Hoytmania
11-17-2008, 12:28 AM
Well it all started out with a thread that I posted on Wednesday about finding the buck that I am going after. I hung a stand at that property on Thursday and hunted there yesterday and got nothing but soaking wet and saw nothing.
I went back today and was having a pretty uneventful morning. Just saw a few does in tsome really thick brush. Then about 8:40 It all started. I was in a little block of woods that is only about 2 acres, with a cut bean field on one side and a cut corn field on the other. I saw him out in the cut bean field. He was about 200 yds. away. I grunted at him and he just kept walking. I have the BUCK ROAR from Primos and really got into it. He turned and headed straight to the woods. He got to the edge of the woods and stoped looking to see where it came from. After a few minutes of looking and not finding anything he turned and started heading back the other direction. I grunted a few times again and hit the can call. He stoped and looked back again. He then turned and came into the woods. There is a revine that runs down the middle of this little block of woods. He headed stright to that revine. I did not realize that there was a doe down in the revine that he had scented. Once he was behind her she started bringing him right to my tree.
I started positioning myself for a shot. I was 25 ft in the tree and where the deer where coming through was in the revone and was about 15 ft below the base of my tree. so I was trying to figure out the compensation for the angle and the tragectory. I got to full draw and the doe froze up. She didn't see me draw she saw my truck sitting about 100 yds. away. After being at full draw for what seemed to be a few minutes she finally started to move again bringing the buck to where I needed him to be. Once he got to where the doe had been standing he stoped. i put the 20 yd pin right behind the shoulder and let her rip. This is where the nightmare began.
He jumped the string and the arrow went right over his back. Literally shaving his back. He took off across the revine and stopped broadside at 50 yds. I know I am going to catch some flack for this next part, but just finish the story and save your judgments for later. Please and Thank You.
I practice shooting my bow at 20, 30, 40, & 50 yds. and can hold a pie plate pattern at 50 yds. So I put my 50 yd pin right behind the shoulder and let arrow #2 fly. It struck a twig and strayed off to hit the deer in the hind quarter. I just gut shot the largest deer I have ever seen in my life. PUCK A FREAKIN MOOSE!!!!:yikes: :irked:
He took off running with my arrow sticking out of him. Up to the edge of the woods with the cut corn field. He stood there for a minute and then took off running down the edge of the filed and the woods till he disappeared. By this time it was 9:00, and I needed to be at church by 9:30. So as I was collecting my thoughts I proceeded to climb down out of the tree.
I went and got my first arrow. Then walked over to where the deer was when I shot him. I walked up to the edge of the field where he stopped and stood. I found blood and peaked down the edge of the field and saw nothing. I figured the best thing to do at this point was to head to church.
I sat through the longest church servic ethat I think I have ever sa through. Went to my Brother in laws and had lunch, and then went out to track this deer.
I followed the blood through the corn filed to the end and found where he had stopped and had left a decent pile of blood. I tracked blood very slowly into this deers backyard. Which was nothing but a huge thicket. I tracked all the way to where I found he had bedded down. There was a pile of clotted blood on the ground. He had ran probably about 400 yds to get here and had gotten up and moved some more. At this point my heart sank, and my first thoughts where he is gone for good. I decided to call in for reinforcments. I called a friend and he came to help track.
It was so thick where we where tracking this deer that we sometimes had to crawl through the thickets. He made it from the thicket and into a open field. We still had found no arrow. So I figured that the arrow was still in him, which I considered to be beneficial. As long as the arrow is still in him every time he moves he id causing more damage. He crossed the open field which was about 100yds into a block of woods. The blood that we where finding was very fresh. It was cold to the touch but had not started clotting up yet. So I knoew we wher epuxhing this deer. We got to the edge of the woods and found were he had stopped and there was a substancial amount of blood. I questioned my friend if we should just back out and come back after dark.
We stood and contemplated it for a moment. I decided to glass the woods with my binos and se if I could see anything. I noticed ther was a large tree down about forty yrds in to the woods, and the blood trail was heading that direction. I said lets go see if he is up by the tree. We got to the tree and saw that he had jumped the tree. As we where standing at the tree I asked my friend if he saw that rock with all the blood on it. I said is that a deer or a sand stone? He said that is a deer. I could not see his head because it was behind a tree. So I proceeded to stalk the next 60 yds at full draw just in case he jumped up to take off. Once i got to ten yds I could tell he was done. DRT!!!!:woohoo1:
I could not believe that I had found the deer.
Sorry about all the detail to the story. I just don't know how to tell it any differnetly.
So now for some pics.
http://i523.photobucket.com/albums/w356/sdlesk/DEER/IMG_0126.jpg
Main frame 10 with DOUBLE DROP TINES & one small kicker(HOWS THAT FOR TEAM DOUBLE DROP TINE!!!!)
http://i523.photobucket.com/albums/w356/sdlesk/DEER/IMG_0135.jpg
http://i523.photobucket.com/albums/w356/sdlesk/DEER/IMG_0131.jpg
http://i523.photobucket.com/albums/w356/sdlesk/DEER/IMG_0129.jpg
http://i523.photobucket.com/albums/w356/sdlesk/DEER/IMG_0127.jpg
Here is my thumb and middle finger not touching around his left main beam.
http://i523.photobucket.com/albums/w356/sdlesk/DEER/IMG_0133.jpg
Here is my thumb and middle finger around the base of his left main beam.
http://i523.photobucket.com/albums/w356/sdlesk/DEER/IMG_0134.jpg
Oh and the arrow was still in him when we found him.
