I'd reward him by putting his picture up for all to see. HeeeHeeee! BoBo the blood trailing pig! CK
(http://www.tradgang.com/upload/ck/BoBoDoe.jpg)
(http://www.tradgang.com/upload/ck/BoBolickDoe.jpg)
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WOW, a bow a doe and closure to a most unfortunate event. Sometimes things do go wrong in our outdoor adventures but we do at the very least place an endless effort to do it right. Nature itself is sometimes cruel and we try to do our part to make it at least better. Curtis, thumbs up to you for recognizing the deer was struggling and the decision to releive her pain.
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Simply amazing story. Beautiful bow and arrow set up. I'm glad you finally know the outcome of last years encounter. :thumbsup:
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Ok, How was the broadhead and the wad connected?
Is it sticking out inside her mouth and making the food pile up? Lets see a pic inside the mouth. Has to be a connection. Females don't normally chew. If it was a buck I would understand.
Glad you finished that hunt from years before even though it took a while. Good ending.
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Awesome CK , one of those things that points out that there is a plan rather than random events. Figure out the odds on this one happening. Great story. Glad you found the broadhead the easy way.
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That's just awesome bud..everything happens for a reason..nature is in itself absolutely amazing!!!
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REMARKABLE!! Great pics and story! Congrats! great lookin bow too.
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I cant see any pics has anybody else haveing this problem
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Curtis that is quite the story you have there with photographic proof no less. A friend of mine shot a buck once and decided to do a skull mount. After he was done boiling and cleaning out the skull he noticed something strange. There was an old bear broad head logged in it's sinus right by the eye. He said the deer acted normal, they sure are tough.
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wow, great story, congrats
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Thanks again for the comments. Ironic that you should mention a broadhead through the sinus's. You won't believe this.
I spent the day boiling and scraping the doe's skull. Here it is getting close to done.
(http://www.tradgang.com/upload/ck/Doeskullcabinet.jpg)
Another shot from behind showing the broken shaft and angle of travel. The broadhead is actually in the center of the sinus cavity. Unbelieveable!!
(http://www.tradgang.com/upload/ck/Doeskullangle.jpg)
Here is a straight picture into the sinus cavity. There is the end of the Arrow Dynamic carbon arrow and my 190 gr. Grizzly painted white on one side. The white side is down.
(http://www.tradgang.com/upload/ck/Doeskullinside.jpg)
Again, unbelieveable!
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Very strange. Congrats on finishing what you started last season.
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Hmmmm. Good job!!! Way cool story.
Todd
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CK, I'm glad you got her. Quite a story my friend. Thanks...Doc
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Very interesting and good pics. Thanks.
I wonder if she had nerve damage and couldn't feel all that food in the side of her mouth.??
What do you think the food connection was caused by if any?
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CK,
Trophies come in all sizes and shapes. Great story as it all came full circle.
Chris
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Some say a coinsidence is a mirical where God chooses to remain anonymous.
Good stuff all around there Curtis. Gotta love it when things work out.
And I have to agree with Mickey, that first photo is one of the finest bow hunter pics I've seen.
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Two peoples pics never come up for me, Littlefeather's and Charlie Lamb's. All the others come up just fine.
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Wow...that is an awesome tale and surely belongs in a magazine for others to read. You have a great way of sharing your experiences with us Curtis. Thank you!
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Keep this story safe for those head shot threads that pop up from time to time on the forums.
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Un-friggin-believable!!! Cool too! Thanks for sharing. My very first bow kill back when I livved in Kentucky was a doe that I just barely grazed the nose of. She bled out from that! Kentucky deer must not be as tough as TX deer.
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Eric, I use to have the same problem with Charlies and Curtises pics. I think it was the settings or the anti spam software. I got a new laptop and now all the pics show up fine.
Curtis that is just amazing. Probably an inch either way and things would have been different.
Great photography and autopsy.
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Wow...that's truely unbelieveable!
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wow!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I love the mind-set behind the coencidence theory Shaun. Thanks to you and Micky for the compliment on the photo.
I've thought quite a bit about this deer since yesterday. I can't help but be very saddened to know the suffering she must have gone through. I suppose this is one of those times designed to make us think about the ramifications of our actions. I suppose looking back that I may have corrected this injury by simply waiting for a closer shot. The deer were jumpy that day due to the strong wind. Maybe if I'd paid closer attention to this factor she wouldn't have sustained such an injury. I suppose I'm simply second guessing now! It certainly was an unfortunate event that I wish hadn't have ever happened.
