Title: Got my first Mulie with a Recurve!!!!
Post by: yleecoyote23 on October 03, 2005, 07:20:00 PM
Post by: yleecoyote23 on October 03, 2005, 07:20:00 PM
Howdy all!! Just got back from an exciting weekend of hunting.
Things started off BAD when I was riding my Motorcycle/Huntin' Buggy down to my hunting site that's almost 300 miles from here. I had made it about 250 miles when I ran out of gas and a guy offered to pull me on into Alpine (about 10 miles) with a tow strap hooked up to his pickup. BAD IDEA!!!
I had a pretty bad crash, tore up my bike, screwed up my knee, right hand and elbow with some deep, deep road rash!! I was able to get it road worthy enough to get to our cabin late Friday night........
But, Saturday morning I could barely move my right arm, tried to draw my Reflex Grizzly Compound (68 pounds), and realized I was out of luck. I always take one of my recurves or longbows with me to play around with since I am just getting the hang of trad gear and I tried my Bear Grizzly (50 pounds) and found I could get almost a full draw out of it.
So......I gathered up my bow, arrows, camera, Nift-t-seat, and ghillie suit and headed to the easiest place I could get to that I wouldn't have to drag anything very far. It's a pretty good spot with 3 decent trails that funnel into this area.
I had been sitting about an hour when I had this little mulie come through!! He's no monster, but he came in at about 15 yards and gave me a perfect quartering away shot.
Believe it or not, that little Bear Recurve sent that arrow (Gold Tip 5575 with 100 grain brass insert and a 125 grain Thunderhead broadhead) straight thru and came out his right front shoulder. Luckily he only went about 20 yards and dropped!!
It was a lot of work getting him out of there with my busted up old body, but I was really excited and proud to be able to hunt after the miserable night I had the night before!!
Thanks for all the advice the past couple of months!! I would have never attempted this without all the help and how-to stuff on this site!!!
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Things started off BAD when I was riding my Motorcycle/Huntin' Buggy down to my hunting site that's almost 300 miles from here. I had made it about 250 miles when I ran out of gas and a guy offered to pull me on into Alpine (about 10 miles) with a tow strap hooked up to his pickup. BAD IDEA!!!
I had a pretty bad crash, tore up my bike, screwed up my knee, right hand and elbow with some deep, deep road rash!! I was able to get it road worthy enough to get to our cabin late Friday night........
But, Saturday morning I could barely move my right arm, tried to draw my Reflex Grizzly Compound (68 pounds), and realized I was out of luck. I always take one of my recurves or longbows with me to play around with since I am just getting the hang of trad gear and I tried my Bear Grizzly (50 pounds) and found I could get almost a full draw out of it.
So......I gathered up my bow, arrows, camera, Nift-t-seat, and ghillie suit and headed to the easiest place I could get to that I wouldn't have to drag anything very far. It's a pretty good spot with 3 decent trails that funnel into this area.
I had been sitting about an hour when I had this little mulie come through!! He's no monster, but he came in at about 15 yards and gave me a perfect quartering away shot.
Believe it or not, that little Bear Recurve sent that arrow (Gold Tip 5575 with 100 grain brass insert and a 125 grain Thunderhead broadhead) straight thru and came out his right front shoulder. Luckily he only went about 20 yards and dropped!!
It was a lot of work getting him out of there with my busted up old body, but I was really excited and proud to be able to hunt after the miserable night I had the night before!!
Thanks for all the advice the past couple of months!! I would have never attempted this without all the help and how-to stuff on this site!!!
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a365/yleecoyote23/DSC00219.jpg)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a365/yleecoyote23/DSC002172.jpg)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a365/yleecoyote23/DSC002162.jpg)
Title: Re: Got my first Mulie with a Recurve!!!!
Post by: Glenn29 on October 03, 2005, 07:22:00 PM
Post by: Glenn29 on October 03, 2005, 07:22:00 PM
Good Job!
Just read your whole story and my post of "Good Job" was not enough :eek: YOU ARE THE MAN!
