Daily Hunt Pics and Stories 2007

[stalkerhawk]

the hawk in the pic is a immature redtailed hawk

[Old Ways]

I envy you guys. I wish I could go hunting. I decided to become a fire fighter/MFR and with work, schooling and being on call I can't find any time to hunt. It is 4 weeks into our archery deer season and I have only been out for one morning hunt and one evening. How depressing. I usually live in the woods this time of year. Oh well, at least someone gets to be there.     :(

[kasey]

im with ya old ways im in Florda and i don't have any place to hunt here.

[flightmedic]

this is my first whitetail off the ground, shot her from a double bull blind, it worked like a charm, even used the shoot thru netting which i was very scared of doing but i had no ill effect at about 18yds. i used a Striker Stinger at 50# with a homemade wood shaft with a magnus 2 blade 125 grain. she went about 40yds and piled up it was a good october day in the woods

 

[GingivitisKahn]

Way to go, flightmedic!

[ratgunner]

Good job,flightmedic.  

[Plug]

Kinda cloudy so work at the grain elevator I manage was slow. Snuck out a little early to sit a tree ahead of the forecasted high winds.

Got settled in about 4:50. Watched a fox stalk some squirrels while things calmed back to normal. Then about 5:05 I softly grunted two times. Not a minute later a nice 8 point materializes out of the thick stuff about 50 yards away.

He walks toward me about 10 yards then stops under a white oak to suck up some acorns. After about 3 or 4 minutes he resumes heading my way then suddenly veers off. I quicky fish the grunt call back out of my jacket and give a couple of soft toots. That straightens him out and suddenly he's moving through my shooting lanes. A 22 yard shot with the old recurve passes through him taking out both lungs and the top of his heart. He tears off and a few seconds later I hear him crash. Wait about 15 minutes then find him after following a 120 yard blood trail a blind hippie could follow.

I was a little bit more excited about the whole thing than my grandaughter, Cadence.

 

Bow - Robertson Prarie Falcon, 60# @ 29". Black locust limbs. Built for me back in '84 and it's made a lot of meat since then.

Arrow - Laminated birch

Broadhead - Magnus I - 2 blade

[DRR324]

Big congrats Plug!  Very nice for an after work hunt!  

[Buckhorn47]

Nice job, Plug. Congratulations. That laminated birch is good stuff, isn't it, of course, the whole setup sounds great.

[Plug]

horn mojo...

After I finished working up the buck I wrote about a few posts back, I contemplated on what to do with the rack.  I decided they were just about the right size for a set of rattlin’ antlers.  So today, after a morning shower allowed me to close the business at noon I hustled home, whacked the antlers off the buck's head, got my clothes changed and gear together, grabbed my new set of “rattlers” and headed for the woods.

The wind was blowing I’d say about 15.  A  little windy for good rattling success, but knowing I had nothing to lose, about 4:00 I beat them together.  Nothing responded.
 
About 5:00 I tried again.  I had only hung the horns up for maybe 3 minutes when I saw a nice 8 point coming through the woods at a fair pace.  True to form for rattled in bucks he came right up to my stand,  stopped and stood there looking for the action.  Down to my last buck tag and realizing the deer had the potential to be a real bruiser someday, I decided to pass on the 8 yard  standing broadside shot.

After a half a minute or so he started to move off.  However, I guess he was still wanting a fight or to at least watch one because he only made a short loop and came right back in again, this time stopping broadside at 12 yards.   Enough already!  I figured the Lord must be wanting me to shoot this deer.   So I shot him.  A picture perfect double-lunger.   After following another copious blood trail for 90 yards he was mine.  Kinda cool to kill him by rattling him in with the antlers of a buck I shot just 2 days before.

Cadence still hasn’t caught Pop-Pops’s excitement.

   

Same gear as last time.

[DW]

Maybe he recognized the sound!!!!! Congratulations on an excellent week..Don and Skyler

[BigRonHuntAlot]

   

[ratgunner]

Nice one and a good story,thanks Plug.

[Kingwouldbe]

First off, Thanks to Trad Gang & Striker Bow's for letting me spend a little time with a vary special Bow.

I love hearing about every ones hunts, so here's whats been going on in southern California this season.


 A little high country 11,500 feet only got sore feet.


 

[Kingwouldbe]

St Judes Rover Gal...Miss Hope.

Once again, thanks to Rick Ellis of Stiker Bows for offering these bows for this years effort

14 yard shot out of a tree I climbed to get off of the ground [ I just stood on a branch about 20 feet up ]


 

[Kingwouldbe]

This buck was awesome to hunt.

Here in SO Cal. he is a monster, we just don't have giant deer here.

But we make do, this is a black tail, they call it a Pacific Hybrid.

[Kingwouldbe]

Yes, I am smoking another cigar when this guy came in.

I think if they do smell it, it dose not scare them, it's just smoke.

But I always hunt the wind, It is funny though and I can tell which way the wind is going all the time.

 
     


11 yard shot with my Habu recurve, 55lb, 530 gr. arrow with 200gr. Grizzly

[kasey]

nice

[Plug]

Great pictures Kingwouldbe.  Not trying to be rude but could you edit the pic down to 600 pixels wide?  It makes the all the posts on the page hard to read.

 

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[BOFF]

Plug,
What experiences and hunts. I see the first picture has an arrow Cadence may use.    :D  

Kingwouldbe,
Beautiful first pic. Great deer!! Your smile says it all. Way to go!!!