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Topic Archives => Memorable Hunts => Topic started by: RickE on September 16, 2008, 10:00:00 AM
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I've been bowhunting quite a while (about 25 yrs) but I finally ordered a Schafer Silvertip in 2006 and received it in July of 2007. It’s my first hunting recurve and I was able to shoot a doe and small buck with it last year but forgot my camera both times. I shot and still shoot my compounds with fingers so it wasn't a huge change to go to the recurve, but it was still a learning experience and I'd say I'm still learning with it. Part of that learning experience has been all of the information I've picked up on here and I thought I'd share this in the hope that someone got something useful from it too.
This year I decided to hunt exclusively with the recurve and see how things turn out. For whitetails, I'm able to hunt on my cousin's land which is about 45 mins drive from me. He's also a bowhunter and we've had some great hunts over the years. He still shoots his old compound but I'm working on him. I made a spot to hide in a chokecherry bush (a natural blind) and was daydreaming when I heard a deer coming. Here is a picture of where I was hiding (it’s about 25 yds to the top of the hill).
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I saw it was a nice buck still in velvet and I only had a few seconds to decide to shoot. I'd told myself that any nice sized buck would do and I also have a doe license so one of those would have been just as welcome.
The buck was walking on a trail at about 15 yds and I hit him a little far back. I think I didn’t allow enough for his speed. The arrow zipped right through him and I suspected I’d hit the liver. He ran up about 30 yds and stopped and looked back. I could tell he had no idea what happened and could see the exit hole was about at the back of the left lung/diaphragm. He walked up into the field and out of sight. About 30 sec. later two smaller bucks came on the same trail headed in the same direction. When they got to the field, they stood and stared at something just off to the side. After a while they lost interest and fed further out. I slowly snuck out and retrieved my arrow which had good blood and some stomach contents as I’d suspected. I knew the arrow would take it’s toll but that it would take time so I backed off and snuck to another hill about 100 yds away where I could watch the field. From there I could see him in the field and he was looking pretty sick, but still standing. After a while he slowly moved off and disappeared into a little side draw. I waited until just before sunset and then took up the trail. I would have normally waited until the next morning but there are lots of coyotes in this area and I’m sure they would have found him before morning. I had marked the deer where he’d stood in the alfalfa and so it was easy to pick up the trail there. There were two large pools of liver blood and I knew he couldn’t go far. I followed a fairly sparse blood trail down into the draw about 125 yds to where I found him.
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My silvertip is 57# @ 29 inches which is pretty much all a skinny little guy like me can muster. Arrows were Beman Camo Hunter 340 with 100 gr brass adapter and Muzzy Phantoms. Good hunting, Rick.
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Rick,
Nice job! Well done, and welcome to the club. I've been hunting with a ST since 2000. :clapper:
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Real nice !!!!!!!
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GREAT BUCK!!
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Fine hunting! You really did things right and that is a dandy buck! Thanks for sharing.
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Great looking buck! Even better from the ground. Looks like you had an excellent natural blind.
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Great deer. He'd be an absolute horse around here.
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Very nice!
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That is the coolest looking buck I have seen in a long time. Congratulations :clapper:
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WOW!!!!!!! If that aint a beautiful animal nothing is.Congrats.
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Congratulations!! Thats an awsome buck!
Run to the mirror NOW!! I bet you cant wipe the smile off your face if you had to.
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OUTSTANDING :thumbsup:
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:thumbsup:
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Great ending to a great story. Congratulations.
thanks for sharing it.
Gary
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What a great story. way to go.
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Great Job!
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WTG Rick! Good for you for giving him some time and observing him from a safe distance.
Skinner
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That is a great deer!!!! Way to wait him out!
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Excellent :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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:thumbsup: :archer:
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Great all around!! Congratulations! :clapper:
Nathan
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Thank you for sharing your hunt with us,congrats on a beautiful buck,well done!!! :clapper: :clapper: :clapper: i hope to one day own a S.T, kind of my dream bow!!
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Way to go :thumbsup: Nice buck.
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That's a pretty nice buck for a "skinny little guy"! Outstanding!
:notworthy: :clapper:
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way to go! congrats on a great buck :thumbsup:
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Good on ya, Rick! Nice animal, nice bow! May there be many more!
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Great buck and real nice write up/pics...thanks for sharing. Now go get that doe!
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Way to go Rick, great buck !!
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Thanks guys. It's nice to know you enjoyed my little adventure. I've been lurking for quite a while on here and learning lots of stuff. Some of the stories and pictures have been amazing and I've really enjoyed other people's hunts. That's partly what motivated me to put this one up. Thanks for coming along. I hope to have some more successes to share. Good hunting, Rick.
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That's a dandy!!
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too cool, good story
J
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Hope I kill a spike buck with my silvertip this year! LOL
J
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Beautiful buck! Congrats!
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Congtat's! That's a great hunt. Ya got me all fired up for huntin season.
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Excellent job Bro!! You did it all well! :thumbsup:
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Someday, I dream of taking a buck like that in the velvet with my Silvertip. Let's see some more pictures of the buck and the bow! Nice job on the patience ;)
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That is a beautiful buck! Way to go! I wanna come hunt in Canada!
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Nice buck and story! <<>>
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Very well done! Great looking buck too!
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Well Done !!!
David
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Way to go! Very nice buck......Gotta love them Silvertips.Thanks for sharing.>>>------>Mike
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Steve we never took very many pics and only a couple turned out. Digital cameras are great but trying to take pictures in the dark with only the dimly lit viewing screen leaves for lots of headless human pictures. LOL!. Here's another one that turned out ok too except it's not as easy to see antler's against camo.
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You know I don't have any really good pictures of just my bow. Here's one from in my basement, but I'll have to take some of it outside in the sunlight sometime. I ordered it with an elevated rest, elk antler tips and shedua veneers. FF with Walnut Dymondwood. I've used vanes when I shot aluminum arrows but feathers are more forgiving and more accurate for me. I like shooting off an elevated rest and I think it makes me more accurate. Rick.
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Nice job Rick. Good job in keeping your head about the shot and not pushing him. I would love to get a buck that size in velvet.
I hope to own a Silvertip some day. I keep checking the classifieds for a LH 60-70#er, to save the year-long wait. No luck so far, but sooner or later....
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Very nice...Congrats
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A job well done-Excellent pics and outstanding story. Congrats!! So is the compund headed for retirement? LOL
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Congrats!!! :thumbsup:
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Really Nice! Great Job..
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Everything in those photos deserves a compliment:
You, that deer, and that bow is stunning.
Congrats to you!
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Nice buck Rick,good to see another Sask. tradbow hunter having success.Looking forward to more pics and stories in the future,Dell.
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Nice, congrats.
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congrats! :thumbsup:
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Rick,
That is just a great buck...I keep coming back to look at him. Pack a little tripod next time and you can use the self timer on the camera after you set up the shot with your flashlight.
How many deer are you residents allowed?
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Simply beautiful! Congratulations! :clapper:
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:thumbsup: :thumbsup: Congrats on a job well done.
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Nice buck, Rick !! Congrats on a great hunt.
From one skinny guy to another, get yourself a set of 45 pound limbs + or - and make shooting easier and more fun.
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Congrats on an awesome buck.