To take a bad crash and limp into camp only to find out the next morning you can't pull back you regular hunting bow and then instead of packing up and getting you arm check out at the hostpital you grab your Bear and some "Pink Crested" arrows and and hot heavy Gillie suit and bag a trophy.
One heck of a good job! :thumbsup:
Just read your whole story and my post of "Good Job" was not enough :eek: YOU ARE THE MAN!
To take a bad crash and limp into camp only to find out the next morning you can't pull back you regular hunting bow and then instead of packing up and getting you arm check out at the hostpital you grab your Bear and some "Pink Crested" arrows and and hot heavy Gillie suit and bag a trophy.
One heck of a good job! :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Got my first Mulie with a Recurve!!!!
Post by: **DONOTDELETE** on October 03, 2005, 07:27:00 PM
Post by: **DONOTDELETE** on October 03, 2005, 07:27:00 PM
Dude man, ya huntin out'n d laundry bakstic?
Cool rack on the beast. Good job. :thumbsup:
Cool rack on the beast. Good job. :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Got my first Mulie with a Recurve!!!!
Post by: Guru on October 03, 2005, 07:28:00 PM
Post by: Guru on October 03, 2005, 07:28:00 PM
Sweet...A drop tine too!!! Congrats!! :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Got my first Mulie with a Recurve!!!!
Post by: tamure on October 03, 2005, 07:48:00 PM
Post by: tamure on October 03, 2005, 07:48:00 PM
Congrats, nice buck! And a heck of a job for bein' all beat up. I still don't know how the heck you people shoot wearing those shaggy suits...
Title: Re: Got my first Mulie with a Recurve!!!!
Post by: Huntrdfk on October 03, 2005, 07:49:00 PM
Post by: Huntrdfk on October 03, 2005, 07:49:00 PM
Congrats Danny, neat rack too.
David
David
Title: Re: Got my first Mulie with a Recurve!!!!
Post by: Jeff Holchin on October 03, 2005, 07:52:00 PM
Post by: Jeff Holchin on October 03, 2005, 07:52:00 PM
Congratulations. I'm still waiting for my first mule deer with a recurve, they are pretty elusive!
Title: Re: Got my first Mulie with a Recurve!!!!
Post by: Shawn Leonard on October 03, 2005, 07:55:00 PM
Post by: Shawn Leonard on October 03, 2005, 07:55:00 PM
COOL BEANS!!!!!!!! Shawn
Title: Re: Got my first Mulie with a Recurve!!!!
Post by: Frank V on October 03, 2005, 07:59:00 PM
Post by: Frank V on October 03, 2005, 07:59:00 PM
Danny thanks for sharing with us. Great deer thanks Frank
Title: Re: Got my first Mulie with a Recurve!!!!
Post by: LONGHORN on October 03, 2005, 08:18:00 PM
Post by: LONGHORN on October 03, 2005, 08:18:00 PM
Congrats nice mule deer,I too like the drop tine....cool.
Serg
Serg
Title: Re: Got my first Mulie with a Recurve!!!!
Post by: BOFF on October 03, 2005, 08:28:00 PM
Post by: BOFF on October 03, 2005, 08:28:00 PM
Way to stay with it. Sorry you got eat up by the road, but ifin you hadn't you wouldn't be posing with that trophy. Great job!!!! :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Got my first Mulie with a Recurve!!!!
Post by: SweetFeet on October 03, 2005, 09:16:00 PM
Post by: SweetFeet on October 03, 2005, 09:16:00 PM
That's a beautiful animal! Congrats!
Title: Re: Got my first Mulie with a Recurve!!!!
Post by: SuperKodiak38 on October 03, 2005, 09:25:00 PM
Post by: SuperKodiak38 on October 03, 2005, 09:25:00 PM
Looks like it was meant to be..Congrats!
Title: Re: Got my first Mulie with a Recurve!!!!
Post by: Cloud nine on October 03, 2005, 09:30:00 PM
Post by: Cloud nine on October 03, 2005, 09:30:00 PM
Sorry to here about your bad luck, but congrats on your mulie.
