After reading a recent thread entitled "What do you guys think about posting pics" by ag-pilot I decided to post a thread about my father-in-law's (Andy) and my own deer season here in Kansas. I too, really enjoy reading about everyone's success but sometimes feel a little uncomfortable posting myself.
Swamp Preacher responded to the above mentioned thread as follows:
"Posting pics is a great encouragement to all trad hunters. Also, seeing what equipment (bows, stands, broadheads, etc) is a help too. I enjoy the success of others.
And he's right. So here goes.
My father-in-law started shooting trad about 3 years ago but had never hunted deer exclusively trad till this year. Early October this year he called me.....dejected. I think his exact words were:
"I ain't never taking this (expletive) recurve with me again. I just shot over the back of a nice 10 point with a split brow tine and kickers".
I tried to console him and told him to stick with it. Well to his credit, he did and 3 nights later he shot his first trad kill ever out of the same stand.
The shot was about 7 yards with a 50# Black Widow PMAV. Andy was shooting carbon express arrows and 125 grain Magnus Stingers. The arrow buried to the fletch and the deer was recovered within 100 yards. Perfect.
Here's a picture of Andy's deer.
Fast forward nearly 3 months later to Christmas day at the in-laws. I had not yet filled my buck tag and so late in the season, past the rut....things weren't looking good. But I decided to go hunting down on the creek where Andy and I had built a ground blind just weeks before, literally yards from where Andy had missed the big 10 point and had shot his deer months earlier. So I told Andy to wish me luck and I would be back up to the house at dark to eat supper.
At 5:00 I looked to my left and coming toward me (I knew instantly) was the 10 point Andy had missed in early October. When he walked by at 23 yards I took him with a 63# Black Widow LAG and Goldtip arrows tipped with 175 grain Grizzly Broadheads.
Too much to ask for on Christmas Day but a present I won't soon forget.
Andy helped me retrieve the deer and confirmed that this was the one he had missed. It was a long season but couldn't have been scripted much better.
Thanks for reading.
Mike
Topic: 2008 Kansas success thread......with pics. (Read 10692 times)
