Hope arrived the evening of the 19Th after I came home from a 3d shoot at our local range.
Wow she's perty, I strung her up right away, smooth, vary smooth, could not run an arrow through her until the next day and it only took a few adjustments { 7inch fist mill and 4/8 nock point above level } and she was grouping out to 35 yards nice and tight, I thought that's enough to get the job done.
I had to get her set up to do some serious hunting, so I put a bow quiver on her, I like to shoot with a clicker so I put one on her, now she looked ready to GET R DONE.
Hope go's hunting for a buck and none show, I have a doe tag and I would be willing to use it, just to use hope to do it, but not even a doe showed.
I take her out in the rain and it pours on use and again nothing shows.
Now to the good stuff, I saw a nice buck in this area so I thought I would take hope out for a hunt, to make a vary long day short, I get busted by a 3x3 and after he blows out I get busted by a doe.
Now, I have only killed 4 bucks out of a tree stand, but I know I have to get off the ground, I start looking for a good tree that has a good branch I can stand on, out west we don't do that much tree-standing, I like to spot and stock, but as Clint Eastwood said A mans got to do, what a mans got to do! So up I go.
I glass this buck coming my way after 6 does come by and hang out then leave, he's definitely a shooter, as he feeds my way picking up acorns along the way He comes through a window @ around 25yds.
I think he will give me a better shot so I pass on the shot, then he takes 2 more steps and beds up on the other side of this bush for over an hour, every time I move a mussel to try and get comfortable or to get ready for the shot, I have to do it, in super slow motion.
He Finlay gets up just before dark, around 6:18 he gives me a 14 yard shot with the sweetest long bow I've shot in some time, as I slowly come to full draw I tell my self : self, pick a spot tight and low be hind his right front leg and self did just that.
As I felt the little bump that tells me, I'm at full draw, the arrow was on it's way, now every thing turns to super slow motion, it seems like the arrow took forever to streak across those 14yds my mind was taking it all in micro millisecond by micro millisecond.
The arrow looked like it was going right where I meant for it to go, as it disappeared low and tight he exploded and did a 60 yard death run, I could see him the whole time.
He was pouring massive amounts of that vary precious life fluid as he ran, he stop-ed to look back and the first to give was his front end, then his back end gave way, he was down.
I took a pic of where he was standing and a self portrait smoking a BIG FAT CIGAR, then the battery's went dead, no pics with the little camera that came with hope, but I got a few with my camera.
Hope, you are something special and Mr.Ellis you did a fine job, Thank you so vary much.
Now, Hope go on get! you are a two timer, but I love you and will Miss the time we shared, it was special to me and I know you felt the same way, so if your going to leave just go now before it's to late and I never let you go.
Thanks for the memories Hope I will never for get you.
David DeVille
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Topic: The Adventures of Hope and Faith Striker (Read 22708 times)
