Mark said he used the Great Northern Bush Bow he got at Compton’s. It was an early '90 model that draws 75#. He had many archery notable sign it for good luck. He made his arrows out of laminated birch with 4 wild turkey feathers and a self nock. The head was Kentucky flint knapped by Don Gilson (Mich) that was about 1 1/8 inch wide and weighed 125 gr. He tied it on with deer sinew and used a little glue to smooth out the transition between head and shaft. The finished arrow weighed 800 gr.
He was in a tree stand positioned in a thicket that he could see out into an oak grove. He saw a doe with a fawn feeding on acorns or fallen leaves fro near by bushes. He did not think she was in heat any more due to the closeness of the fawn. The fawn started running around and playing, like they do, when Mark saw the huge 11-point buck come into where they were. Mark grunted 2 times and the buck immediately left the doe and walked straight at him. Since he was in the thicket, he did not have a wide shooting area, only a small lane from that direction. The buck stood straight on in his lane at 16 yards. Mark held at ready, but could only wait for the buck to make the next move. Shortly the fawn began running around again causing the buck to look in its direction. As the leaves and brush rustled from the fawn’s play, the big buck needed to get a better look, so it turned sideways, giving Mark the broadside shot he was wishing for. He sent the stone tipped arrow on its way and saw it pass completely through the buck and strike something hard in the ground on the other side.
After waiting a while, Mark got down to pick up his arrow. It was then he noticed that the shaft was broke at the notch where the flint was secured. It hit a stone so hard after passing through the deer that it cracked the shaft end. The shaft was blood soaked and it was exciting to follow the trail for the first 70 or 80 yards, but then it gave out. It took a while to find the deer, and the big buck made over 400 yards before it was found dead. The shaft passed between the 5th rib from the diaphragm at an angle that clipped one lung and the liver. Mark does not recommend taking anything other than a broadside shot and is seriously thinking about only shooting from the ground with these type heads in the future. The buck had 13 inch back tines and was over 20 inches wide inside spread. He filmed this same deer in a previous year, but had not seen it again until this final time. MIke
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