Brokenbear
Active Member
Everybody older than 12 has a system when they get to their tree stand to "setup"
1. tie backpack to paracord
2. tie bow to second paracord
3. climb stand and put hip quiver on left armrest
5. pull up backpack and clip on right armrest
6. remove camo skirt from backpack and put around shooting bar/stand
7. put on head net and gloves ...(ya I know but it is just too hot + it steams up my glasses ...forever!!)
8. pull up bow
9. insert arrow and hunt away
Today I had just finished #7 head net when I put my glasses back on and I am looking straight at a doe 30 yards square in front ...I hunker behind the skirt ....please please go away ...quietly that is ...no sir-ree ....she feeds/looks a kagillion times and won't leave peacefully ...I hear deer below her and a deer orgy is going on behind me%^&$#!*# ...so I decide to reach my now gloved camo arms over the rail and slooooooooowly pulled up my bow inch by inch ...never looked up ...arrow now in place ...doe same distance but to the left a tad ....SCHWACK! ..down ...good as this is doe year for our farm
This doe did not need to be in the gene pool! ..besides we did our last deer roast last week ...but the what ifs have now invaded my simple mind ...like buck of a lifetime and not the doe ...so now I am in "review" of my setup sequence ...keeping safety first ...I'll let you know how it comes out
Have a great and safe season to all
Bear
1. tie backpack to paracord
2. tie bow to second paracord
3. climb stand and put hip quiver on left armrest
5. pull up backpack and clip on right armrest
6. remove camo skirt from backpack and put around shooting bar/stand
7. put on head net and gloves ...(ya I know but it is just too hot + it steams up my glasses ...forever!!)
8. pull up bow
9. insert arrow and hunt away
Today I had just finished #7 head net when I put my glasses back on and I am looking straight at a doe 30 yards square in front ...I hunker behind the skirt ....please please go away ...quietly that is ...no sir-ree ....she feeds/looks a kagillion times and won't leave peacefully ...I hear deer below her and a deer orgy is going on behind me%^&$#!*# ...so I decide to reach my now gloved camo arms over the rail and slooooooooowly pulled up my bow inch by inch ...never looked up ...arrow now in place ...doe same distance but to the left a tad ....SCHWACK! ..down ...good as this is doe year for our farm
This doe did not need to be in the gene pool! ..besides we did our last deer roast last week ...but the what ifs have now invaded my simple mind ...like buck of a lifetime and not the doe ...so now I am in "review" of my setup sequence ...keeping safety first ...I'll let you know how it comes out
Have a great and safe season to all
Bear