OK, Last picture on this subject is to answer the question of why she had the enormous bulge in her jaw. It remained a mystery untill I was about 3/4 the way through scraping the skull. All the other skulls I've ever Euro mounted have removable lower jaws. As I continued to scrape, I begain to also pry to get the jaw free so I could reach the difficult areas within. The more I scraped the more I pried until I realized that one of the ear holes was oddly mis-formed. As I closer inspected the jaw area I realized that the two sides were not alike. More scraping revealed a immovable jaw on one side. The broadhead had traversed the ear canal, broken the jaw hinge, and also broken away the lower portion of the eye orbit. Everything is healed now of course but the unrepairable damage was done. Everything on that side of the skull was bone welded into a solid piece. The other side of the jaw would move to a small degree and was the side she was feeding on. On another more positive note, she obviously had the ability to feed better than I'd first thought. He stomach was completely full when I gutted her and she even had a layer of fat in her pelvic region and on top of her back. Those cute little deer are awesome in their ability to survive. Most resilliant! Here is a pic of the immovable side of her jaw. See the hinge area grown together?
(http://www.tradgang.com/upload/ck/Doeskullear.jpg)
Maybe this story brings closure on some other events that have been told on this thread. Seems that others have experienced this "hamster pouch" on other deer as well. Who could ever know the nature of their injuries?
That concludes this story. Thanks for your nice comments! CK
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Do you think a 3 blade would of ended her suffering with a head shot like that??
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I knew that question was comming. I don't care to get into a debate about it. I shot her with a two blad and can't change history now. I just hope no-one ever finds out if a three blade would have made any difference. The shot was simply too far from true vidals. The second shot was perfect though! :thumbsup: Two lungs with one hell of a cool combination of bow and arrow. CK
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I like grizzlies as well I have one in my quiver, I ran out of WW and had a sixth arrow and I needed to put something on it. Grizzlies group with my WW
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I don't think a 3bl. would have made a bit of diff.,but we'll never know...great job bud!!
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Amazing Curtis! Great story with a great ending, way to go!
David
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Curtis,
If you ask that deer if it was glad that you didn't kill it last year I think it would say, I am glad you hit me in the head. Not fun, but better than dead. Thanks for the extra year. Yea she suffered but she was glad. :)
Thanks for the story, and the bulge answers.
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You the man Curtis...Congrats on "bagging" the doe. :bigsmyl:
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Doug, I don't think Curtis was glad she suffered...is that what you are trying to imply here??
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That's pretty amazing and interesting stuff. Thanks for sharing Curtis.
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Although you'd told me by phone about taking the doe with the lump on the side of it's head earlier this weekend, it was before you made the discoveries that led to the "rest of the story" - - that is one simply amazing tale!! That's also a great looking bow that got christened before it was even finished! What an appropriate name.
Also a great bunch of pictures . . is that my old wool shirt you're wearing?? I want it back!
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Guru, Not even close!
I simply was guessing that the deer was happy to have just a head shot last year, even though it was painful, instead of a heart shot last year. She got to have another year. I would happily have another year with a messed up jaw than no year at all. Sometimes we (me included beat ourselves up for giving a deer some pain. But I think they would take some pain over no more life here. Yea we feel bad but she was glad. Just my thoughts.
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Curtis already said he hated that she suffered at all. We all do. Anyway, great story and hunt very interesting..
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awesome mate real nice doe. :thumbsup:
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Sorry Doug,I just wasn't sure what you meant by you comment. Thanks for the explanation bud.
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Awesome story.
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Thats a cool little bow with a story to match.
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Congratulations, Curtis. This is just one of those stories that, as you read through it, your mouth is just hanging open! I mean, what are the odds?
Great story, beautiful deer, and a beautiful bow to boot!
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Thanks again for the neat comments. I have the skull on my desk as I type. I've bleached it out now and it really looks great. I also contacted TBM to see if they'd like to run the story. No reply yet. I must say that I have mixed emotions about writing the story. Afterall, the deer suffered by the hand of my mistake. I can see the wolf pack striking out over that. We'll se how things transpire.
C Lamb, remember us talking about this deer awhile back. Something about a goose? ;)
Dad, That is not your wool shirt I'm wearing in the pic. I just won three of them off of EBAY. I borrowed your shirt a long time ago when you didn't know anything about it. It got inadvertently ruined and I hid it so you'd never find the evidence. So, see, it isn't your shirt! Sheesh, always trying to blame me for stuff you don't even know I had anything to do with. You need to start keeping up with your own stuff. :readit: I have my own gear now! I'm grown-up and everything! :saywhat: Well, sometime I'm not so grown up but thats a different subject! :goldtooth: CK
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CK,
Your older but not grown up by a long shot.
