Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Shooting and Hunting => Topic started by: turtle on November 15, 2010, 08:34:20 pm
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I finally got a shot at a BIG buck saturday with my dogwood bow and hazelnut arrows.
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WOW! Nice deer. :) :)
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what a toad!! I bet he had a huge body. did you mean hazlenut bow and dogwood arrows???? good job.
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NICE! congrats.
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Dang! You did get a BIG one! Deer like that don't come around often. CONGRATULATIONS! 8)
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That's not a deer- it's a Clydesdale with antlers >:D Nice deer!
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Very nice!!!! Congrats!!! ;D
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Thanks guys. Im realy exited over him,still have to keep looking at the rack to make sure i diidnt just dream the whole thing.Here is a better pic of the rack. And i did mean dogwood bow and hazelnut arrows.
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Good grief, those tines are thicker than most of the bases I see around here! That's an awesome deer, man. Huge congrats.
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Congrats on your deer..Nice looking bow also.
Thanks Leroy
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That IS a biggun_ ! Thanks for sharing (Got bad buck envy now >:D ) ' Frank
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Wow!!that is a monster.You must be way up north in the cornbelt.How about a story to go with the pics. God Bless
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Nice job and very nice deer. Congrats. :)
Pappy
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He is a beauty. Way to make it count!
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Thanks for all the kind words guys.I got him about two miles from home here in southeastern ohio. He came by my stand at 8:57am. He was headed to go by just out of range so i started praying real hard. At the last second he turned to come thru a shooting lane that was only about 18 inches wide at around 22 yards out.I was afraid he would spook if i tried to get him to stop so i shot while he was walking. The arrow hit farther back than i wanted and real low.After he ran off i waited a few minutes then left the woods to get my brother. Since i wasnt sure ofthe hit we waited 2 hours to go look for the blood trail.We looked from where i shot him at to just past where i saw him last,but never found any blood,just the back half of my shaft.Since we couldnt determine how bad he was hit we decided to give him more time before looking further.Iwent back around 4pm and started searching where i thought he might go.around 4:30 pm i jumped him out from behind a log about 400 yards from where i shot him. He went uphill ,but was realy struggling.I didnt want to take the chance of loosing him by pushing him farther so i left. The next morning a friend and i went back at 7:30. We found him dead about 8am around 200 yards from where i saw him last. He was still warm and hadnt been dead long. The arrow had went through the lower part of his liver and nicked his stomach. I am still feeling bad about the poor shot and making him suffer. But am happy that i managed to recover him.
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Good job and way to stay after him.
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Good lord...congrats!
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Holy Crap! That is a big one. Congratulations and like Jesse said, glad you stayed on him. I don't know how many times I've heard of people not even trying to find one with a poor hit.
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Wow, congratulations on a beautiful buck and for getting him the right way and with a beautiful bow. I know what you are feeling about making a marginal shot, I have never made a perfect shot on big game. Congratyulations also for the recovery and staying with it. Kenneth
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where is the deer i cant see it past the big smile, dang goodun.
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Congratulations.That is a good deer. Great job on the recover.
Big A
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I think if you put in all you can into the recovery it becomes justified in the end. Whether you belive in a deity or not in some sort of code if you make a bad shot but you work as hard as you can to find it, I think it all balances out in the end. Nice deer and congratulations
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congrats. on a great deer and great equipment. tickles when the uneducated ask, will that bow realy kill an animal?
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NOw that is a nice deer :)
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Wheweeee, that is a nice one! Man, I would have chewed a hole in my pants, if I saw that big boy coming towards me! :o :o ;D Congratulations, and I am glad that you kept looking. It is a lot of extra, and hard work, but worth, it, and respect for a magnificent animal. Oh, yeah, dude, that is fer sure fer sure a big one ! ::) ;D Way to go!
Wayne
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Awesome Buck...and congrats on being controlled and persistent on retrieving Him...most would have either spooked Him into the next County...or tried for a hour or two..and then went about their business...and wasted a magnificent creature like this...makes me proud to know that you were honorable enough to follow through to the End...be Proud...this was an experience that You will remember forever.
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SWEETTTTT
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Congrats on the beautiful harvest! everyone should read your story on the patience and level-headed approach to tracking this monster. I think a lot of us may have seen those horns and pushed him too hard.
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Congratulations, that's an outstanding buck taken with a great bow. You had a tough track and played it just right. Big bucks are tough. However, IMO you did not cause that deer to suffer. You did give it a belly ache and it instinctively reacted by going to cover and bedding. When jumped it did the same thing again. It then weakened and died. I firmly believe no suffering was involved, only discomfort which deer accept as part of life. You did great.
George