OFFICIAL 2013 SOLANA RANCH HUNT THREAD

[Terry Green]

Some folks couldn't see the 1st clip of my 1st evening....so Rob fixed me up with this....

SORRY FOR THE INTERRUPTION......

     

[Terry Green]

So.....now my hunt was likely over with what I thought was a successful ending.....

I waited a bit will nothing appeared for a while, and soon as I relaxed a bit thinking it WAS over, 3 deer slipped into the feeder directly across from be behind the blockage of the limb in the pic.

Now they fed around a bit and I was satisfied there would be no 'big buck showing'....so I decided to shoot the closest doe when the shot was offered....

   

[Terry Green]

There they were....with the mom still behind the limb.  I wanted to take her, but I knew time was running out, so I picked the younger one and drew as I spied a little dirt clod the size of a hand ball surrounded by corn 3 inches back of her elbow and 3 inches low of her body line.....I bared down on the earthen clump and dropped the string...

The arrow looked to have met its mark as the doe DID NOT DUCK!!!!

Once the arrow stuck into the earth, she bound for her getaway....and ran over my arrow leaving it lying flat on the dried mud.

I got down to retrieve it to get it 'out of the way' of any suspecting pigs than might have wanted brunch....and sure enough, the clod was centered by the broadhead and still in the clod and still attached!!! (should have take pic)

This is the 1st deer that I have shot since coming to Solana for over 10 years that did not drop on the shot.  Go Figure!!!

[Izzy]

Thank goodness theres still a whole lot to come.  

[maineac]

Great video Gregg!!

[Guru]

Originally posted by gregg dudley:
 

That's Terry "I miss Guru" face    :(

[Terry Green]

John and crew arrived....and I told them I was pretty sure I'd aced the hog....and where I thought it would be lying.  When the herd made their retreat, the majority of them were way ahead of my hog and exited the field to my right through about 30 yards of woods and ran through a dry pond area that was open....and there was no arrow toting hog amongst them.

We found blood quickly behind that cedar he stopped at momentarily....and John wanted to let Nocho out for some training....

Ah, ...Nacho....some of you may remember the pic last year of Nacho razzin a cow....the little bugger is FEARLESS let me tell ya....if only he was 200 pound he could conquer the world!!!!

Nacho got on track and made short order of the recovery......
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Upon field dressing....John pulls out the heart....I've heart shot a few animals, but never seen an exit wound of a heart quite like this....

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Here's the setting I chose for the 'Hero Pic'....the stone wall at the gate to the ranch....

     
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And here's me with John's casual pose....he's so easy going....

     

[Terry Green]

Originally posted by Guru:
 

Originally posted by gregg dudley:
   

That's Terry "I miss Guru" face      :(   [/b]

HA!....I'm not sure if I was in the process of blinking or what....as most of you know, I was not tired....but WIRED as usual!!!

TOO FUNNY!!!!

Yes Curt...you WERE missed!!!  

[gregg dudley]

[gregg dudley]

More random ranch shots:

look at this tree (rub) growing out of the rock!

 

 

 

A den of sorts.  Coyote?  Fox?

 

 

[gregg dudley]

Terry was a VERY happy man when his long lost cooler full of hunting gear showed up at the ranch.

 

[Bowhunter4life]

Yes Curt, you were missed!  

My Sunday morning hunt found me in a different ground blind...  It was probably 75 yards away from the feeder with the feeder being out front and to the left as I looked out the blind... but the road between the feeder and the blind has been fed well and right in front of the ground blind fed well also...  basically it is a rifle blind that I was bowhunting out of...  

Robert's trap worked well... feeder went off, and out walked a definite shooter 8 point.  Walked from my right to my left at about 75 yards right to the feeder... he fed there for about 5 minutes and left the same way he came in.  Several does came from the same area to my right and walked over to the feeder in about the same path the buck had taken.  I had to move a bit to actually see the feeder and when I did I saw there were several more does and yearlings that must have came from my left...

Now there were 8 - 10 does and yearlings feeding at the feeder.  Slowly they worked their way into the road and started feeding towards the blind.  Eventually they were right there in front of me in that familiar semi circle facing the blind... every so often on of them pop their head up and try to see into the shooting hole in the blind...  

Being the last morning hunt, I was really looking for a clean shot at one of the does... Then out of the corner of my shooting window I see tines... That same 8 point was now in the road out in front of me with 7 or 8 does between me and him that were looking for a reason to leave that blind in their rear view mirror...   Patience would have to  be my best chance of getting a shot at that buck...  

So, I watched as the deer worked in & out and around right there in front of me...  after about 30 minutes of this finally there was only one doe out there to the left of my shooting window with her head down and the buck walking back into the shooting window from the right to the left.  I made as smooth and quiet a motion as I could... simply raised the bow and slowly started to draw on the buck... the doe popped her head right up ears pinned on the shooting hole and bolted taking everyone with her...  

The buck hung around the feeder for about 5 minutes and then I was all alone until Robert showed up to pick me up...

Now, I'm going to hold off on anymore story telling until Bob catches up, he has some story telling to do before the after party to the hunt unfolds...  

[L. Harris]

WOW!! Absolutely great read plus pics and videos! Congrats to everyone!!

[JamesKerr]

 Congrats to everybody, Solana looks like a blast to hunt along with the Tradgang family. Maybe one day I will make it on this hunt.

[Mike Gerardi]

Awesome thread everyone.

[Terry Green]

Originally posted by Mike Gerardi:
Awesome thread everyone.

Thanks again.....and AGAIN...its NOT OVER!!!

[Duckbutt]

Is THE Lowcountry Archer waiting for us to chant his name?
   

[stabow]

Looking at all the pictures brings back found memories of the ranch and good times had by all......stabow

[longbowben]

Woods how muck longer are you going to make us wait,Quit kissing your girlfriend and tell us your story.  

[Danny Rowan]

Terry,

That stand you took your hog at looks very familure, I am pretty sure I have hunted it a couple of times, once the very frist time I went to Solana and once two years ago, good stand. Congratulations.