Title: Re: Got my first Mulie with a Recurve!!!!
Post by: stykshooter on October 03, 2005, 10:23:00 PM
Post by: stykshooter on October 03, 2005, 10:23:00 PM
Congrats on your mulie.
Title: Re: Got my first Mulie with a Recurve!!!!
Post by: yleecoyote23 on October 03, 2005, 10:27:00 PM
Post by: yleecoyote23 on October 03, 2005, 10:27:00 PM
Tracy, yeah, I couldn't believe that all my camo got ripped up in the wreck!! !["[laffsmyl]"]("graemlins/laffsmyl.gif" "\"\"")
I figured, what the heck, put it on and give it a try!!!
Really, tho, that Ghillie is pretty light and not too hot (in the shade :cool: ) Once you get all the threads and strips trimmed up and out of the way of the bow string, it's pretty amazing how animals just DON'T see you! That little droptine walked within 7or 8 yards of me and I had to wait for him to pass before I could draw since I was on the ground right next to him and he still hasn't seen me!!!["[tunglaff]"]("graemlins/tunglaff.gif" "\"\"")
I have just recently begun to fletch my own arrows and the "hot pink" wraps were just some old automotive lettering material (2 mil) that I had from my pinstriping/lettering days, and I wanted to try some wraps but was too cheap to buy them. But I have to admit, that pink showed up REALLY good when I started looking for my arrow. I'm secure in my manhood, really I am!!!!["[heman]"]("graemlins/heman.gif" "\"\"")
I figured, what the heck, put it on and give it a try!!! Really, tho, that Ghillie is pretty light and not too hot (in the shade :cool: ) Once you get all the threads and strips trimmed up and out of the way of the bow string, it's pretty amazing how animals just DON'T see you! That little droptine walked within 7or 8 yards of me and I had to wait for him to pass before I could draw since I was on the ground right next to him and he still hasn't seen me!!
I have just recently begun to fletch my own arrows and the "hot pink" wraps were just some old automotive lettering material (2 mil) that I had from my pinstriping/lettering days, and I wanted to try some wraps but was too cheap to buy them. But I have to admit, that pink showed up REALLY good when I started looking for my arrow. I'm secure in my manhood, really I am!!!
Title: Re: Got my first Mulie with a Recurve!!!!
Post by: Jason Lester on October 03, 2005, 10:28:00 PM
Post by: Jason Lester on October 03, 2005, 10:28:00 PM
Congrats on your deer.
Sorry to here about the crash.
Hope you heal fast.
Sorry to here about the crash.
Hope you heal fast.
Title: Re: Got my first Mulie with a Recurve!!!!
Post by: Ray Hammond on October 03, 2005, 11:25:00 PM
Post by: Ray Hammond on October 03, 2005, 11:25:00 PM
neat buck!!!!!! Congrats! :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Got my first Mulie with a Recurve!!!!
Post by: nick_the_tinkerer on October 04, 2005, 12:07:00 AM
Post by: nick_the_tinkerer on October 04, 2005, 12:07:00 AM
Awsome drop tine...congrats
Title: Re: Got my first Mulie with a Recurve!!!!
Post by: Danny Rowan on October 04, 2005, 12:12:00 AM
Post by: Danny Rowan on October 04, 2005, 12:12:00 AM
Ok, First great job on that buck. Is there any public land over around Alpine to hunt?
Danny
Danny
Title: Re: Got my first Mulie with a Recurve!!!!
Post by: cjones on October 04, 2005, 12:43:00 AM
Post by: cjones on October 04, 2005, 12:43:00 AM
Congrats! I like those bucks with character.
Title: Re: Got my first Mulie with a Recurve!!!!
Post by: Charlie Lamb on October 04, 2005, 06:31:00 AM
Post by: Charlie Lamb on October 04, 2005, 06:31:00 AM
Surviving the crash and taking a buck like that from the ground and you can use whatever color arrow you want!!
