Trad Gang

Topic Archives => Memorable Hunts => Topic started by: JSimon on October 10, 2007, 10:23:00 PM

Title: First year with a recurve....and I scored!
Post by: JSimon on October 10, 2007, 10:23:00 PM: This is my first year hunting with a recurve and a year of practice has really paid off. Not only did I shoot my first deer with a recurve, but my biggest so far. The funny thing is, I wasn't even planning on going out tonight. I work about 70 miles from where I live, so I usually can only make it out on weekends. Today I had a meeting about 25 miles from work in the general direction of home that got out at 3:00. Rather than head back to the office, I thought I would haul ass back home and head out to the woods. It had been raining all day, but I wasn't going to pass up a chance to get out during the week, so off I went.

Man the deer were moving tonight. I saw a doe with twin button bucks at about 4:30 that I just couldn't quite get a decent shot at, and with it raining I decided I would hold off. They walked off and eventually came back around through the woods. I couldn't hear much with the sprinkling rain, so I didn't see them sneak up on me until it was too late to get into position. After they passed by some trees, I got into better position and saw movement off the corner of my eye from the same direction the doe and button bucks had come. It was a small buck. I told myself before the season started that I just needed to break the ice this year after I got skunked last year and being the first year with the recurve. I decide I would take the shot at the small buck if the opportunity presented itself.

Just as the buck hit my shooting lane broadside I was about to draw back when I saw more movement behind him. This guy followed right behind the small buck and I made a good a shot from about 15 yards. I didn't get a pass through and it looked just a bit high, so I backed out. I thought I heard him crash, but I gave him about 45 minutes before picking up my buddy for the tracking job. On the way out it started raining harder and I was getting pretty nervous. We ended up finding my broken arrow close to the impact and a light blood trail let us right to the buck. He went less than 50 yards and was laying right where I thought I heard him go down.

Being my best buck to date and my first with a recurve, I'm definitely getting him mounted. I just thought I would share my accomplishment that wouldn't have happened without all of the advice I have gotten from this site over past year and a half. Thanks!

(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w264/jeff_simon13/000_0816.jpg)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w264/jeff_simon13/000_0815.jpg)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w264/jeff_simon13/000_0813.jpg)
Title: Re: First year with a recurve....and I scored!
Post by: vermonster13 on October 10, 2007, 10:24:00 PM: Nice buck!
Title: Re: First year with a recurve....and I scored!
Post by: Hot Hap on October 10, 2007, 10:27:00 PM: Congradulations!!! That is a dandy. Hap
Title: Re: First year with a recurve....and I scored!
Post by: PaPaFrank on October 10, 2007, 10:30:00 PM: WOW! Congratulations, very nice...
Title: Re: First year with a recurve....and I scored!
Post by: DannyBows on October 10, 2007, 10:32:00 PM: Nice Buck!! Congrats on a fine deer! :clapper:
Title: Re: First year with a recurve....and I scored!
Post by: dino on October 10, 2007, 10:33:00 PM: Congrats! Pretty nice buck. dino
Title: Re: First year with a recurve....and I scored!
Post by: bayoubowman on October 10, 2007, 10:35:00 PM: Man that is a fine deer. A hearty congrats!! First deer with trad equipment is something special..
Title: Re: First year with a recurve....and I scored!
Post by: JSimon on October 10, 2007, 10:43:00 PM: Thanks alot guys. I'm still so wired, I don't think I'm going to be able to sleep tonight. It was a nice deer for my area. He weighed 180 lb. field dressed. Luckily the drag wasn't too far.

Also, my bow is a Quinn Stallion, 45 lb. at 28" for anyone interested. I could not be happier with that bow especially with the $200 price tag, brand new. I'm using Snuffers, and probably pulling closer to 50 lb. at my draw. The penetration was pretty good, but I think I may go with a two blade head in future.
Title: Re: First year with a recurve....and I scored!
Post by: Whip on October 10, 2007, 10:52:00 PM: Beautiful buck! Man, he looks like he was getting all rutted up - neck looks big already.
Congratulations :thumbsup:
Title: Re: First year with a recurve....and I scored!
Post by: Mike Burch on October 10, 2007, 10:54:00 PM: Congrats!! :thumbsup:

