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Topic Archives => Memorable Hunts => Topic started by: GingivitisKahn on October 13, 2007, 02:58:00 PM
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Well, I've been trying to stick one of these for quite some time. This morning, I finally got this doe.
(http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff187/GingivitisKahn/my_first_doe_20071003_smaller.jpg)
Interestingly, she died right next to what turns out to be the first rub I've seen this year (over my shoulder in the pic).
The bow is a 55# DH Hunter with a bit of twist in the lower limb. The arrow is an Easton XX78 tipped with a Magnus two-blade.
I shot her from the ground at about 30 yards on public land just a bit north of Columbus. I hit her a bit farther back than I would have liked so I had to put another one in her when we found her. Hopefully my next shot will be better.
Now the big question is - what to do with the hide.
:-D
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Congrats!!
30 yards is a long shot for me. I won't take that long of a shot in the woods. You did good to find her and get another shot into her. She's a nice looking doe.
BTW you should be able to get the twist out of that limb easy enough. I think there may be a "how to" on it.
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Good for you!!! I hope to join you with a first deer thread of my own as I have the last 2 weeks of Oct off.
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great job and nice kill. its always a nice feeling to be in the woods, but reuturing with venison just completes the day. good job man.
-cory
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Very nice! Congrats! :thumbsup:
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Very well done! Congrats!
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good job.
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Good job!! Hope there are a lot more to follow..Mike...
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Well Done!! :thumbsup:
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Congratulations! Nothing compares to your first one.
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Congrats!! btw what is the brace height on the bow?
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CONGRATS! :thumbsup: :clapper:
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congrats.... Nice DOE, Welcome to the Club
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sweeeeeeeet. i've been there and know your excitement. a trophy you will never forget. congrats. tim.
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WAY TO GO!!! Nice mature doe, too. One of the toughest targets in the woods. Good job on her recovery, too. :clapper:
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Great job on a nice looking doe!!
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Great job. Great follow up too. Sometimes the toughest part of the hunt begins after the shot.
Your smile says it all!
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Congratulations!! Were you still hunting or sitting when you shot her? Matt
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30 yards. That's what Iam talking about. I know that the ethical police try to limit free Americans, but I say if you can, do it. Art Young and Saxon Pope took game at 60+ yards. Did the ethical police forget that? Ok I am off my soap box. Great Job and Keep it up. By the way my longest ever was 27 Steps. Just thought you would like to know. Good LUCK
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Congrats.
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:clapper:
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congrats , well done :0)
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Thanks for the kind words, guys. :-)
Jason - thanks. I'll see if I can find that how-to.
bearhair - good luck. I hope you take a lot less time than I did. :-p
rh44mag - I have mine set at seven inches. It was a lot lower and a lot louder last year, but my bow seems to like seven inches pretty well.
mmgrode - I was still sitting - sorta. Earlier, three does had walked behind me down an alternate trail. Of course, I second-guessed my spot and moved close enough to ambush that trail - figuring that any additional deer might be likely to follow that first bunch. I waited in the slightly new spot for an hour or so and (of course) the next group - my doe leading six or seven others walked down the trail I had originally been watching. It never fails - hehe. Anyway, had I stayed put, my shot would have been a good deal shorter and easier, but it looks like all worked out well enough.
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Great trophy! I hope to be joining your ranks with my first trad kill this year as well.
Congrats!!
Nathan
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hoebow,
Hope you didn't take my comments as saying 30 yards it to far. I personaly cannot make that shot. I rarely hunt in an area I can even get that kind of shot unless I am way up in a tree. I'm glad for anyone who can make a shot at that distance. In this situation he followed up an made good finishing shot after a more marginal hit. (Heck you can make a marginal hit at ten yards or less) The follow up shot is always good if you can get it. I think GingivitisKahn did awesome and I am happy for him.
Just wanted to clear that up. Just in case I was misunderstood.
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Oh - something I failed to mention. You guys will appreciate this.
Usually I hunt south of the city, so I wasn't 100% sure where the deer check station was close to where I shot mine. A quick phone call and I learn that my neighbor is saying the check station is a 'yellowish brown building right close to the intersection of Old State and 36-37. We drove around there and the only building I could find that met that description was the local Humane Society. Lol - I'll get that guy.
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Nice doe, and from the ground too!! You the man.
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Congrats. 30 yards is a long shot in the woods, glad it turned out ok.
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Nice job you only get one first. Humane Society did you ask them to weigh it for ya? LOL
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congrats :clapper: :clapper: :clapper:
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Great job!
That first one is so special. I have always wanted to do something with the hide but the two times I tried the hide went bad before I got to it or was so stiff that it wasn't usable.
Congratulations again.
Chris
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Nice Job, grab lower limb while the bow is strung and hold the string in place and twist it the opposite way, well past the twist. Check for straightness, ya may have to reapeat this once or twice a day every few days but it will come out rather easy. Congrats!! Shawn
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Hey thanks Shawn - I'll give that a try.
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Congrats. Nicely done! My first traditional whitetail was taken with a DH recurve also. Great bows for the money.
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I'd either have the hide tanned hair on for a reminder or have tanned hair off and make something out of it, that way you'll always remember!
Congrats!
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CONGRATULATIONS my Friend!!!!! :clapper:
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Congrats! Did you get her at Delaware or Alum Creek?
-Charlie
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Way to go! :thumbsup:
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Charlie - Alum Creek. Now I'm torn between that and Deer Creek. It's a good problem to have. :-)
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Kahn, that shop you mentioned on 36/37 is run by a trad man. He is a little rough around the edges but he's a heck of a guy. Congrats on the Doe
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FSN - if you and I are talking about the same guy (and I think we may be), he was a recon Marine in Vietnam. He does have a number of grownup bows in his shop as well. I have a feeling I'll be doing some business with him. :-)
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Same feller...He is a great asset for me. He is also a retire police officer and one heck of a shot...maybe see ya around up that way.
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Kahn,
Never hunted either one. Do they get much pressure?
-Charlie
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Well done! :clapper:
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FSN - sounds great. :-D
Buckeye - they sure do. I'm told that Delaware is the heaviest hunted public land in Ohio. Who knows if that's true, but it seems to be popping every time I've been up there. Alum Creek is quite a bit smaller but there are always hunters (and horse riders, and hikers, and fishermen, and boaters) there when I go.
I really doubt you will find much public land in this area that doesn't get hammered but that's the way it is.
The one bit of public land I found that seemed relatively lightly used (somewhat close) is the Ohio Power land out by Zanesville. I hunted that a bit several years ago and much of it seems pretty decent, it's just farther than I really want to drive in the morning. You do (or did when I hunted) need to get a free permit to hunt that land, but getting permission is no big deal.
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Good job!!!
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Congratulations!!!
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:thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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congrats on the first bow kill.
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:bigsmyl: :thumbsup: