QuoteOriginally posted by Charlie Lamb:
I usually just throw my best arrow on the ground when I get in stand... saves a lot of trouble!   :D  

LMAO!! Man if I had a dollar for everytime I've dropped an arrow!! Nice buck!!

Good on ya - enjoy seeing you home boys take deer - I know how hard it can be in NH and Maine to get a shot/chance.

Bill, what a great " NEW HAMP-Sha BUCK"!

Beautiful deer Bill....but you didn't tell us how the Mrs. reacted to you taking the "worse" stand.  

Great buck Bill, congratulations!

Bill, I am really happy for you...what a great buck. I had to laugh at Charlie's post, it seems like I am either leaving something at the base of the tree are dropping it. Oh well..congrats on a great buck    :D        :D

great buck, neat looking hunting area!

Good job!!!  Congrats!!!      

           

Cogratulations!

Awesome...great to see another new england trad-er with a nice buck.


Season doesn't start til the 17th down here.

Thanks, guys. Here's some more of the story...The stand has been my most productive over the years...8 deer in 8 years! But, it usually isn't active enough to hunt until the firearm guys push them into the "hell hole" swamp. The stand is within rock throwing distance of 3 houses and since it was a weekend night most of the homeowners are doing yard work until it gets dark. That's why Laura was not there.
I put her there the next evening and four bear show up! A sow with 3 cubs so no shooting possibilities for her. They were feeding on acorns and the gutpile. I sat there again last night and nothing showed. I had a dentist appt. this AM so stopped by to see what sign had been left since the night before...the bear had obviously been back eating acorns. There was bear scat under one of the producing oaks.
Laura's reaction to the stand? Well, I have proposed a plan whereby we devise a system to determine who gets to hunt it first. When an animal is killed it is then relinquished to the other spouse. Sounds fair to me. Laura is considering it. I vowed long ago never to let my bestest of friends use my treestands because they always seem to take over. Well, guess what ? Now I have a REAL problem!

I'll try and post the pic that Razorbak is referring to. It is a heart breaker (pun intended).

Hope this does not gross anyone out.
By the way, I shot the deer with my DAS Kinetics bow, 58", 60# @ 28", 29" Beman Max 4 340 arrow, 100 grain brass inserts, Phantom 125 head and lumenoks to show me the way. Can't say enough good things about this bow. Absolutely the best hunting bow I have ever shot.

Charlie, I used to do really well on my second shot at most 3d shoots so I would usually just take arrow #1 and throw it to the ground before taking my "second" shot. I was fortunate on two counts when the arrow fell.One was that it did not hit the metal platform of the stand and secondly it was carbon not aluminum as I am sure it would have spooked him if it had been aluminum. The shaft actually bounced off of an exposed root.

Congrats Bill....a real fine buck. He doesn't look that old either, real healthy. Way to GO!  

Great shot and enjoyed the story, nothing wrong with the picture unless someone doesn't accept our realities of the hunt. Nice Buck!

Nice job bill love the pics can't ask for a better shot...ED

Well done, Bill. Congratulations. Jawge

Great buck, Bill! Looks like a sweet spot to hunt.

Saw the topic ... "NH ten pointer!"  ... and the author ... 'Bill Carlsen' ... just HAD to see what it was all about.  Yelled into the other room ... "You have got to come here and see this!"

Bill ... Walt and I sending our congratulations !!!  

Congratulations Bill,
I read the story the other day, but couldn't get the pictures to load until today. Nice Buck and great Shot!!      

God Bless!

Jim