Mike
Title: Re: First year with a recurve....and I scored!
Post by: Shaun on October 10, 2007, 10:54:00 PM: Fine animal and good shooting. Many happy returns of the feeling.
Title: Re: First year with a recurve....and I scored!
Post by: bmfer on October 10, 2007, 10:56:00 PM: nice job dude!
Title: Re: First year with a recurve....and I scored!
Post by: SlowBowinMO on October 10, 2007, 11:04:00 PM: Congratulations! You have good reason to be pleased. :thumbsup:
Title: Re: First year with a recurve....and I scored!
Post by: Jason R. Wesbrock on October 10, 2007, 11:04:00 PM: Nice buck! I'm tired just thinking about dragging it out.
Title: Re: First year with a recurve....and I scored!
Post by: the Ferret on October 10, 2007, 11:07:00 PM: COOL BEANS :thumbsup: :clapper:
Title: Re: First year with a recurve....and I scored!
Post by: dragonheart on October 10, 2007, 11:07:00 PM: Great buck! Congrats!
Title: Re: First year with a recurve....and I scored!
Post by: stick_string on October 10, 2007, 11:15:00 PM: Great Buck....CONGRATS!!
Title: Re: First year with a recurve....and I scored!
Post by: pseman on October 10, 2007, 11:16:00 PM: Great job! Really nice deer. I hope to tell the same story soon.

Mark
Title: Re: First year with a recurve....and I scored!
Post by: thp on October 10, 2007, 11:30:00 PM: Nice spread on that rack! Congratulations!
Title: Re: First year with a recurve....and I scored!
Post by: Hook on October 10, 2007, 11:32:00 PM: Excellent !!
Way to Go!! :clapper: :clapper:
Hook
Title: Re: First year with a recurve....and I scored!
Post by: Blackhat on October 10, 2007, 11:33:00 PM: :bigsmyl: Nice Job.
Title: Re: First year with a recurve....and I scored!
Post by: BamBooBender on October 10, 2007, 11:37:00 PM: Wow! You da man! :notworthy: That's a buck to be proud of even if it was your 100th, so it being your first is awesome.
Title: Re: First year with a recurve....and I scored!
Post by: Numitokayo on October 10, 2007, 11:37:00 PM: Congratulations, awesome deer :)

Daniel
Title: Re: First year with a recurve....and I scored!
Post by: Arrow Slinga on October 10, 2007, 11:41:00 PM: Nice buck!!!! Congrats!!!!
Title: Re: First year with a recurve....and I scored!
Post by: knife river on October 10, 2007, 11:43:00 PM: I bet you enjoyed every second of the drag-out! Good on you for a great shot on a handsome animal. :thumbsup:
Title: Re: First year with a recurve....and I scored!
Post by: sndmn11 on October 10, 2007, 11:52:00 PM: beautiful! show us a picture of the snuffer hole!
Title: Re: First year with a recurve....and I scored!
Post by: CheapShot on October 11, 2007, 05:12:00 AM: Nice buck, extra special for your first trad deer. congratulations.
Title: Re: First year with a recurve....and I scored!
Post by: drewsbow on October 11, 2007, 06:53:00 AM: congrats , nice deer :0)
Title: Re: First year with a recurve....and I scored!
Post by: Littlefeather on October 11, 2007, 06:59:00 AM: Very nice! Congrats! CK
Title: Re: First year with a recurve....and I scored!
Post by: Nakohe on October 11, 2007, 07:09:00 AM: Way to go!! Congrats on a very nice buck. Great story also.
Title: Re: First year with a recurve....and I scored!
Post by: Izzy on October 11, 2007, 08:24:00 AM: A fine buck congrats.
Title: Re: First year with a recurve....and I scored!
Post by: Kingstaken on October 11, 2007, 08:47:00 AM: It's awesome when everything comes together!! Congrats!!
:archer:
Title: Re: First year with a recurve....and I scored!
Post by: Huntrdfk@Work on October 11, 2007, 08:56:00 AM: That's pretty cool, congrats on your first, and may many more follow!

David
Title: Re: First year with a recurve....and I scored!
Post by: fireman_3311 on October 11, 2007, 08:58:00 AM: Off to a dandy start!!! Good shootin!!!
Title: Re: First year with a recurve....and I scored!
Post by: McGeeM on October 11, 2007, 09:12:00 AM: Nice buck
Title: Re: First year with a recurve....and I scored!
Post by: Drew on October 11, 2007, 09:15:00 AM: Nice looking MI buck...since your close we'll have to get together and shoot sometime!

