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Sweet success
Badly Bent:
Congrats Stringman. Thats a fine looking deer and nice photos also.
Greg
Adam:
That looks like a memory that will last a lifetime. Great job!
NTProf:
Tell us more about the bow you shot it with!
Stringman:
Thanks for the kind words, friends. I always appreciate the way folks on this site encourage each other and demonstrate common generosity! I've come to expect it, but I sure don't take it for granted.
I finished my first yew bow earlier this year and haven't even got around to posting it. I started the season with a beautiful trade bow I got from George and I was rough on it. After killing my turkey last week I decided to retire it and keep it around for a target bow. This yew bow was hitting hard and so I wanted to test it out and see if it had the stuff. It's 60" ttt and pulls around 58# @ 28". It has a thick strip of boa skin on the back and water buff horns on the tips. Flings an arrow faster than I expected and really laid into this little guy with ease.
The arrows are cane and turkey feathers with my stone points on the tips. Self nocks and pitch/sinew for the fastening. Total arrow weight is right at 550 grn.
The shot that took him was fairly quartered away and just a touch over 20 yds. I admit that my normal restraint was lacking, but in my defense he was shootable when I drew and then his last few steps took him over. I hit him in the liver with the point perforating the off side. Never did find the point, but I know where to get more.
Scott
lowell:
Very nice...thanks for the story and the pictures!! Congrats!!!!!
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