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Title: Last hunt of season
Post by: gordydog on February 01, 2020, 04:43:40 PM


Title: Re: Last hunt of season
Post by: gordydog on February 01, 2020, 05:28:54 PM
A great night to try for one more deer. I had been playing around with an old 45# 58" Bear Grizzly and put together some tapered cedar Acme shafts, 75 grain woody weights and a 160 grain Simmons Treeshark.  At fifteen yards these 630 grain arrows were dead on.
 After a short hour of sitting five bald deer started to move my way.  I was excited to try this new setup that I had been shooting for several weeks. Sharpening the Tree Shark with a Rada Wheelie and honing with a leather strap board had me shaving hair off my arms, I couldn't wait to try the arrows on live game instead of a broadhead target. Two deer came in under 13 yards, but no shot angle evolved to my liking. The third deer was my focus now. To get to full draw was a ten minute ordeal with three sets of eyes to contend with.  The shot presented itself with the deer still slightly angling toward me. I held the light 45# Bear at full draw for a good 6  seconds with control and focus. The arrow went right were I wanted it to and hit with a crack sound. Off it ran with 15 inches of arrow pushing back out.
 Only waiting 20 minutes to examine the point of impact revealed immediate, beautiful bright red blood on pure white snow  as far as I could see up the trail. A plentiful blood trail on snow never gets old, so I just walked slow and enjoyed the easy tracking, seeing blood 35 yards ahead me the whole time. She only made it 60 yards. Examining the doe cavity showed the arrow entered 8 ribs back from the front of the deer and angled down behind the heart. A great hunt for me that I will always be thankful for..

 
Title: Re: Last hunt of season
Post by: stick_string on February 02, 2020, 09:15:08 AM
Great job!
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Post by: Zwickey-Fever on February 02, 2020, 08:45:34 PM
Great job and great way to end a season!
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Post by: varmint101 on February 04, 2020, 06:00:17 PM
Gotta love those sharks! And with the old Grizzly too!
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Post by: Buckeye1977 on February 05, 2020, 05:58:54 AM
 :thumbsup:
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Post by: SlowBowKing on February 11, 2020, 07:58:00 PM
Way to finish out the season! Bright red blood on pure white snow must be quite a sight.
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Post by: sheephunter on February 22, 2020, 12:59:56 AM
Congrats!
Title: Re: Last hunt of season
Post by: rastaman on February 25, 2020, 11:11:36 AM
Those sharks are awesome!  Way to go sir! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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Post by: bowhawk archer on February 26, 2020, 03:03:21 PM
Congrats on your end of season doe.
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Post by: arrow30 on May 14, 2020, 07:53:30 PM
congratts! love a bloodtrail in the snow. :thumbsup:
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Post by: curlis on July 29, 2020, 10:40:05 PM
Nothing better than blood on snow.
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Post by: Kopper1013 on August 16, 2020, 04:48:11 PM
Nice shooting! Nice flat top
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Post by: Bisch on October 07, 2020, 12:15:15 PM
Congrats!

Bisch
Title: Re: Last hunt of season
Post by: countryboy2441 on December 19, 2020, 10:47:21 AM
Nice doe, Great shot!
Title: Re: Last hunt of season
Post by: Ybuck on December 25, 2020, 09:28:49 PM
well played sir!
congratulations!!!