I had the hunt of my life this morning.(From the ground.) Let just say a had a CLOSE encounter with a good buck... I'm at work now, as soon as the wife emails the pictures I will post them and the story. I am still shaking after three hours....... :bigsmyl:
Tease!
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Here's the hero pic...I will post the story tonight.
(http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r37/slayer1_bucket/longbowbuck4.jpg)
:eek: wow... that is a great looking buck.... :thumbsup:
nice!!!!!!!!!!!
Nice buck, there is nothing like hunting them from the ground.
and took it with longbow, "ya got to love it,mark#78...
Nice buck!!
Whooohooo!! Congrats! Can't wait for the story.
Nice one and from the ground! Way to go.
I almost didnt get up this morning.. The alarm went off at 4:45 and it was tuff to get out of my warm bed. The time change has pretty much screwed up my evening hunting.I cant get off early enough to get to my hunting spots before it gets dark. So this week I decided I would try hunting some mornings, and boy did it pay off.
nice buck!! :thumbsup:
I got to my ground blind about 5:30. I had about 30 mins before it would be light enough to shoot....I got my gear situated and nocked an arrow and settled in. I couldnt enjoy the stars since I was inside my blind, so I sat there thinking about all the stuff I needed to do today at work.....
About 5:45 I hear this noise out in the darkness. It kind of sounded like a raccoon or some other animal so I didn't pay that much attention to it. A few minutes later I hear grunt. Then another and another and they sounded like they were getting closer and closer. I was thinking the whole time "please hurry up and get light" "This deer is going to be gone before I get a chance to see him"... About the time he gets right on top of me all I hear is silence..
Great looking buck. Congrats.
Keep it coming. Congrats.
The deer stood there long enough for me to make out his silhouette, and I thought I glimpsed horn.. As the deer started to walk away, I scrambled for my grunt tube. I figured i had nothing to loose and that maybe I could keep him around long enough for it to get light so I could shoot... I got way more than I bargained for...
Great deer, great story...
I grunted a few times and expected to hear him blow out and run off, but he didn't. He came right back to where I originally saw him. By now it was light enough that I could shoot and I could make out his slender body and see that he was big enough to shoot. Only problem was, I still had my grunt tube in my mouth and my bow on my lap. The deer walked out of my sight window and disappeared. I could hear him walking around the back side of my blind, he was so close I could hear him breathing...This was a real intense moment, I could feel my heart about to beat out of my chest. Then more science.......
I was sitting there contemplating what to do next. I figured he had walked away, so I hit the grunt tube again......Nothing......
All of a sudden his head and chest appeared in my sight window of my blind from the right side. The deer had walked all the way around my blind and was now facing me. All I could see was his head, chest and part of his left front leg..... I swear he acted like he was trying to get in the blind with me..
At this point the deer was only a few feet way staring right at me. I draw back my bow, pick a spot between his front leg and breast bone and let her go.......Whack is all I remember hearing... I was shaking uncontrollably. I have been deer hunting since I was 8( I am now 36) and have never never never had an experience like this.....
So now I am sitting in my blind and all kinds of things are running through my head...... Like man that deer was coming in this blind.. and you never should have attempted a front on shot...and why cant I stop shaking...and I hope that was the same deer I had gotten a look at only a few minutes before....and did I hear him crash or was that my imagination... Dang, I have to get to work before I get in trouble...I sat there for a full hour before I could get even the zipper open on the blind...
QuoteOriginally posted by slayer1:
All of a sudden his head and chest appeared in the sight window of my blind from the right side. The deer had walked all the way around my blind and was now facing me. All I could see was his head, chest and part of his left front leg..... I swear he acted like he was trying to get in the blind with me..
So I get out of the blind and walk over to where I saw him standing. I look around for about 10 min, no blood no arrow....Then I see a speck and then another and then another and then a puddle..I follow it for about 125 to 150 yards. This is what I find at the end of the trail..
(http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r37/slayer1_bucket/longbowbuck6.jpg)
Great story! Awesome buck! Congrats!
That was a risky shoot IMHO but I'm glat it worked out.
Nice deer. Congrats. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
This was only the third time I had hunted from the ground. Believe me I understand that this was a risky shot, and it just happend to work out. The deer was only a few feet away when I released the arrow. At the time I really thought the deer was going to come in the blind....and it all happend so fast I really didnt have time to think about it. I set this blind up back in early September, and just hadnt hunted out of it unless it rained, I guess it all just worked out ok. I was very very thankful to have recovered the deer. I used a 64" 65lb @ 28 Dwyer longbow with a 600 grain GT traditional arrow tipped with a 160 grain land shark..
QuoteOriginally posted by slayer1:
At this point the deer was only a few feet away... I was shaking uncontrollably...
And that's why we are out there. Talk about your up close and personal experiences ha ha
Congrats Scott, thats a beauty of a buck (and a heck of a story) :thumbsup: :notworthy:
Wow, nice buck and very interesting story. That is a serious penetration picture.
Wow, what a great experience and a beautiful deer to boot. You'll be telling that one to anyone who'll listen for years to come (at least I would be). Congrats
Nice Buck!!!
Bill
Way to go! :thumbsup:
Nice work!
that deer died in the back of your truck to man you did have a morning to remember.LOL
:clapper:
Great job all around ! On the ground, grunted came back .Found blood and the deer 100/150 yards a little deeper the feathers would have plugged that hole I think!Man oh man if today isn't your lucky day. Quick go out and buy some lottery tickets !!!! Outstanding job!
good job,congrats!
I've never attempted that shot on the ground.
Ground hunting is awesome when things go right.
Congratulations on a great deer!
Good to see it end well, doesnt look like any meat was damaged either. Nicely done!
congratulations on the buck, and I hope you have gotten the shaking under control!
Congrats on a nice buck!
Congrats on the nice buck, good penetration on that one. What vitals did you get?
Nice buck and a heck of a story....COngratulations!
buks2hunt you beat me to the truck plug. Nice dear and great story way to go.