I went back today and was having a pretty uneventful morning. Just saw a few does in tsome really thick brush. Then about 8:40 It all started. I was in a little block of woods that is only about 2 acres, with a cut bean field on one side and a cut corn field on the other. I saw him out in the cut bean field. He was about 200 yds. away. I grunted at him and he just kept walking. I have the BUCK ROAR from Primos and really got into it. He turned and headed straight to the woods. He got to the edge of the woods and stoped looking to see where it came from. After a few minutes of looking and not finding anything he turned and started heading back the other direction. I grunted a few times again and hit the can call. He stoped and looked back again. He then turned and came into the woods. There is a revine that runs down the middle of this little block of woods. He headed stright to that revine. I did not realize that there was a doe down in the revine that he had scented. Once he was behind her she started bringing him right to my tree.
I started positioning myself for a shot. I was 25 ft in the tree and where the deer where coming through was in the revone and was about 15 ft below the base of my tree. so I was trying to figure out the compensation for the angle and the tragectory. I got to full draw and the doe froze up. She didn't see me draw she saw my truck sitting about 100 yds. away. After being at full draw for what seemed to be a few minutes she finally started to move again bringing the buck to where I needed him to be. Once he got to where the doe had been standing he stoped. i put the 20 yd pin right behind the shoulder and let her rip. This is where the nightmare began.
He jumped the string and the arrow went right over his back. Literally shaving his back. He took off across the revine and stopped broadside at 50 yds. I know I am going to catch some flack for this next part, but just finish the story and save your judgments for later. Please and Thank You.
I practice shooting my bow at 20, 30, 40, & 50 yds. and can hold a pie plate pattern at 50 yds. So I put my 50 yd pin right behind the shoulder and let arrow #2 fly. It struck a twig and strayed off to hit the deer in the hind quarter. I just gut shot the largest deer I have ever seen in my life. PUCK A FREAKIN MOOSE!!!!:yikes: :irked:
He took off running with my arrow sticking out of him. Up to the edge of the woods with the cut corn field. He stood there for a minute and then took off running down the edge of the filed and the woods till he disappeared. By this time it was 9:00, and I needed to be at church by 9:30. So as I was collecting my thoughts I proceeded to climb down out of the tree.
I went and got my first arrow. Then walked over to where the deer was when I shot him. I walked up to the edge of the field where he stopped and stood. I found blood and peaked down the edge of the field and saw nothing. I figured the best thing to do at this point was to head to church.
I sat through the longest church servic ethat I think I have ever sa through. Went to my Brother in laws and had lunch, and then went out to track this deer.
I followed the blood through the corn filed to the end and found where he had stopped and had left a decent pile of blood. I tracked blood very slowly into this deers backyard. Which was nothing but a huge thicket. I tracked all the way to where I found he had bedded down. There was a pile of clotted blood on the ground. He had ran probably about 400 yds to get here and had gotten up and moved some more. At this point my heart sank, and my first thoughts where he is gone for good. I decided to call in for reinforcments. I called a friend and he came to help track.
It was so thick where we where tracking this deer that we sometimes had to crawl through the thickets. He made it from the thicket and into a open field. We still had found no arrow. So I figured that the arrow was still in him, which I considered to be beneficial. As long as the arrow is still in him every time he moves he id causing more damage. He crossed the open field which was about 100yds into a block of woods. The blood that we where finding was very fresh. It was cold to the touch but had not started clotting up yet. So I knoew we wher epuxhing this deer. We got to the edge of the woods and found were he had stopped and there was a substancial amount of blood. I questioned my friend if we should just back out and come back after dark.
We stood and contemplated it for a moment. I decided to glass the woods with my binos and se if I could see anything. I noticed ther was a large tree down about forty yrds in to the woods, and the blood trail was heading that direction. I said lets go see if he is up by the tree. We got to the tree and saw that he had jumped the tree. As we where standing at the tree I asked my friend if he saw that rock with all the blood on it. I said is that a deer or a sand stone? He said that is a deer. I could not see his head because it was behind a tree. So I proceeded to stalk the next 60 yds at full draw just in case he jumped up to take off. Once i got to ten yds I could tell he was done. DRT!!!!:woohoo1:
I could not believe that I had found the deer.
Sorry about all the detail to the story. I just don't know how to tell it any differnetly.
So now for some pics.
http://i523.photobucket.com/albums/w356/sdlesk/DEER/IMG_0126.jpg
Main frame 10 with DOUBLE DROP TINES & one small kicker(HOWS THAT FOR TEAM DOUBLE DROP TINE!!!!)
http://i523.photobucket.com/albums/w356/sdlesk/DEER/IMG_0135.jpg
http://i523.photobucket.com/albums/w356/sdlesk/DEER/IMG_0131.jpg
http://i523.photobucket.com/albums/w356/sdlesk/DEER/IMG_0129.jpg
http://i523.photobucket.com/albums/w356/sdlesk/DEER/IMG_0127.jpg
Here is my thumb and middle finger not touching around his left main beam.
http://i523.photobucket.com/albums/w356/sdlesk/DEER/IMG_0133.jpg
Here is my thumb and middle finger around the base of his left main beam.
http://i523.photobucket.com/albums/w356/sdlesk/DEER/IMG_0134.jpg
Oh and the arrow was still in him when we found him.