HH BUG GOT ME - Part Two!

[Green]

Oh man.....what a day in the Hill bow community!  Congrats on a nice buck John, and doubly sweet doing it with your own bow.        

[centaur]

That's a beauty, John. Both the deer and the bow.

[cahaba]

Congrats John on a fine buck.

[Wannabe1]

Great buck John. Congratulations!

[TJK68]

Congrats on both deer guys, nice job.
Tom

[Stefan]

Congraits John ,
you are a top bowyer and hunter.
   

[two4hooking]

SCHAWEEEEET buck!  AND with a homemade Hill bow!  Life is good!

[Brianlocal3]

Outstanding work jsweka

[Owlmagnet]

Well done, John!!!  Great buck! Now, how about the story? (I'd love to hear it.)

[Raminshooter]

Very well done, great to see those straight end bows working so well.

[Knawbone]

Very nice John, big congrats on the great buck plus killing it with your own bow. It doesn't get any better than that!  

[Irish Archer]

Good job Greg. Congrats on that one.

[Irish Archer]

Nice buck John! Good job there.

[Irish Archer]

The deer must reall be moving! Seems to be all across the board.

[jsweka]

Thanks Guys!  OK - quick story since Owlmagnet requested it.....

Last Saturday my brother-in-law (compound shooter, but we won't hold that against him) and I were hunting on a bench along a hillside we knew the deer liked to run.  We were close enough we could see eachother.  First thing in the morning he shoots a doe and I got to witness the whole thing and it dies right under my stand. Cool stuff and much better than watching someone kill a doe on the Outdoor Channel.  

This morning, we were back in there and both of us were in the same trees and he got to watch me in action.  The buck came walking directly at me and I stood up as soon as I saw him.  As he was coming there was a big tree between me and him. I wasn't sure which way he was going to go around it so I wasn't sure which way to turn my body to prepare for the shot.  So he comes out around the side to my left (which is good being a right handed shooter).  Once he presented a shot I took it and I rushed it.  Buck Fever I guess.  I don't remember drawing, just the arrow striking him in front of his shoulder.  I thought OH CRAP and he gimped his way up the Hill and out of site.  I knew I didn't make a good shot and was pretty worried.

After about 45 minutes we got down, took our treestands to the truck, came back and started on the trail to see what the sign told us to do.  There was a lot of blood and it was real steady so I started feeling better about the shot.  But it kept going and going through a clear cut and into a golden rod/sapling thicket.  After about 500 - 600 yards he finally bled out.  I had my nose to the ground searching for blood and my brother-in-law actually saw him lying there dead before I did, but he didn't say anything.  A few more steps and I finally saw him. Man it felt good to find him!!

After pictures and congratulations and such the work started.  When I cleaned him out I found that I did nick the front part of one of his lungs and I think I also hit one of the arteries that run down the front legs.  He was the heaviest deer I dragged and I'm glad I had my hunting partner with me for help.

I'm getting a European skull mount of him and he'll make a nice addition to my man room!

BTW - You can notice some writing on the upper limb of my bow.  That's Ron LaClair's autograph that I acquired a couple years ago at Denton Hill.  Just some added mojo on the bow.

Thanks for reading.

[far rider]

That is far on the North side of way cool John. Great story, nice bow, and a superb buck.
   

[Owlmagnet]

Great story, John! Thank you very much.

[Centex]

A picture from tonight's hunt.

[ron w]

I pick up my new to me Wesley special on Tuesday, I'm excited.......  

[nineworlds9]

Lefties,
if you've always wanted a Howard Hill Sirocco, now's your chance.  I just put this up on the classifieds:

  http://tradgang.com/noncgi/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=201;t=000346  

Took the bow in as a partial trade.  I felt it was the perfect bow for a Florida boy being nautical themed- teak riser, bamboo lams with center lam of cocobolo, whale baleen tip overlays and marlin inlay, but alas..  Despite the bow being rare and desirable the dished is grip just not for me and I have a new Bama headed my way by the end of the month, so better get this teak riser beauty while you can