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Main Boards => PowWow => Topic started by: Interseptor on October 24, 2010, 10:56:00 PM
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About two weeks ago, I mist a chip shot on a deer that was just ten feet from the base of my stand. I decided that it was time to bone up on that shot by practicing on a target that I made back during the summer. I took a oate mill box and wrapped it in brown construction paper and placed the box just ten feet from the base of my practice stand. I wanted to reproduce the view that I would get if another deer walked under my stand again.
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This past Friday, school was closed. So I left well before sun up and headed to hunt the club with friends. A close friend and two of his buds came down and camped for a week of hunting. When I arrived, everybody was still asleep. So I slipped into my hunting close and headed for my stand.
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Before I climbed into my stand, I put some James Valley out. Then up I went. It turned out to be a beautiful morning though a little colder than I was exspecting. I was really glad to see the sun. I was hunting a stand that sits in a strip of thick jungle like trees which sits between two cutovers. The deer love to move from one cutover to the other through this spot. I figured it would be a great place to see a deer during a full moon. Around 9:00 am, I spot movement coming in from my left. I slowly rise to my feet as a doe comes into view. She walked right up to the scent that I put out on my left and stuck her nose in it. Thats when all of the practice kicked in. I bent at my waste, camed to full draw with a solid anchor, picked my spot and concentrated, and let the string slip from my fingers. Thump! The big 190 Interseptor found its mark behind the front shoulder angling down. The doe bolted out and I could hear her bangling against trees as she ran. I gave her a little time and got down at 10 am. At first I walked to the area where I hit her and began to look for sign. I walked up the trail that I thought she took and found nothing. So I decide to go back and walk the second trail She ran in that general direction. It was a good enough hit so I figured I could go back to camp and get some help if I didn't find any sign. Once back at the location of the shot, I begin to walk the second trail. This trail was just yards from the first and they both ran in diferent directions once you got about ten yards beyond your view from the stand. So just maybe she ran the other trail. Well half way up the second trail I found this. (http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b161/DWB123/DSCN0413.jpg)
I quickly marked the sign with tape. I moved another foot to the left and found this.
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Another few feet and I found this.
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The trail began to jump out at me and for thirty five yards though tangle vines, pines, and trash trees I marked blood. And then I found this.
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The simmons head did its job. I thanked the Good Lord for the blessing and went and got the truck. It was great to share this experience with folks who had never shot a bow and show them the effectiveness of a sharp, well placed broadhead. And to top the day off, my bud back at camp cooked everybody lunc, corn, mashed potatoes, and steak.
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Congrats! :thumbsup:
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Very nice,
Thanks for the story ....
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That is great!!! :clapper: :clapper: :archer2:
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Congrats Interceptor.....love that simmons quiver too! Great read
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GREAT
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Very Nice!!!
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Well done!
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Thanks for sharing the story!
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Congrats! Great job and nice pictures.
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Nice shooting! Congrats!
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Well done!
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Congradulations. Hap
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Real happy for ya! Well-done!
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Super effort mate... well done!
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Congrats, good story and pics.
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Well planned.Congrats.
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Congrats :thumbsup:
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Congrats!!
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Very cool, congrats bud :clapper:
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Nice. I like how you adressed that tough shot and put a plan together. Thanks for sharing.
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Hunting the cutovers is good, especially about two or three years later. But briars take over quickly too.
SC and NC cutovers are gooood huntin'.
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Way to go sir! :thumbsup:
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Excellent, congrats! Good shot and a nice doe.
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:thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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Congrats, thanks for taking us along.
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Very nice - I too have missed really close shots and like to shoot a few practice arrows right below me because I find it so easy to shoot over/high on that shot. Congratulations on the deer.
Bob Urban
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Great story. Nice doe!
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Congrats!!
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Very well done, Congradulations! :thumbsup:
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Well done, thanks for sharing
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Another one falls to the SHARK. BILL
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Sincere congratulations!!!
Great shot, great story, and great pics.
Nothing like a miss at close range to make the appreciation that much sweeter when you do finally score!
Thanks for sharing.
Many happy returns!!! :thumbsup:
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Great work Douglas.
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Good job Douglas
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Well done, way to stay after it!
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Excellent! You were able to share in one of my favorite completions of the hunt. Tracking her down. Great jog!
Tell us more about your set-up if you don't mind.
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Congrats on putting it all together!!
God Bless,
Nathan
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Great story and pics Interseptor ! Congrats bud !
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Nice job. Way to overcome a miss. Practice makes perfect.
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awesome!
As I was reading the part about the training with the oatmeal box, I swear I could hear the theme song to "Rocky"
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A great story and I'm happy it all worked out. Way to go.
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AWESOME!!
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Congrats!!
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Practice pays off!! Good Job.
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great
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Good Stuff! CONGRATS!!
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Good shooting, and congrats. Meat in the freezer.
“All great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom; justice; honor; duty; mercy; hope.”
Winston S Churchill
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Nice shooting :thumbsup:
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VERY NICE!! :archer2:
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Excellent result - congratulations and thanks for sharing!
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Way to go Interseptor! Thanks for sharing.
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Nice!
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Man I opened this thread up thinking How did a trad dude get himself attacked by a shark?? then I read on -- GOOD DEAL and great eating!
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Douglas, I'm glad you didn't get eaten by a shark. Congratulations on your deer!
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nice job congrats!!! those downwards shots are tough and you got your game face on practiced and made it count!
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Doug,
OUTSTANDING my friend, CONGRATS...
Mike
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:thumbsup:
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The appreciation you have for the whole experience is really great to see.
A hearty congratulations to you brother of the bow.
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Well done :clapper:
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Nice Shot ! congrats on your doe. Todd
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:thumbsup:
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Outstanding harvest! Congrats and thanks for sharing. :thumbsup: :clapper:
Bet your buds wished they hadn't slept in. :biglaugh:
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Nice! Steak for lunch, tenderloins for dinner!! I am still waiting for mine!! hope springs eternal, you know.
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Thanks guys! Its great to be able to share with the Gang! Especially on days when you would rather be out hunting. Thanks to all of you for sharing your successes! It keeps me pump!
And Friend, my set up is a Lynn Harrelson 60 inch t/d recurve (56lbs. @ 28 inches), Carbon Express Herritage 250s, and those nasty 190 Simmons Interceptors. The stand is located in a giant hedge row between two cutovers. A drainage ditch is just fifteen yards in front of the stand and the dog leg of the closer cut over is located to the right. Deer move up & down the edge of the drainage and around the dog leg. I bet I've seen deer more times out of this stand than not.
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Congratulations! Those shots are hard to make. I have a buddy who has aready missed 4 shots over the deer's back because of the steep angle. :thumbsup: :archer:
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Great shooting!!!!!!! Congrats.
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Good deer & story. Nice shot too.
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Saweet!! WAy to Go man!