LOL
Mike
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Curtis, that's a great story with a great ending. I'm glad that you were able to find her and end her suffering. I had a similar experience back when I was about 15 and it still saddens me, but I learned a real valuable lesson that day.
Congrats on a true trophy!!!
Ken
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Missed this one while out hunting over the weekend, but glad I caught up with it. That is an incredible story!
Wow Curtis, when you get old and sit around the campfire telling stories none of the young guys are going to believe the stuff you will be telling. Heck, you've already got more stories than most guys twice your age! Saving the skull is a good idea - now you'll have proof!
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Curtis, good job on the bow and you are so lucky to know how this turned out.
Being a butcher I process thousand's of deer every year, there are deer that come in that have one thing or another wrong with them. We can only guess what happened to cause the injury. You are one of the few lucky ones to know how it happened and the end result.
That is a lesson as well as a memory that will be with you for the rest of your life.
That being said, all the deer I see each year with one form of injury or another they seem to do just fine. They are tough animals and seem to show no lasting problems other than the scars. We see broken legs a lot and they heal up, some times in some real deformed ways, bullets and broadheads from one end of the body to the other and again they heal up in one way or another.
Things happen from time to time to cause a bad hit no matter how hard we try and we would all be better if we take this to heart. We owe it to the animal to make it as quick and painless as it can be.
Your heart's in the right place and I'm proud to call you my friend.
Mike
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Joe... when you get old remember I told you this. "When you get older, young guys think you are either lying or bragging all the time". :D
You should hear some of the stories I don't tell! :scared:
Mike... I saw a deer one time with a Ford F-250 lodged in it's body! :goldtooth:
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It's sometimes amazing the damage an animal can sustain and still live. This past spring and summer, my wife and I watched a crippled doe struggle thru our yard on several occasions. He right front leg looked withered and deformed, but the way she walked indicated much further damage. She really had problems making it around. We surmised that she may have survived a car accident or perhaps a gunshot wound. Then she disappeared for a couple months. About late July or early August she reappeared with a pair of fawns by her side. The trio hung around our house for a couple more months. As deformed and damaged as she was, she exhibited no signs of pain and was able to successfully raise her fawns. We watched them lose their spots and mature. About mid October they disappeared and we haven't seen they since. I have no doubt that they have simply moved to another area.
The point is, in the wild, life is tough at best. But it's not only the fit that survive.
Tom I.
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I'd love to hear them all Charlie - that's why we all keep dogging you about the book! :readit:
I'd love to end up with half of the stories you have to tell. I'm not that much younger than you, and I keep trying my darndest to catch up, but I feel like I'm running on a treadmill that just keeps going faster and faster. :banghead:
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Thanks for the interesting story CK. None of us want to see any animal suffer and it bothers us when things don't go perfect after releasing that arrow. It's human nature to beat yourself up over the events that occur after an arrow is released if the results are an wounded animal and/or less than desirable shot. I'd be wary of anyone who didn't feel bad about it.
But the fact remains that we cannot control any of the events after we release the arrow. All we can do is put ourselves in the position to minimize undesirable results. Constant shooting practice and sharpening of woodsmanship will bring us to that point but it will never eliminate the chance that an animal could move before our arrow hits where we are looking.
It's good to know that they can survive a traumatic event such as the one described above. I had a mule deer doe do the same thing to me last month. Upon release, she turned 180 and the arrow hit the rear quarter instead of the front quarter that was there when I released. Shaun Webb and I followed the faint blood trail for probably over a mile until we ran out of daylight. She never laid down or stopped from what we could tell. I beat myself up for a few days until Doug S. saw the same doe no worse for wear.
-Brian
www.bowyersjournal.com (http://www.bowyersjournal.com)
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Thanks for sharing thats a most interesting story for sure.
This is not a 3 vs 2 blade thought both WILL get the job done but it looked to me like the ear hole was from a 3 blade head.I could be wrong but that was my first impression based on the pic.It could be possible that she survived 2 BH's to the head area.Am I seein things or does the cuts look like the right angles for 3blades goin thru the ear instead of 2 from the grizzly ??
Again thanks for sharing and CONGRADS!!
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Thanks for sharing your story CK. I think you are right to be a bit hesitant about telling your story widely, a lot of people will be upset about the deer having to endure a year with your broadhead in it, even though it is plain that she wasn’t being held back by it. Perhaps by posting this you will have sown a seed in someone’s mind and next time they go hunting they will be just that bit more careful about the shots they take. That has to be a good thing :)
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Curtis that is a great story dude. I am happy you found peace in yourself by taking this doe.
But that is the ugliest pig I ever seen in my life. What the heck ya been feeding him? LOL Roy
(http://www.geocities.com/roy2953/ckpig1.JPG)
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TBM worthy or not, Curtis, that is a great story. Such stuff is what makes for tales that transcend time, and keep campfires warm and friendly. Thanks for sharing with us.
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Curtis, I wanted to tell you that I enjoyed this thread immensely. What a cool looking bow and the pictures of your wonderful doe are absolutely awesome. If bowhunting has showed me anything, amazing things happen at the most unexpected moments. Wonderful stuff Curtis. T
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Enjoyed that so much. That first picture is great and thanks for the story and the facts.
I think that's a MOJO bow, you got there, mister.
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Curtis,
Mate that sure is an interesting story. I can understand how you feel about making a less than perfect shot - it's a feeling any REAL hunter would understand. I'm glad this story is now finished. As has been said, I think you sharing these events will make each one of us think about the great responsibilities we have as hunters.
Jeff
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wow, thats again guys for the supportive words.
As funny as it way seem, I find myself picking up the skull over and over again marveling at the how nature will endure. I've decided that the skull will not go on a plaque. I'll leave it as it is so that it can be handled, turned over, and looked at. Thanks again!
Roy, I agree, that's sure an ugly pig. Looks like he supports a great magazine though! :D CK
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I'm not sure whats going on....but yesterday I was able to see the first two pics in this story...which, by the way, is a great story and should be written up for publication, but today I'm unable to see them. I never saw the pig picture yesterday...and one of the skull pics I couldn't see. I don't understand???? Now, I can't see any pics except one of the cud pics and
one of the broadhead pics....frustrating. Wish I understood why???
Tom I.
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nice doe there ck! how did the foreshafted tonkin perform after the shot? did the foreshaft and the main shaft separate? that purpleheart is some tough wood, you should be able to reuse the foreshaft.
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Cade, I've been looking for your contact info. I want to chat with you. These are the arrows you built me, correct????? Yes, the shaft and foreshaft seperated somewhere between impact and exit. I do believe that it would have exited without any problem but the foreshaft broke free before that happened. I know that the penetration was completely through to the skin on the opposite side of the deer from the impact side. The skin actually had a lump under it indicating the tip on the trade point. Upon opening the doe up, the broadhead point was against the ribs and the foreshaft was still in place with the purpleheart still in the channel through the lungs. It was a very interesting autopsy! Hell, this whole event was most unique from start to finish. Please email me@ ck@bowyersjournal.com Thanks! CK
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"It was a very interesting autopsy! Hell, this whole event was most unique from start to finish."
It sure was Curtis!! Thanks for sharing it with us! I hope to meet ya sometime and see the skull in person!
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Strange turn of events Curtis.....thanks for sharing.
Remember my Javie that wheeled on the shot and I slipped my arrow through the front of the chest....got on another group of javies the next day and the 1st one I shot was the one I'd shot the day before?
Remember Stoney's javie lying there with an indian head just above his nose?
I just heard a story today of a guy 'no zoning' a huge 9 pointer just under the spine and being slap tore up about it....and he killed that same buck 6 days later from another stand.
Truth is stranger than fiction. :readit:
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Wow. I just read this story for the first time. Thank you for posting it. It will be told to those I hunt with for years and years. Amazing story.
About that 3 point in the head question... I did shoot a buck in the skull one year with a snuffer. Knocked it out but after a couple minutes it came to and tried to run off. Fortunately I had already cut the juggler with my knife or it might have also carried a broadhead in the skull.
Thanks again for a great story and pics. Amazing
Story of my head shot buck (http://www.boondox.net/DCstory110400.html)
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Absolutely awe inspiring, Makes you forget the pains we all deal with, I always look to my chesapeake bay retriever for resilence and perserverance during painful times , We all need to remember that to survive you have to live. Would love to see the fawn buck she threw in the spring of 2006 You know he's gonna have some flair!
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Great story, and a happy ending! Not to run off with the "one up" stories, mine doesn't compare- just an adition to the toughness of a whitetail.
Years ago I found the skull of a small buck. I picked it up- and holy crap- a Rocky Mtn razor 3 blade was stuck in just below the burr. It had penetrated about 3/16" into the brain cavity. This is not what killed it however- the bone had regrown through each one of the blades!! Must have been shot as a yearling, and carried that broadhead around all year...absolutely amazing survival from these tough critters!
Thanks for the story Curtis.
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Wouldn't have believed it without the pictures. One of those campfire stories that gets built upon every year its told in camp, but this one has photographic evidence. Unbelieveable...or, I guess believeable but far out!