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View from the stand 2017
bjrogg:
Your right Ed. Those are soybeans not edibles. We usually plant soybeans on our sugarbeets fields headlands and wedge rows. I'm actually finding it a real nice hunting combination. A regular smorgasbord for the deer that gets them in range. We do it because without self propelled harvester it a lot easier to combine soybeans than dig beets. Also we are in a cooperative with the beets and only allowed so many acres to plant. Might as well plant them where their not getting run over turning around. This was one of the few actual fields of soybeans we planted.
I messed up a really good shot at a spike horn last night. He walked under my stand. He came around the tree in front of me and stopped quartering away, head up looking out into the field. I concentrated on my spot, drew to full draw and watched my arrow go right over his back. Dang messed that one up. Usually I lean and square myself up to angle I'm shooting at and I can shoot the same as if I was on ground. If I don't do that I always shoot way high. I didn't do that. Oh well, I'm still trying to figure this hunting from trees stuff out yet. A lot of things I like but a few I don't.
Bjrogg
bradsmith2010:
when I shoot out of a stand, and Im a bit excited about the shot,, if I shoot right at the bottom of the deer I do best,,
its hard to make myself aim low,, but it makes more meat,, give it a try next time,,
then the fun starts,, I love to track the deer, ,,,,,,, and I like to processs them too,, and I love to eat venison,, you gonna get him next shot,,,,
BowEd:
Brad....Bummer man.Know what you mean though.Even with all the practicing from a stand at short range it can happen.I've taken field tipped arrows with into the stand then shoot a couple first too.Kind of a confidence builder.I shot over a small eight last night too at 10 yards.Don't feel bad though there are a lot bigger ones out there.Awfully windy from the north this morning.Just like a winter storm.Hard to stay warm up in a stand then and I think deer don't like it that terrible windy either.Makes them nervous hearing noises everywhere.Keep at it bud....I will!!!
ksnow:
I'm bowhunting seriously for the first time this year. Spending most of my time on small public tracts within a few miles of home. They are mainly crop fields with fencerows that act as travel lanes. I bumped two deer on the way out my first night. Saw two deer feeding in the alfalfa on the second night. Bumped a single deer on the way out the third night, she was only about 5 yards behind where I was standing 5 minutes earlier. Last night I saw nothing, but found a line of rubs. I am getting a lot of practice standing still, with hundreds of chipmunks it seems, you have to be still, otherwise they will all start chirping. I have also seen several rabbits and turkeys. I know if I keep at it, I will more than likely at least get an opportunity. Maybe with the weather finally cooling down things will pick up a bit.
Kyle
osage outlaw:
Good luck Kyle. I hope you get some shot opportunities.
Aim a tad lower next time BJ. I hit high on close shots. I took a shot at a small spike the other day. He was just a few feet from my stand. It was a bad angle. I shouldn't have taken the shot. We tracked small drops of blood for a while before it dried up. We saw it take off up a hill and it was running fine. I will learn from it and not take any more shots at that steep of angle.
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