Well the weather finally broke and we got some sunshine. That coupled with me having a short day at work meant I was able to go do some stump’n this afternoon with my Horne T/D Brushbow.
I arrived at the area I planned to find some stumps and picked my way through the dense re-prod (Juvenile Fir Trees) heading for a ridge that had an opening. Once I came over the ridge, I was immediately overwhelmed by the plethora of stumps. Having had a slow deer season, I really wanted to be successful today and things were looking up.
As I gazed upon the beautiful stumps my pulse quickened, and I started to shake. I had to talk my self into concentrating on just one stump at a time. With a bad case of Stump Fever, I figured I should pick out a Stump that I could make a solid hit on the first time, so here she is.
Here is a large herd of smaller stumps that I passed on. I was looking for large, rotten trophy stumps that had more meat on them and were easier to penetrate.
After making some good shots on larger stumps, I decided to go for a little smaller target. What is interesting about this shot is that the first arrow hit and bounced out. I aimed for the same spot and the second arrow stuck in the same exact hole. These are 90 grain blunts and I needed more weight, so I screwed 70 grain sheet metal screws into the end. Hey it works.
I hate to wipe out a whole family, but daddy stump, momma stump, and juvenile stump were easy targets and I needed the practice. My arrow bounced out of Daddy stump, but momma and baby are sporting white fletches.
Now I gotta climb outta here.
It looks like Mr. Bear woke up from his winter nap
I took this picture when I got back up on the ridge and was getting ready to leave. The sun was peeking through the clouds and you can just see the moon to the left of the sunny spot. This was mid afternoon and not even close to dark. The photo just turned out dark and I thought it looked pretty cool.
Topic: Finally Got Do Some Stumpin Today (Pics) (Read 250 times)
