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Main Discussion Area => Archived Hunting Pics => Shooting and Hunting => 2016 Hunting Pictures => Topic started by: kleinpm on October 07, 2016, 11:20:07 am

Title: Montana Whitetail
Post by: kleinpm on October 07, 2016, 11:20:07 am
I tore something in my foot elk hunting and just couldn't get around good enough to chase the ghosts of the woods up and down the  steep terrain they are occupying right now. I really should have been on crutches but I figure I can heal after the hunting is done. I have a few places that I filed away as likely deer spots on the fishing access sites I frequent along the Yellowstone River. I hobbled down to a place the deer get funneled through some willows and stood in a likely spot. Three minutes later a small doe was standing broadside at 21 yards. I don't remember shooting but I do remember hearing a thump, she took off, and I couldn't see my arrow anywhere on her. I waited a few minutes and went to look for my arrow and see if there was any blood. I found lots of blood but no arrow and waited 30 minutes. It was an easy track job and she didn't make it 100 yards. Turns out I got both lungs. My arrow was 5 feet from where she was laying with the shaft mostly broken at the fletching. I think the arrow passed through except the fletching and broke when she went down.
54 lb. osage self bow that has been my daily shooter for 4 years now, bamboo tomato stake arrow, goose fletching from a goose I killed last year, and a commercial two blade broad head. This is my first big game kill with a bow.

Patrick
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Post by: JoJoDapyro on October 07, 2016, 11:21:22 am
Congrats.
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Post by: Stixnstones on October 07, 2016, 11:37:09 am
Congrats, great story.
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Post by: BowEd on October 07, 2016, 11:49:10 am
Great shot kleinpm.... with your own hand made equipment.Nothing like the first kill.Your on the map as they say.....lol.Hooked for life.Congratulations!!!You did'nt have too wait long.That's nice.Picture book routine just the way things should go.
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Post by: JW_Halverson on October 07, 2016, 11:52:00 am
Tomato stake arrow?  So, am I to assume that is ketchup on the deer?  I, personally, don't eat ketchup on venison, but to each his own, I guess.

Well, done, sir!
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Post by: Aaron H on October 07, 2016, 12:41:11 pm
Very well done, congratulations!
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Post by: osage outlaw on October 07, 2016, 01:26:10 pm
Great shot and congratulations. 
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Post by: PEARL DRUMS on October 07, 2016, 01:46:52 pm
Nicely done! Congrats on your first big game harvest, nothing quite like it.
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Post by: Badly Bent on October 07, 2016, 06:52:35 pm
Your first with a bow and taken from the ground, outstanding job!
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Post by: RyanR on October 07, 2016, 09:21:50 pm
Nice job, congratulations. ;)
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Post by: chamookman on October 08, 2016, 04:24:08 am
Way to go - congrats ! Bob
Title: Re: Montana Whitetail
Post by: kleinpm on October 08, 2016, 04:42:52 pm
I appreciate the comments.

One more weekend to kill an elk with my bow - hopefully I can get out. If I can't, I know where I will be sitting hoping another deer comes down the trail.

Patrick
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Post by: PeteC on October 09, 2016, 08:07:10 pm
Good story,good shot and nice tackle too. God Bless
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Post by: TheSingingBowyer on October 09, 2016, 08:40:37 pm
Congrats! Nothing like the first...
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Post by: nclonghunter on October 09, 2016, 09:43:25 pm
Taking whitetails in the Big Sky Country and doing it the hard way...Congrats!

Hate you are missing chasing those great elk on the mountain but you made the best of it.
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Post by: selfbow joe on October 09, 2016, 09:58:28 pm
Congratulations and good shot.
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Post by: Pappy on October 10, 2016, 04:29:51 am
Nice job. :)
 Pappy
Title: Re: Montana Whitetail
Post by: bjrogg on October 10, 2016, 07:41:08 am
Congratulations on a great shoot and hunt. I'm very happy for you and hopefully you can heal up and get an Elk
Bjrogg