Thank you for the kind words guys,and my sincere apologies for taking so long...it wasn't my intention......
Charles, Heck yeah bud....those are my favorites!!! I luv'um
OK,where was I......The string slipped and the big snuffer put it to 'um. The hit looked great and he raced of for about 30yds and slowed and started to flop around.He did this for about 10 seconds,I figured he was done right there. Then he suddenly launched him self off the ground and took off flying. Boy was he peeling line!!!
Because of the trees in the way I lost site of him as the string peeled faster than I thought possible. I held the bow tight,but after 10 seconds or so,it stopped.
We waited an hour,I pobably would have waited longer,but I had to get to work by 7:00. It was kind of weird tracking while looking up in the trees,but that's where the string was. After 50yrds I saw my arrow 20ft up in the branches,and I could see a double string continuing on. The arrow had fallen out the far side. I continued to track as slowly and quietly as possible and after 30 yrs or so further I could see it was starting to come down. Then a little further it started to dive down at a sharp angle as the two strings got closer together and tightened. I was doing more tracking with my binos than with the naked eye. I wanted to be sure he was dead.
I eventually followed the two string to the ground in a thick clump of briar's,and with my bino's saw some tail feathers. I was relived,but was still unsure if he was dead.I snuck in as close as I dared,nocked an arrow,and threw some sticks at him....he didn't move ....I had him!!!
He had obviously died quickly, as he was very stiff as I pulled him out of the thicket.....
The entrance was a little futher back than optimal,it had nicked liver and exited thru the insetine's.....
He was a 2 yr old with 3/4" spurs,a 8 1/2" beard,and weighed about 18#'s.......
The string tracker made what would have been a tough recovery,pretty easy......
Topic: This Mornings Hunt......finished w/pix.... (Read 17957 times)
