Well last night i had 2 small bucks come in and i missed!
I have been bow hunting for several years and at one time was a damn good shot. THe last 2 years most places i hunt have 10-30 yard shots...tops!
I got a new place to hunt and was set up last night in the wind and after 1/2 hour, had a small 5 pointer come up about 45 yards. I am pretty confident, so i stand up and drew. He was small but the 1st buck with bow so i was going to take him. i have taken doe before!
Ok, i have my camera on my bow recording and shoot and miss! I was about a foot low! THe arrow stuck into the ground under him. He pays no attention! He goes back to eating. So i reach over and grab another arrow out of my quiver and prepare to shoot at him again. He jumps the fence and now is about 35-40 yards. I know i can make this shot. The wind keeps gusting occasionally. The next arrow in my quiver that i grabbed is missing the nock! I am shocked like why is this happening to me! I have set around 35 hours so far with not 1 shot! I think no biggie, i have 1 more arrow with me, however it has a field point. I try to unscrew the field point with no luck. So i try to pull out the nock and put it on the other arrow. All this time he is just standing there eating away. I break the nock pulling it out and think... i am not meant to take this deer! So i precede to watch him getting videos of him standing there. I keep looking at my only good arrow on the ground near him. I think... if i dont get that arrow, my luck a big buck will come out and i wont be able to shoot him. So i blow a grunt and bleat at him hoping he will get frightened and leave. He wont even look until i blew the bleat. then he would just go back to eating. i was laughing out loud at this point. So i was not sure what to do, i need the only good arrow. I decided to get down without him blowing my location in the stand. he did not even see me, i walked about 10 yards from him, (i was videoing him this whole time) and he runs about 20 feet and is sitting in the edge of the woods. i grab my arrow and get back to my stand. About 45 min later, he comes back out and starts heading over to the corn... i could not believe it. Well i see him look up and here comes another deer across the pasture. i was thinking...doe... it was a spike buck and this buck jumped the fence and ran over to him and i was thinking....fight. they just hopped around together int he high grass, and finally got to dark to see.
anyway, always be prepared....always! I cant believe i only had 3 arrows and 1 was a field point...how stupid!!
I should have practiced my 40+ yard shots more before hunting this location!
Could have been worse and been a monster buck.
I have been bow hunting for several years and at one time was a damn good shot. THe last 2 years most places i hunt have 10-30 yard shots...tops!
I got a new place to hunt and was set up last night in the wind and after 1/2 hour, had a small 5 pointer come up about 45 yards. I am pretty confident, so i stand up and drew. He was small but the 1st buck with bow so i was going to take him. i have taken doe before!
Ok, i have my camera on my bow recording and shoot and miss! I was about a foot low! THe arrow stuck into the ground under him. He pays no attention! He goes back to eating. So i reach over and grab another arrow out of my quiver and prepare to shoot at him again. He jumps the fence and now is about 35-40 yards. I know i can make this shot. The wind keeps gusting occasionally. The next arrow in my quiver that i grabbed is missing the nock! I am shocked like why is this happening to me! I have set around 35 hours so far with not 1 shot! I think no biggie, i have 1 more arrow with me, however it has a field point. I try to unscrew the field point with no luck. So i try to pull out the nock and put it on the other arrow. All this time he is just standing there eating away. I break the nock pulling it out and think... i am not meant to take this deer! So i precede to watch him getting videos of him standing there. I keep looking at my only good arrow on the ground near him. I think... if i dont get that arrow, my luck a big buck will come out and i wont be able to shoot him. So i blow a grunt and bleat at him hoping he will get frightened and leave. He wont even look until i blew the bleat. then he would just go back to eating. i was laughing out loud at this point. So i was not sure what to do, i need the only good arrow. I decided to get down without him blowing my location in the stand. he did not even see me, i walked about 10 yards from him, (i was videoing him this whole time) and he runs about 20 feet and is sitting in the edge of the woods. i grab my arrow and get back to my stand. About 45 min later, he comes back out and starts heading over to the corn... i could not believe it. Well i see him look up and here comes another deer across the pasture. i was thinking...doe... it was a spike buck and this buck jumped the fence and ran over to him and i was thinking....fight. they just hopped around together int he high grass, and finally got to dark to see.
anyway, always be prepared....always! I cant believe i only had 3 arrows and 1 was a field point...how stupid!!
I should have practiced my 40+ yard shots more before hunting this location!
Could have been worse and been a monster buck.
