Squirrelhunter91 Posted December 10, 2009 Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 Ok well, this is all over due but better late than never... On 11/29/09 I shot a nice sized 2.5 year old 6 point. I went hunting with my buddies stepdad 2 towns over at a spot he had permission to hunt on. We got all set up in the trees about a half hour before sunrise. I remember the conditions being absolutely perfect. 40 degrees and virtually no wind. At first light I caught movement about 80 yards in front of me. Picked up the binos and saw it to be a 14" tall cowhorn spike. I saw some movement of a big body behind him but couldn't tell what it was because it disappeared behind a briar thicket. So about 15 minutes goes by and I look up and see 3, no wait 5, wait 7, hold on, 8 does headed my way. I had a doe tag that my dad had transferred to me for the WMU so I was ready to take another doe given the chance. So these 8 does came filing in towards me without a shot. They get next to my tree but I have the tops of some saplings in my way with only a few basketball sized pockets to shoot through. Which of course, not one of the deer was standing in one of these openings. The lead doe picked me out up in the tree holding my bow as I was sillouhetted against the sky. I was about 25' up. She started to lead the deer away and one of the bigger does was a little late on realizing that the herd was working their way up the hill. So when she turned around and saw the others nearly 40 yards away she started walking quickly to catch up en route to one of my openings. I drew my bow and sure enough she walked into an opening I ranged earlier at 30 yards. BAHHH!!! She froze. I dumped the string and the arrow was flying right on target then went upward over her back for no reason. She took off running up the hill unscathed. Then as it got lighter out I noticed a twig in that opening I didnt see in the morning light. Turns out the twig was at about 19 yards and the deer was at 30 yards. So after I took it all in, I realized a few things that went wrong. 1) When I ranged the opening, I had the brush mode activated on my rangefinder so it ranged right past the twig anyway. 2) My 30 yard pin did not have any obstructions behind it but my 20 yard pin lined up perfect with it at full draw. So the twig at 19 yards obstructed my "perfect" shot at 30 yards. I read an article about this a few years ago but never had it happen to me. This is something all archers should understand in my opinion. So we sat til about 10:00AM without seeing another deer. My buddys stepdad said that he never sat there and saw so few deer. So he said that they must be bedded on a ridge a few hundred yards away. So off for a walk we went. And sure enough, to make a long story short, we walked up on a 6 point. He stood there quartering towards us at what we estimated on the fly to be 40 yards. So I drew my bow, settled the 40 yard pin on him and let the Slick Trick tipped GoldTip fly. THWACK! It ate him up. He ran 75-80 yards and fell over. Upon getting up to him we learned that he was a 7 point but a 6 point. He had what was the beginnings of a G3 on his left side but it was only 3/8" long so it doesn't really count as a point. In this pic you can see the hole the Slick Trick cut on a quartering to shot: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubledrop Posted December 10, 2009 Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 nice harvest and great shooting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike13candace Posted December 10, 2009 Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 Good job.. congrats..:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted December 10, 2009 Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 Good stuff Joe. Congrats buddy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted December 10, 2009 Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 nice piece of shooting there joe, congrats on your buck. really nice pictures as well. Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloodtrails Posted December 10, 2009 Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 So Awesome!! .......Man I love bowhunting!:cool2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jorden Posted December 10, 2009 Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 Congrats, nice deer:cool2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruttinbuc Posted December 11, 2009 Report Share Posted December 11, 2009 Dang Joe! WTG! Your pop was not lying to me when he had a dead eye for a son! :yes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhine16 Posted December 11, 2009 Report Share Posted December 11, 2009 Nice job Joe! Congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddyboman Posted December 11, 2009 Report Share Posted December 11, 2009 atta boy!! Great stuff Joe!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkneck Posted December 11, 2009 Report Share Posted December 11, 2009 Sweet. Just gotta love that thwack sound. Nice pics too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dakota Posted December 11, 2009 Report Share Posted December 11, 2009 Now that is a B-utiful lookin' arrow! Wtg, Joe! :rockon: Dakota Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebeilgard Posted December 11, 2009 Report Share Posted December 11, 2009 good job, joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAarcher Posted December 11, 2009 Report Share Posted December 11, 2009 Nice shot, good work, it's never easy getting a buck after the rut in the late season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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