Congrats. -Drew
Title: Re: First year with a recurve....and I scored!
Post by: BMN on October 11, 2007, 09:16:00 AM: That's a dandy! Congrats :clapper:
Title: Re: First year with a recurve....and I scored!
Post by: woodchucker on October 11, 2007, 09:18:00 AM: CONGRATULATIONS My Friend!!!!!!!!!! :clapper:
Title: Re: First year with a recurve....and I scored!
Post by: Wulomac on October 11, 2007, 09:19:00 AM: NIce job!
Title: Re: First year with a recurve....and I scored!
Post by: bohuntr on October 11, 2007, 09:30:00 AM: Congrats on the beautiful buck!!! :clapper: :clapper: :clapper:
Title: Re: First year with a recurve....and I scored!
Post by: John D on October 11, 2007, 09:38:00 AM: Congrats! Well done.
Title: Re: First year with a recurve....and I scored!
Post by: brmize on October 11, 2007, 09:40:00 AM: Very Nice!!!

Brian
Title: Re: First year with a recurve....and I scored!
Post by: hill boy on October 11, 2007, 09:51:00 AM: :clapper: :clapper: :clapper: I'd be happy with one like that from anywhere at any time.
Title: Re: First year with a recurve....and I scored!
Post by: Brute killer on October 11, 2007, 10:08:00 AM: Good Job!!!!!!! :thumbsup:
Title: Re: First year with a recurve....and I scored!
Post by: JSimon on October 11, 2007, 11:30:00 AM: Thanks for all the kind words. It means alot. I feel very fortunate that everything just came together great on this one.
Title: Re: First year with a recurve....and I scored!
Post by: Mike Walker on October 11, 2007, 11:45:00 AM: Way to go Jeff! Nice deer... :thumbsup:
Title: Re: First year with a recurve....and I scored!
Post by: 2-BIG on October 11, 2007, 11:46:00 AM: Dandy buck Jeff! :)
Title: Re: First year with a recurve....and I scored!
Post by: eagle24 on October 11, 2007, 12:39:00 PM: Congratulations on a fine buck! You are hooked now! :thumbsup:
Title: Re: First year with a recurve....and I scored!
Post by: LV2HUNT on October 11, 2007, 01:00:00 PM: Good job! That is a great buck to break the ice with. I guess setting the bar too high for the next one is not the worst problem a fella could have though :thumbsup: .
Title: Re: First year with a recurve....and I scored!
Post by: Chuck Fawcett on October 11, 2007, 04:31:00 PM: Nice buck, he'd even challenge some of the one's we have here in Canada. Great job and congradulations.
Title: Re: First year with a recurve....and I scored!
Post by: DRR324 on October 11, 2007, 04:43:00 PM: Super job! Congrats- big time!!
Title: Re: First year with a recurve....and I scored!
Post by: deertraks on October 11, 2007, 05:16:00 PM: Congrats, that's great! :thumbsup:
Title: Re: First year with a recurve....and I scored!
Post by: Shawn Leonard on October 11, 2007, 06:17:00 PM: I love a great story. Congrats on a very nice buck!! Shawn
Title: Re: First year with a recurve....and I scored!
Post by: Jerry Jeffer on October 11, 2007, 06:34:00 PM: That's a real dandy, and sounds like an exciting evening. Congrats and much continued success.
Title: Re: First year with a recurve....and I scored!
Post by: T.J. on October 11, 2007, 06:36:00 PM: Now that's a nice fat deer!! Great job he's a fine trophy.
Title: Re: First year with a recurve....and I scored!
Post by: yellow bow on October 11, 2007, 06:44:00 PM: nice buck,congrats!
Title: Re: First year with a recurve....and I scored!
Post by: Keefer on October 11, 2007, 07:23:00 PM: Nice buck and great story. Welcome to the TradGang "SpotLight For A Night Site" Man that sounded good didn't it? Well that is a showcase buck if you ask me.Congradulations Jeefro... God Bless! Keefers <")))><
Title: Re: First year with a recurve....and I scored!
Post by: Landshark160 on October 11, 2007, 08:10:00 PM: Great story man, congratulations!
Title: Re: First year with a recurve....and I scored!
Post by: whitebuffalo on October 11, 2007, 08:17:00 PM: Awsome buck man,,what county was he from,,
Title: Re: First year with a recurve....and I scored!
Post by: limbow on October 11, 2007, 08:22:00 PM: Well DONE !!!! Hooked for sure
Title: Re: First year with a recurve....and I scored!
Post by: Robert Warnock on October 11, 2007, 09:40:00 PM: Real nice buck and a great story, thanks for sharing.
Title: Re: First year with a recurve....and I scored!
Post by: OconeeDan on October 11, 2007, 10:10:00 PM: :thumbsup: :clapper: :clapper:
Title: Re: First year with a recurve....and I scored!
Post by: SOS on October 11, 2007, 10:45:00 PM: That's a shame. Now you are going to expect every should be a nice'un. Don't you know you are supposed to break the ice with a young'un? :notworthy: Congrats.
Title: Re: First year with a recurve....and I scored!
Post by: LUCKY MAN on October 11, 2007, 11:35:00 PM: Great deer killed with a age old, tried and true weapon. STICKBOWS RULE !
Title: Re: First year with a recurve....and I scored!
Post by: Takedown on October 12, 2007, 10:26:00 AM: Wow! Way to go.

