This saturday was our opening weekend of gun season. Friday morning i came out of the woods at 11 am and slipped up to one of our 1/2 acr greenfields and watched a 110 in 8 pointer feed out of the field.
Went back to our clubhouse and grabbed a lock-on and went back to the greenfield and hung my stand. That afternoon me and all my buddies went to another property to hunt so i planned on hunting my lock-on satuday afternoon, opening day of gun season.
Saturday afternoon rolls around and im out in the yard shooting and a couple of my buddies ask if im going to bow hunt the field or take my gun.
To be honest with you i hadnt decided what i was going to hunt with.
Since i just took up trad archery i have to tell you im HOOKED beyond belief and killed a nice 8 2 weeks ago that being my first trad kill.
I live in a state where we can kill over 100 deer a season and i have my fair share of bucks on the wall so i really like the challenge of getting super close and closing the deal, its more about the hunt to me now that i have started hunting with a stick bow.
So saturday i decide to take my bow and wouldnt you know it at 4 45pm the 8 pointer steps into the far side of the field (70 yards) and feeds in that spot for a good 30 minutes. To be totally honnest with you it didnt bother me at all that i wasnt carrying a rifle.
A lot of people would have loved to have killed this buck but no more than me. I have decided to put my rifles back in the safe and go all trad for the rest of the year. Killing animals with a rifle just doesnt get me pumped up like it use to.
I guess what im trying to say is im so grateful that i discovered trad archery. Im 42 years old and man do i wish someone would have introduced me to this sport a long time ago. I cant imagine anything being more fun than holding a custom made bow made just for me to chase deer with.
Topic: Would have been a chip shot (Read 577 times)
