Fallow Deer

[Kingsnake]

OK, so it's only  fallow deer TARGET.  Still . . .the picture should amuse a few of you.  

Five trad archers . .. several different angles and distances . . . and almost a 50/50 split of in the deer vs in the dirt.
 

Not a bad way to spend a Sunday morning.

Kingsnake

[Goshawkin]

Well at least there was one good hit!  :eek:    :D

[ISP 5353]

Looks like opening day on some public land I hunted one time!  That is a really cool picure!

Looks like it was way downhill or way out there?

3D is starting up and hunting season is winding down. There is always a reason to be out shooting your bow!

Looks like a fun time.

Bisch

[Kingsnake]

Both, Bisch.....Way downhill AND way out there.  Shots were more for fun, since we knew we had a decent backstop and were unlikely to lose an arrow.

Yes . ..It was a fun time!

Kingsnake

[LittleBen]

Hey I remember that deer. For a second I thought there was gonna be talk about hunting fallow deer. They've got em in Maryland in a few areas I think.

[Kingsnake]

yea, Ben . . .I thought it might look familiar . ..

Kingsnake

[Rick Richard]

It looks like no one was picking THE spot. Lol

[njloco]

I think all you guys should have stalked up a little closer, I see cabin fever is already setting in.

[Del Savio]

Looks like my nshooting before I discovered Moebow and Green!  Lou

[Friend]

Am able to fully appreciate the good time shared.

Many thanks...

[Stumpkiller]

Good time to be had.

And it pays to be prepared.  

This fellow (fallow) walked across my property in Upstate NY and I stopped scratching my head long enough to drop him.  The DEC Officer informed me a local farmer had imported a herd illegally several years before and had a "fence malfunction" before they could be confiscated.  Two reported, ten still unaccounted for.

   

[Richie]

looks like fun  

[njloco]

Hey Charlie,

That is pretty cool, what kind of deer is that ? and did you have it mounted ?, also he should have known better than to cross your path without asking.  

[Stumpkiller]

Hey Charlie,

That is pretty cool, what kind of deer is that ?

That's a fallow deer (in keeping with the thread).  I made a skull cap plaque for the rack but I don't mount deer heads.  Too much money for "artwork".  Maybe when that 12 pointer jumps into my arrow . . .  

This was culling an introduced species and not sport hunting.  All the meat tasted of liver.  I don't mind liver - as long as it doesn't exceed two meals a year.  The DEC quaranteened the carcass and had it tested for CWD, rabies, tuberculosis and other nasties but turned it back over once it checked clear.  They took the head but did return the rack.

[njloco]

Duh me, just goes to show what happens when you take the kid out of the city.

Thanks Charlie.

[joe ashton]

yikes... I'm glad those boys are out at the range practicing.     Looks like fun