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Arizona Coues deer

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bradsmith2010:
congrats on your deer,, I read Jay Massey about 30 years ago,,,evolving from target stance to short floating anchor,,25 inches or so,, didnt quite understand at the time but 30 years later,, I shoot a short bow at about 24 inches of draw,, just took me a while to catch on,, :)

StickMark:
There are a lot of coues deer that know what an arrow sounds like whiffing underneath them because I thought the 27-28 draw working stiffly upright would transfer to hunting in semi open terrain.  When I recognized that the left arm ( bow hand arm) pain was tennis elbow, I had to switch to drawing with my left hand.  I built 41 lb bows, taped a sight (nail) and tried Olympic anchor type shooting. Did not work in Missouri's open marsh lands.  I kept practicing left hand, ditched the upright stance and ad hoc sight, always remeasuring my draw, and got good at 15 and under with the pictured bow.

StickMark:
oh, and btw...once in the bucks' bedding zone, I had a shot but the first arrow hit something, and turned nearly parallel, slowing like a slow-motion semi truck wreck in a movie.  Confused, that buck came with in 10 or so yards, trying to wind me.  I had to reload out of my back quiver, and that motion caused the buck to move out at a walk.  The second buck, the one I had stalked upon as I saw him bed at 250 yards in the snow and sleet,  fed into and parallel tome. This buck#2 must have noticed the first buck's anxiousness, and when then second buck looked to move, I grunted low and only once.  That seemed to settle the buck, and I released.

crooketarrow:
  SWEETTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT

         Coues bucks with a self bow has been on my list for alone time

mullet:
Very nice deer and story. Congratulations.

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