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Just for the record books...
iowabow:
I just don't know why thing will not come together with this primitive stuff I have fired at 26 deer and not kill one yet. This morning I shot a deer at 10 yards and the deer was able to turn before the arrow arrived and it was hit in the front (not side) shoulder. She was broad side to me sniffing the air. I released the arrow and watch the deer turn before the arrow made it to the spot I had picked. No blood trail. Arrow gone and point gone. Searched for hours hoping the deer would put the arrow so I would not have to make another. If I was hunting with a wheel bow I would have killed a couple of herds. I am not sure what I could have done differently. I did everything text book. This was just not meant to happen. Headed back out this afternoon to try a new piece of ground.
iowabow:
I was hunting with the 40lbs bow not the new one because the finish is not dry
iowabow:
Hunted the new ground and found a good spot. I saw three deer using a creek to make their way to an open field. As I was leaving a neighbor was waiting at my truck and wanted to know who I was and what I was doing (neighborhood watch country style). After filling him in on the details he told me that the deer I saw cross every night in the same place. So I have inside info that works with the sighting info. The spot is deep in a valley with steep 45 degree sides. I have a plan now and I just need the right wind to make it happen now. I think if I place myself 15yards up the hill and shoot down might be the plan. A stand would be to high and I would be sighted as they were moving in from above. I have been placing cover between me and the deer so I can see the approach and be at 1/4 draw a second before they step out into an opening. I just don't like being down in the valley but I have no other options. Any suggestion on a step up like this. It is a V shaped valley no access to the ground they are coming in from. They cut straight down from the side of the ridge to the creek. and only are on the ground for 200 yards and using the creek bed as a trail before they hit the field. I cant hunt the field.
gstoneberg:
John,
I don't like to hunt ravines if the deer are traveling their length as the wind almost always follows the ravine no matter how it blows up on the flat ground. However, if you have a spot where they pretty much cross and you can get the prevailing wind in the gully blowing your way it can be a deadly setup. I don't see anything wrong with your plan as long as you aren't skylit. Murphy dictates that all deer killed in a ravine run to the very bottom. ;)
Good luck.
George
H Rhodes:
:o Come on brother! You got me checking this thread everyday now! I think that the little ravine sounds like a great place to end this drought. I want to see some bright red results in a photo soon. Pulling for you down in Alabama.
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