Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Archived Hunting Pics => Shooting and Hunting => 2012 Hunting Pictures => Topic started by: Badly Bent on November 13, 2012, 12:02:18 pm
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Connected on this doe yesterday afternoon. Sorry for the unnatural backyard photos but had no camera with me in the woods. This has been a season of good hunting and bad shooting for me. Bad news is this was my 7th shot before I connected, good news is I've been
within range of that many deer, all misses over the back except one under the chest so no deer were wounded. On all the shots not one
deer knew what had happened, my bow has been super silent.
This one came in from behind with mister big in tow at a fast trot. At 20 yards off my right shoulder she caught a faint whiff of me and
jumped sideways and stopped with her nose in the air. Mr. big continued until 18yds to my right and stops with just his head, neck and rump exposed from behind a tree. No shot possible at his vitals and they stood like statues for 10 intense minutes trying to figure out if there was any danger present. Finally she started to circle behind me nose in the air trying to locate the source of the smell.
Now I would have to make a decision soon or she was going to blow out of there with him in tow. I wanted this wide heavy racked 10 pointer real bad. I'd had a shot at him 6 days earlier as he passed thru alone and missed just under his chest. I saw him slip thru behind me three days later again! This was my third opportunity but it was looking good.
I look back at him to confirm that I can't reach his vitals with an arrow then lean around my tree and send one on its way to the doe.My shot buries to the fletch in her chest and she runs full speed away from me and piles up at 45 yds. away. Meanwhile Mr. big is still not moving. After a few more minutes he circles around behind me then starts trotting by on my left toward the doe. After 5 or 6 loud mouth grunts I stop him at 18 yds then send a stone tipped viburnum shaft just close enough to cut a few hairs off his back. He trots to the dead doe and stand there licking her for the next 20 minutes until dark. Tried to call him back with poorly imitated mouth grunts but he would not budge. Maybe I'll get another chance at him, we'll see.
Sorry for the long winded story but I know some guys like to here about others hunts I know I do.
Doe shot with my 57" - 57# lilly lake osage bow, shoot shaft arrow with selfnocks and wild turkey fletch and steel two blade head.
Thanks for looking gang,
Greg
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Nice story and very nice doe,well done.Congrats :)
Pappy
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Good work. Did you make that quiver yourself?
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Awesome! Well done!!!
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Victor I did not make that quiver, made by someone else. Had it for so long I forgot the guys name, was a back quiver originally and I converted it to plains style a few years ago.
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Very nice....Congrats!!! Very good story and hunt!!
Hope you get a chance at "Mr big" again!!!!
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Congratulations! Great shooting Greg. Enjoyed your post. Man, that is a load of meat!!
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great shooting greg, cool story too, man i wish we could hunt does >:(, Bub
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Great story Greg. I like the way you made a quality decision and went ahead and stuck the doe.
Hope you get another chance at Mr Big. Danny
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Cool bow and congrats on your hunt.
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Sounds like an exciting hunt. Good shot on a nice doe. God Bless
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Thanks for the congats guys, taking a deer with a selfbow is still a thrill as you know, never gets old.
Hey Bub not sure where your at but here in Illinois you can get many tags for does and two for bucks, come up sometime and we'll put the scare in a bunch of them does.
Greg
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What part of Il.???? I'm in the northwest corner.... :)
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Hey Lowell, I'm in Aurora. Mostly hunting public ground little over a hour drive away from home.
Greg
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greg i'm here in California, and they dont know squat about game management here, to many tree huggers and animal rights moron's running the show, get two tags, and unless it's a special hunt it's all bucks, Bub
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Great story. I miss so many critters with my bow or slingshot and it never ceases to be fun as you said. Good to see ya finally connected and did it with all primitive. Congrats sir. And bubby i'm a tree hugger but hunt and kill many fish and animals every year as well and animal's do have rights. ;)