Bow hunting success pics '08
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I didnt even see anything!They made a new rule on base where you have to kill a doe before killing a buck. So I went ahead and reduced this doe to possession. She weighed about 113lbs.
I was trying out a new broadhead for me, Magnus Snuffer SS. It worked out just fine. She went about 60 yards after the hit, and went down on the run.
The dragging picture is the entry, and the posed pic is the exit.
Mmmmm, backstraps....
I was trying out a new broadhead for me, Magnus Snuffer SS. It worked out just fine. She went about 60 yards after the hit, and went down on the run.
The dragging picture is the entry, and the posed pic is the exit.
Mmmmm, backstraps....
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rantingredneck
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Nice doe. I've never tried those Magnus Snuffers but they look mean. Congrats.
firechicken
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I finally managed to get decent buck with my bow this year. Easiest bow season for me. 1st day I hunted, I got to my stand and settled in about 7:00 which was a little later than I had planned. The stand overlooks a bean field that luckily hasn't been picked yet. About 7:15 I spotted movement across the field about 70 yds away. Hey! It's a deer....cool! Then he raised his head. A nice buck....really cool! I thought sure he would just eat a while and go back into the timber where he came from. Nope, he walked straight to me and stopped broadside at about 15 yds away with no clue I was there. 
I shot at 7:20.......
High Country Sky Force bow, Game Tracker Carbon Sidewinder arrow, Rocket Aeroheads Sidewinder LT expandable broadhead. It shoots about 285 fps.
I waited very impatiently for about 1 1/2 hrs before I left the stand. I was confident with the shot. It was midway between the shoulder and diaphragm and about 1/2 way between the top of his back and the bottom of his chest. As he ran away, he turned so I could see the opposite side.....he was bleeding A LOT! I KNEW he was dead, but I waited just in case. I got to watch a few does and fawns and got a shot at a turkey while I was waiting.
Easy blood trail to follow that ended with my 10-point buck about 100yds from my stand. My nicest buck yet. 
I shot at 7:20.......High Country Sky Force bow, Game Tracker Carbon Sidewinder arrow, Rocket Aeroheads Sidewinder LT expandable broadhead. It shoots about 285 fps.
I waited very impatiently for about 1 1/2 hrs before I left the stand. I was confident with the shot. It was midway between the shoulder and diaphragm and about 1/2 way between the top of his back and the bottom of his chest. As he ran away, he turned so I could see the opposite side.....he was bleeding A LOT! I KNEW he was dead, but I waited just in case. I got to watch a few does and fawns and got a shot at a turkey while I was waiting.
Easy blood trail to follow that ended with my 10-point buck about 100yds from my stand.
My nicest buck yet.
rantingredneck
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Now THAT's a nice buck! Congrats.
12GaugeShuggoth
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Well, I can call myself a true bow hunter now. This is my first season giving bow hunting a try, and I landed a small 8 pointer yesterday afternoon while sitting in the sporadic rain southern Virginia was experiencing. Sorry for the somewhat long post, but hey, it's my first arrowed deer
What: Small 8 pointer
Where: southeast VA
When: Estimated between 5:30-6:00pm
Weapon: PSE Lightning Flite II, 60 lb. draw
Arrow: Carbon Fury 6075, 27"
Broadhead: Rage 2-blade expandable 100 gr.
I had placed my climber stand about 30 yards from an active entrance to a swamp, and about 50 yards from a much frequented acorn tree. The buck entered from a field and walked in an almost perfect path for my shot. I tried to mouth grunt in order to stop him for a second, but he didn't pay me any attention as he was too busy munching on acorns as he walked. I placed my 35 yard pin in front of a tree he was about to cross behind, and once I saw his front shoulder emerge I released. He ran in a circle around my stand and I could hear him crashing through some thick reeds and small bushes.
I waited about 20 minutes and by then it was getting pretty dark in the woods, so I started to climb back down. Much to my amazement my foot-strap decided to fall off about half way down, and I ended up rigging my backpack straps so I could continue down. The immediate blood trail from where he was standing was very pink and bubbly, and the arrow was absolutely covered in blood; so I was pleased with myself for having executed what appeared to be a well placed shot on my first arrowed deer. He ran about 100 yards before laying down to die, and the last 20 or so yards were tough ones by the look of it. He visibly ran in to several trees, and the hoofprints were deep and erratic.
