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Main Boards => PowWow => Topic started by: The Vanilla Gorilla on November 28, 2009, 04:32:00 PM
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I had actually drawn my bow twice on this rabbit over the last 10 minutes. I just wasn't sure if I wanted to clean a rabbit tonite. Sometimes I just dont feel like messing with it, you know? So, I was already standing, with my focus on the rabbit when the 2 young bucks walked into view.
So I had this problem. How do you take an Ace Bunny Buster tipped arrow off the string, and replace it with the broadhead tipped arrow that you had on the shelf just a few minutes earlier, with 2 bucks less than 12 yards away??
Slowly. Thats how. Being that I was in the "Club 54" blind, I was pretty well concealed among the cedar limbs and the darkness they offer. But deer aint that deaf. Leaning the varmint arrow up against my leg only worked for a second, until it fell off the side of my leg and hit a branch on its way to the ground. The deer looked my way for a second or two, then went back to pilfering around on the trail in front of me.
I can shoot at rabbits and hogs all day and not waiver, but when a deer is just a few feet away, my nerves like to play pranks on me. Fingers tremble on the string. Shoulder gets shakey. Breathing fast. You know, buck fever crap.
I finally got the bow drawn, and picked a spot in the dirt below and beyond the bucks chest, and let the arrow fly. See...if you pick a spot...thats where your arrow will go! I didnt WANT to shoot there, but apparently, thats where I was aiming.
Both bucks jumped foreward and looked around, but they didnt' seem too freaked out. In fact, the little fella I missed, actually went back to where he was, curious about the red and white blur that passed under his chest. But he was actually closer this time. Inside 10 yards.
In the melee, I snatched another Ace tipped arrow out of the quiver and got ready. When the buck was totally broadside to me, I began my draw. With a buck within 10 yards of me, you tend to get paranoid about sound and movement. I finally began to draw...about 1" per second. I swear, I figured that buck would die of old age before I finally got to full draw. When I did, I picked another spot...this time ON the deer, and let the string fall from my fingers.
The arrow struck home and passed thru. The lil buck bounded about 25 yards away across the clearning, turned and faced me, stumbled sideways and fell. Got up, walked about 5 yards, and crashed.
I gave the fella about 20 minutes, send texts to Jim (razorsharptokill) and my old man then headed over to where I heard the deer fall. In my flashlight, I saw eyes reflecting back, low to the ground, so I backed out slowly. Gave another 45 to make sure the buck had expired and started back to where he had fallen.
Eyes still reflecting back in my flashlight. Problem was, I was looking at my dead deer. Apparently, in the 20 minutes that the deer had died, and I went to look for him, a big bobcat had done found my kill and had started to dine on his buttcheek. He hadn't been scared off until the 2nd time I approached the deer, and he had tried to cover up the deer to claim it as his own. Like thats gonna stop me. Pic included of the carnage the bobcat caused.
So..my CSI television training told me that my shot was a double lung, pass thru shot. You'd thing that this would have been a pink, frothy, foamy mess, that would have been a joy to follow. Nope...the only blood outside the body was that which was left on my arrow, and where the deer had lain after it crashed. What a bummer. I'm so happy this deer had dropped within sight.
Thanks for readin, yall. I know this was a long story, but I know I love reading any hunting story!
8 yd shot
54lb Dryad Orion
570gr Beman Classics tipped with Ace heads
(http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a243/Xtortion66/deer5.jpg)
(http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a243/Xtortion66/deer18.jpg)
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Great story and nice shooting buddy :thumbsup:
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Dang that Bobcat was quick . Congrats on the deer.
Jack
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Cool, Congradulations on the deer. Dang Bobcats! Traps were set out today for one.
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Cam, you're still as cute as ever! LOL!! Good shootin' buddy....apparently all of those lessons I gave you paid off! Seriously, nice story and a great deer. I may try to get back out there next spring and chase some turkeys. If it works out maybe we can hunt together a couple of mornings? Keep in touch-Mike
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Nice buck, I've had fox on a deer within ten minutes after shooting. I guess they are hungry to.
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Congrats on the Buck!!
Nice bow!
LOL
Mike
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interesting story and nice deer. Now kill that cat....
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Thanks for sharing and Congrats...
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Congrats! Looks a lot like my first deer!
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Good story and nice buck!
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Congradulations. Hap
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Congrats!!! :thumbsup:
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Good story and excellent photo too! :thumbsup: Well done.
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Congratulations! Glad your day was more productive than mine. Great story and harvest but, too bad about the bobcat. :thumbsup: :clapper:
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:thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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that makes me smile :) good shot.
rusty
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Congrats on the buck. They are all gooduns taken with a stickbow.
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Excellent! Looks like a great hunt :clapper:
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I am HAPPY FOR YOU TRAD BRO!!!!!!!!!
MAY THE SPIRIT OF FRED BEAR GUIDE OUR ARROWS.
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Congrats!
Dang bobcats :mad:
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Congrats!!! Looks like some fine eating there. :thumbsup:
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Congrats , and thanks for the story i really like to read stories too,
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Congrats Gorilla. Hope you were wearing some blaze orange with it being rifle season here. Those gun hunters can bet crazy sometimes. Been two incidents of people shooting the friend they were hunting with here in OK this year.
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Good shot. Trying to be quiet with a deer a few yards away is really tough. Glad you made it work.
Allan
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Good-fun-story.
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very cool, congratulations!!!
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Good job!....... :thumbsup:
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Well-done!
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Cool hunt. Good job. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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great story congrats on scoring, two shots can be nerve wracking ey?
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Nice! :thumbsup:
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I'm thinking I'd be setting over the remains of my field dressing job and eating cat stew, Congrats. :thumbsup:
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congrats :thumbsup:
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Great story! Congrats!
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Nice job, Cam. Save a couple for me.
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Thanks for the kind words everyone!
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VG glad you killed somthing out off that blind you worked pretty hard on it.Congradulations sir you done good :thumbsup: