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Offline martin1

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Late quality archery hunt!
« on: November 23, 2014, 11:24:56 PM »
I was drawn for the late quality quilomene archery hunt! I saw some good bucks before it opened on the 20th of November. Well the first day was a bust but we did find a good buck with only minutes of light left so I let him walk. I went back the next day to a nasty storm that moved in and dumped 3-4 inches of snow. the storm broke over night and the deer where up moving. I climbed to the top of the ridge and was working into the wind with my dad.he was just above me and he spotted a doe. So I carefully moved in knowing a buck could be there. As I'm working in her direction I spot his antler and know it is the one I saw in the evening of the first night. So I knock an arrow and slowly work toward him. He gets up to chase a spike buck off and Is walking away. I put a small pine between him and I. I got to the tree and looked around it and there he is, broadside looking at me. I ranged him at 52 yards. I practice to 65 all the time so I felt comfortable with the shot. I come to full draw settle the pin behind the shoulder and let it fly. My arrow disappears and he jumps, I watch as he slowly walks down the hill. Realizing that I hit just a hair behind where I was aiming I start to follow him. He goes 80 yards and beds down. My dad comes up to where I am and I told him what happened. We decide to give him some time. 30 minutes goes by and he still has his head up so I decided to sneak in and finish him. I got to 20 yards and hit him once more and it was over. I just got my first archery deer!! And got to hunt a unit I'd been waiting 13 years to hunt! He's 24 inches outside and a rough green score of 164" ]

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Re: Late quality archery hunt!
« Reply #1 on: November 23, 2014, 11:29:11 PM »

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Re: Late quality archery hunt!
« Reply #2 on: November 23, 2014, 11:34:16 PM »
Great deer.....that's going to be one heck of a hard one to top if its your first archery deer......nice job.

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Re: Late quality archery hunt!
« Reply #3 on: November 23, 2014, 11:43:53 PM »
That's a great buck :tup:

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Re: Late quality archery hunt!
« Reply #4 on: November 24, 2014, 06:16:54 AM »
great buck congrats
My wife told me that I hunt way more than I did when we first got married. I said yeah I know isn't it great !

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Re: Late quality archery hunt!
« Reply #5 on: November 24, 2014, 06:19:54 AM »
 :yike:  Good shootin, dang nice buck!!

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Re: Late quality archery hunt!
« Reply #6 on: November 24, 2014, 06:24:08 AM »
 :tup: :drool:

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Re: Late quality archery hunt!
« Reply #7 on: November 24, 2014, 06:25:09 AM »
That's a pretty buck.  Fantastic for archery and out of this world for your first one. 

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Re: Late quality archery hunt!
« Reply #8 on: November 24, 2014, 06:39:45 AM »
Very nice buck!

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Re: Late quality archery hunt!
« Reply #9 on: November 24, 2014, 06:54:56 AM »
Nice deer

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Re: Late quality archery hunt!
« Reply #10 on: November 24, 2014, 06:56:44 AM »
NICE BUCK!!!

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Re: Late quality archery hunt!
« Reply #11 on: November 24, 2014, 07:03:46 AM »
Wowza..... Great buck. WTG  :tup:

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Re: Late quality archery hunt!
« Reply #12 on: November 24, 2014, 07:05:13 AM »
Really nice buck, especially for your first with a bow.  Congrats and thanks for sharing
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Re: Late quality archery hunt!
« Reply #13 on: November 24, 2014, 07:15:42 AM »
Great job. Thanks for the pics.  :tup:
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Re: Late quality archery hunt!
« Reply #14 on: November 24, 2014, 07:44:07 AM »
 Wow great  first deer and buck! Congrats!! Sure on the score? Looks bigger!
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