House and Habitat build thread:

[KSQ2]

Been waiting for a post like this for a long time! That long tined buck is a BRUTE!

 

[buckdeer1]

I shot a doe and wife and one daughter shot bucks.I chased one around and finally got a shot but screwed it up.That was back in Nov. got pics of him a couple weeks ago so maybe I can find his sheds.Turkey creek dropped some more trees off today on his way through and as usual great looking trees.So only a few things to do this weekend, work on NT drill,shed hunt,plant trees,attend a couple events,and start over on sunday.

 

[catscratch]

Been waiting for a post like this for a long time! That long tined buck is a BRUTE!

That long tined buck is a heartbreaker! Everything was perfect and it was a chipshot. On release I was 100% calm/confident and expected to watch the fletching sink in exactly where I was aiming. Then in horror the arrow slid in high and left. I looked and looked, and looked and looked. When I found him he was nothing but a dragged apart skeleton. I've re-lived that shot a million times and lost lots of sleep.

The other one scored in the mid-170's. I passed on him... then rattled him back after deciding I might be stupid. He didn't run 20yds and tasted great!

 

[Drycreek]

That long tined buck is a heartbreaker! Everything was perfect and it was a chipshot. On release I was 100% calm/confident and expected to watch the fletching sink in exactly where I was aiming. Then in horror the arrow slid in high and left. I looked and looked, and looked and looked. When I found him he was nothing but a dragged apart skeleton. I've re-lived that shot a million times and lost lots of sleep.

The other one scored in the mid-170's. I passed on him... then rattled him back after deciding I might be stupid. He didn't run 20yds and tasted great!

They can move a foot in a heartbeat. One year I killed two does out of the same 10’ tripod that was put together in a mesquite tree. The trees aren’t very tall in that part of the Northern Hill Country of Texas ! I shot both of those does at about 12’/13’ yards about two weeks apart. They were standing in basically the same spot. They both ran the same direction and died between 20 to 30 yards of the other. I just knew my arrow had entered right behind the shoulder and exited in front of the other shoulder. Perfect heart/lung shots. In reality, both were hit in front of the left hip, through the liver and one lung. Both died in sight and both were easily recovered but the shot was off by 15”/18” from the aiming point. Neither doe suspected I was anywhere near. I was well hidden and the wind was with me. A good lesson in how fast things can go to hell in a millisecond ! I don’t mind if I can see them fall, but to lose one hurts me…

 

[KSQ2]

They can move a foot in a heartbeat. One year I killed two does out of the same 10’ tripod that was put together in a mesquite tree. The trees aren’t very tall in that part of the Northern Hill Country of Texas ! I shot both of those does at about 12’/13’ yards about two weeks apart. They were standing in basically the same spot. They both ran the same direction and died between 20 to 30 yards of the other. I just knew my arrow had entered right behind the shoulder and exited in front of the other shoulder. Perfect heart/lung shots. In reality, both were hit in front of the left hip, through the liver and one lung. Both died in sight and both were easily recovered but the shot was off by 15”/18” from the aiming point. Neither doe suspected I was anywhere near. I was well hidden and the wind was with me. A good lesson in how fast things can go to hell in a millisecond ! I don’t mind if I can see them fall, but to lose one hurts me…

People who say deer cannot jump a shot out of a “fast” bow, inside 25 yards, are nuts!