Ended up being a double lung shot, and the Rage 2 blade broadhead definitely performed well. I was very happy that it was a quick kill, and that I did my part to make it a clean shot. My 15 year old bow and old metal pin sights did their job, the only thing I've added to the bow is a whisker biscuit because the original arrow rest broke..........anyway, enough talking, here's a few pictures.
What: Small 8 pointer
Where: southeast VA
When: Estimated between 5:30-6:00pm
Weapon: PSE Lightning Flite II, 60 lb. draw
Arrow: Carbon Fury 6075, 27"
Broadhead: Rage 2-blade expandable 100 gr.
I had placed my climber stand about 30 yards from an active entrance to a swamp, and about 50 yards from a much frequented acorn tree. The buck entered from a field and walked in an almost perfect path for my shot. I tried to mouth grunt in order to stop him for a second, but he didn't pay me any attention as he was too busy munching on acorns as he walked. I placed my 35 yard pin in front of a tree he was about to cross behind, and once I saw his front shoulder emerge I released. He ran in a circle around my stand and I could hear him crashing through some thick reeds and small bushes.
I waited about 20 minutes and by then it was getting pretty dark in the woods, so I started to climb back down. Much to my amazement my foot-strap decided to fall off about half way down, and I ended up rigging my backpack straps so I could continue down. The immediate blood trail from where he was standing was very pink and bubbly, and the arrow was absolutely covered in blood; so I was pleased with myself for having executed what appeared to be a well placed shot on my first arrowed deer. He ran about 100 yards before laying down to die, and the last 20 or so yards were tough ones by the look of it. He visibly ran in to several trees, and the hoofprints were deep and erratic.
Ended up being a double lung shot, and the Rage 2 blade broadhead definitely performed well. I was very happy that it was a quick kill, and that I did my part to make it a clean shot. My 15 year old bow and old metal pin sights did their job, the only thing I've added to the bow is a whisker biscuit because the original arrow rest broke..........anyway, enough talking, here's a few pictures.
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rantingredneck
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Well done. Well placed shot. Congrats!
Last two are awesome deer. Congrats to you both. Those Rage/Rocky Mt Snipers do some damage, huh?
I'm hoping for nice weather next week (1st week of Nov). I'll be heading to PA to hunt with dad for a week. He's seen some good bucks. So I'm ever hopeful. But will be heppy just with time spent.
Yall take care and shoot straight.
I'm hoping for nice weather next week (1st week of Nov). I'll be heading to PA to hunt with dad for a week. He's seen some good bucks. So I'm ever hopeful. But will be heppy just with time spent.
Yall take care and shoot straight.
Swampghost
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Nice job all of y'all, makes me want to break out in sticks and strings again. Actually I was planning to be there this year but I'm in residential construction and we all know where that went.
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I finally got him. Saw him a week ago. Really had my sights on others, but they cleared out about a mo. ago when the cattle got in. I saw the really big one, but believe he lives some distance away as I only rarely see him. This guy has hung around a bunch. I think I happened to get him on the decline, but doesn't detract from his sheer size. I got him after repositioning my stand 3 times, with frustrations of being too far away. I was positioned next to my creek at the narrowest portion of the forest. Its right by the farmyard, and in fact that's exactly where he had wandered too. I saw several 2.5 and 3.5 yr olds and had to pass on all. Some had good racks, but I try to save those for later. Unfortunately, the neighbors don't always do that.
He wandered in at 5:49, which is actually 3 min. before legal DARK. It was very dark, and I though I saw a deficit, but wasn't sure. He is actually only a 7 pointer, but obviously had knocked one off. He's an older buck, on the decline, and never probably more than 8 points. He was, however very large, and weighed in at 280# on the hoof. I'm going to hang him a couple of weeks just to tenderize him a bit. He came in at 35 yards away. I actually had to shoot behind my tree (releasing my safety harness to do so). I shot at him, hit branches, and I could hear the arrow headed for the moon. He rumbled around a bit and came up. I shot again, and got branches again. Finally, he came upt o a position where only his front shoulder showed. He emerged and gave me a just behind the shoulder shot. I squeezed it in(unknown to me for quite a while), and he ran off. I recovered him in tall CRP where the double lighted lamp did help quite a bit. Don't know as I would have found him without that thing unless I was just covering ground randomly. Blood trail was both good and bad. I found places he did not go before I really tracked him down. All told, he ran about 80 yards. One of the longest I've had. The arrow angled just behind the shoulder joint to out between the front of the chest and the shoulder blade. Got a fair amount of lung and the subclavian arteries. I could tell he was hit well. I busily took down my decoy (didn't work last PM), and scents. (never worked). I'm very happy given the odds after the cattle insult. The time that bucks are available is not real long. This boy had lost an estimated 40 to 50# the last 3 weeks. Now I'll go for one more pistol doe, and help my boy get one. Might even help my buddy get one. . I used a Bowtech Guardian with a 70# draw. I used Terminator Hunter arrows with 100gr. muzzie three blades. I hunt in North Central Kansas.
