Had a good hunt Saturday afternoon. Got into my stand a little late. I had to hang another stand in this tree because it was hung for my brother and his wheel bow. I always thought 2 stands in a tree was a good idea for a longbow guy. It lets me shoot both sides of the tree. This tree has nice trails going down each side of it.
I call this stand the "Femoral Artery" stand (FA stand) because a friend shot a doe in the back leg there and the thing ran 60yds and piled up.
Well...it took me a while to get the second stand positioned. The strap had pine sap in the strap from the last tree it was in. 10 minutes in I finally chewed and sucked on the strap and got it to tighten. Put an arrow on my bow and hung it up. I took a couple of pictures and while taking the second pic I had 4 deer run by me at high speed. I couldn't even get the bow in my hand. They stopped about 40 yards past me, up wind, and turned around to look my way. I thought they had winded me or my brother and freaked out. I felt pinned down and couldn't reach for my bow. Less than a minute later I heard a grunt. I couldn't figure out where it came from but I soon found out. A deer came trotting from where the does come from. It was a buck and a good one. He was already within 40 yards. I fumbled to grab my bow and get the arrow holder off as he headed to my left. He then changed direction and came right by my stand at 10 yards. I tried to stop him by grunting at him but that barely slowed him down. I drew and swung on him and just before I released the arrow I hit the tree with my elbow. This pushed my arrow back and it hit in front of the back legs. As he ran I could see the arrow sticking out the other side. I thought paunch hit and felt sick. He ran off and stopped and stood about 100 yards away. He stayed there for 15 minutes. Then I lost him. I looked down to text my buddies and then he was gone. I slipped out at dark and waited until this morning to track him. It was a rough night but the one thing I was thinking was why did that arrow not pass all the way through. Maybe I hit more than just guts.
Expecting a long day of searching my brother and I walked down the pipeline I was hunting off of and 1 minute into it I stumbled over what looked like a rock on the edge of a small pond. It was the buck. So nice when caution pays off. This is my nicest buck to date with any weapon.
And yes...I caught the femoral artery. Shot a trotting deer that I would have had no chance at with a wheel bow. Shot with a Hill style I made this summer.
Topic: HH BUG GOT ME - Part Two! (Read 473788 times)