Man he is a nice buck, and butterball fat to boot!
You can tell he has been putting on the feed for the upcomming Rut!

Nice job.
Harry.
Title: Re: First year with a recurve....and I scored!
Post by: JSimon on October 12, 2007, 12:55:00 PM: Quote
Originally posted by whitebuffalo:
Awsome buck man,,what county was he from,,
I got him in Ionia county.
Title: Re: First year with a recurve....and I scored!
Post by: horsin'around on October 12, 2007, 08:51:00 PM: Very nice buck..good shooting...I've got a Quinn stallion 42#@28" very good shooter for the money.Going to have heavier limbs made...Mike...
Title: Re: First year with a recurve....and I scored!
Post by: Fletcher on October 12, 2007, 09:25:00 PM: Congrats,Simon!! He's a husky one and a wallhanger for sure. :clapper:
Title: Re: First year with a recurve....and I scored!
Post by: GingivitisKahn on October 13, 2007, 03:11:00 PM: Holy smoke - nice buck!
Title: Re: First year with a recurve....and I scored!
Post by: steadman on October 13, 2007, 04:39:00 PM: Very nice buck! Congrats!! :thumbsup:
Title: Re: First year with a recurve....and I scored!
Post by: Jaeger on October 18, 2007, 04:41:00 AM: The mighty Quinn strikes again!! I'll bet that buck never noticed the lack of fancy veneers.
Title: Re: First year with a recurve....and I scored!
Post by: Tom Leemans on October 18, 2007, 08:55:00 AM: Cool! He's a fat one!
Title: Re: First year with a recurve....and I scored!
Post by: George D. Stout on October 18, 2007, 09:28:00 AM: Bravo! That's a beauty. Those Quinn bows are nice shooters....best bargain out there.
Title: Re: First year with a recurve....and I scored!
Post by: Rich LaBombard on October 18, 2007, 09:53:00 AM: Impressive!
Title: Re: First year with a recurve....and I scored!
Post by: razorsharptokill on October 18, 2007, 07:59:00 PM: What a pig! 1st deer with trad gear too, I'd definetly have him mounted!
Title: Re: First year with a recurve....and I scored!
Post by: KentuckyTJ on October 18, 2007, 09:08:00 PM: Great deer Jeff and good call on ditching work for a rainy day hunt. I have a similar story on my largest buck. When the morning began I was sitting at work. On my way back from lunch my ol' dad called and twisted my arm. I'm sure glad he called that day.

Congrats TJ
Title: Re: First year with a recurve....and I scored!
Post by: strick9 on October 18, 2007, 09:16:00 PM: Great buck and good job, when youre done with that horseshoe could I borrow it??..
Title: Re: First year with a recurve....and I scored!
Post by: Tim Kosteczko on October 18, 2007, 09:20:00 PM: Wow! congrats on the first, but as mentioned, you really set the bar high for yourself shootin a nice buck like that, its gonna be hard to top a nice buck and a good shot like that (Based on the amount of blood on the ground under his mouth you must have done some serious damage that snuffer, he wasnt going far). But i suppose having a great buck and great shot like that to try and top is a problem many of us would like to have. congrats once agian.
Title: Re: First year with a recurve....and I scored!
Post by: Terry Green on October 20, 2007, 11:43:00 PM: :bigsmyl: :thumbsup:
Title: Re: First year with a recurve....and I scored!
Post by: Moengo on October 21, 2007, 01:54:00 PM: A very impressive deer! Good job!!!