Just returned from Wyoming mule deer hunt. Saw some good bucks but couldn't seem to get into bow range. I passed up 4-5 small bucks during the week and ended up taking one of them on the last day. Wife told me we were out of venison bacon and if I brought home bacon that said Oscar Meyer on the package she might get suspicious.
We really had cold windy conditions most of the week and lost a couple of hunts and some scouting to clouds enveloping the mountains. The morning I shot my buck we had 20 degrees and water was frozen inside the tent.
The shooting of my buck was a classic example of one the advantages of shooting a stickbow instinctively. I was in a treestand, sitting down with my bow in a holder. The buck came from my back right side and was almost to my right front and upslope before I noticed him. In about ten yards he would be through my last shooting lane. I had to make my move or he'd be gone. I slowly stood up and removed my bow from the holder. He immediately sensed something wasn't right and got stiff legged and turned to go back. I still needed to get turned around and face the tree as he was off the wrong side of my stand. With two steps to go before he's out of my life I got turned around. The shot was similar to shooting aerial foam discs; swing, aquire, release, and follow through. While my hit wasn't picture perfect tight behind the shoulder, it was through the center of the rib cage and put him down quickly. OH, the beauty of instinctive shooting.
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