Title: Re: Got my first Mulie with a Recurve!!!!
Post by: headknocker on October 04, 2005, 06:59:00 AM
Post by: headknocker on October 04, 2005, 06:59:00 AM
SWEEEET!!!!!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: Got my first Mulie with a Recurve!!!!
Post by: RayMO on October 04, 2005, 07:41:00 AM
Post by: RayMO on October 04, 2005, 07:41:00 AM
Yeap...you the man...way to go. What a story you have to tell. :notworthy: :notworthy:
Title: Re: Got my first Mulie with a Recurve!!!!
Post by: TexMex on October 04, 2005, 08:01:00 AM
Post by: TexMex on October 04, 2005, 08:01:00 AM
Congrats!! Nice Mullie :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Got my first Mulie with a Recurve!!!!
Post by: the Ferret on October 04, 2005, 08:31:00 AM
Post by: the Ferret on October 04, 2005, 08:31:00 AM
You wrecked your motorcycle??????? Geesh :thumbsup: (on the deer..not on crashing the bike!)
Title: Re: Got my first Mulie with a Recurve!!!!
Post by: **DONOTDELETE** on October 04, 2005, 08:40:00 AM
Post by: **DONOTDELETE** on October 04, 2005, 08:40:00 AM
Dude, I'm really sorry about your crash. What a "drag". :D
Reminds me of the time I broke my arm. I'd tell folks I broke it riding a horse and they'd ALWAYS ask me if I FELL off. :knothead: Without a cast.
Sometimes you just want to ask yourself, "Why'd I do that??"
Glad you were able to continue on with the hunt. :thumbsup:
Reminds me of the time I broke my arm. I'd tell folks I broke it riding a horse and they'd ALWAYS ask me if I FELL off. :knothead: Without a cast.
Sometimes you just want to ask yourself, "Why'd I do that??"
Glad you were able to continue on with the hunt. :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Got my first Mulie with a Recurve!!!!
Post by: Dalebow on October 04, 2005, 01:46:00 PM
Post by: Dalebow on October 04, 2005, 01:46:00 PM
Man nice deer off the ground with a Bear recurve, my dream deer. I will have to try one of those suits Iam hearing too much good stuff about them for ground hunting.
Nice deer!!
Nice deer!!
Title: Re: Got my first Mulie with a Recurve!!!!
Post by: KyLongbeard on October 04, 2005, 01:50:00 PM
Post by: KyLongbeard on October 04, 2005, 01:50:00 PM
Very nice! Congrats!
Title: Re: Got my first Mulie with a Recurve!!!!
Post by: yleecoyote23 on October 04, 2005, 05:46:00 PM
Post by: yleecoyote23 on October 04, 2005, 05:46:00 PM
Yep, the wreck was quite a "drag" alright!! When I said that I "ran out of gas", I guess I should have said that my "reserve" decided at that moment not to work. I had plenty of gas, just couldn't get it out of the tank and into the engine where it would do some good. The guy who offered to tow me into town couldn't see that I was in trouble until I wiped out. Motorcycles pulling trailers just don't tow very well I reckon!! :help:
Well, the swelling is going down on my elbow, so I don't think I will bother with x-rays or doctors.
I am very proud of my little droptine buck!! I couldn't have asked for a better first Trad Deer!!! I don't have a clue how many deer I've taken over the past 25 years with a compound, but I guarantee that this is one I will NEVER forget!!!!["[nope]"]("graemlins/nope.gif" "\"\"")
Well, the swelling is going down on my elbow, so I don't think I will bother with x-rays or doctors.
I am very proud of my little droptine buck!! I couldn't have asked for a better first Trad Deer!!! I don't have a clue how many deer I've taken over the past 25 years with a compound, but I guarantee that this is one I will NEVER forget!!!
Title: Re: Got my first Mulie with a Recurve!!!!
Post by: gregg dudley on October 04, 2005, 07:39:00 PM
Post by: gregg dudley on October 04, 2005, 07:39:00 PM
Great buck with lots of character. Congratulations.