Last years buck: He was over 300# Must be the grain!
I finally got him. Saw him a week ago. Really had my sights on others, but they cleared out about a mo. ago when the cattle got in. I saw the really big one, but believe he lives some distance away as I only rarely see him. This guy has hung around a bunch. I think I happened to get him on the decline, but doesn't detract from his sheer size. I got him after repositioning my stand 3 times, with frustrations of being too far away. I was positioned next to my creek at the narrowest portion of the forest. Its right by the farmyard, and in fact that's exactly where he had wandered too. I saw several 2.5 and 3.5 yr olds and had to pass on all. Some had good racks, but I try to save those for later. Unfortunately, the neighbors don't always do that.
He wandered in at 5:49, which is actually 3 min. before legal DARK. It was very dark, and I though I saw a deficit, but wasn't sure. He is actually only a 7 pointer, but obviously had knocked one off. He's an older buck, on the decline, and never probably more than 8 points. He was, however very large, and weighed in at 280# on the hoof. I'm going to hang him a couple of weeks just to tenderize him a bit. He came in at 35 yards away. I actually had to shoot behind my tree (releasing my safety harness to do so). I shot at him, hit branches, and I could hear the arrow headed for the moon. He rumbled around a bit and came up. I shot again, and got branches again. Finally, he came upt o a position where only his front shoulder showed. He emerged and gave me a just behind the shoulder shot. I squeezed it in(unknown to me for quite a while), and he ran off. I recovered him in tall CRP where the double lighted lamp did help quite a bit. Don't know as I would have found him without that thing unless I was just covering ground randomly. Blood trail was both good and bad. I found places he did not go before I really tracked him down. All told, he ran about 80 yards. One of the longest I've had. The arrow angled just behind the shoulder joint to out between the front of the chest and the shoulder blade. Got a fair amount of lung and the subclavian arteries. I could tell he was hit well. I busily took down my decoy (didn't work last PM), and scents. (never worked). I'm very happy given the odds after the cattle insult. The time that bucks are available is not real long. This boy had lost an estimated 40 to 50# the last 3 weeks. Now I'll go for one more pistol doe, and help my boy get one. Might even help my buddy get one. . I used a Bowtech Guardian with a 70# draw. I used Terminator Hunter arrows with 100gr. muzzie three blades. I hunt in North Central Kansas.
Last years buck: He was over 300# Must be the grain!
rantingredneck
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NICE!!!
A couple weeks ago I had a raggedy six pointer (cull) jump the string on me. I was ill as a hornet when he bobbed out of the way of that arrow.
Yesterday evening I was hunting the same area. We're in smokepole season now though. Let's just say that it's hard to jump the hammer on a CVA Optima. He's at the processor now and I wasn't able to get any good pics of him before we dropped him off. Nothing much to look at but he'll be tasty.
Interesting to note that I didn't completely miss when he jumped the string. I cut his left foreleg with the broadhead. He had a healing wound there where it snipped him.
A couple weeks ago I had a raggedy six pointer (cull) jump the string on me. I was ill as a hornet when he bobbed out of the way of that arrow.
Yesterday evening I was hunting the same area. We're in smokepole season now though. Let's just say that it's hard to jump the hammer on a CVA Optima. He's at the processor now and I wasn't able to get any good pics of him before we dropped him off. Nothing much to look at but he'll be tasty.
Interesting to note that I didn't completely miss when he jumped the string. I cut his left foreleg with the broadhead. He had a healing wound there where it snipped him.