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Big Game Hunting => Deer Hunting => Topic started by: Hornseeker on October 22, 2008, 08:02:42 PM

Title: Last weekend of bow season in MT....got one!
Post by: Hornseeker on October 22, 2008, 08:02:42 PM: Well, after chasing elk about 9 days this season and antelope 3 days, i decided to try and fill a deer tag before it was too late... I saw a TON of deer as a recent snow storm had dumped over 4 feet in the mountains and upwards of 2-3 feet even down here in the valley...
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv351%2Fhornseeker%2F1stDeer047.jpg&hash=0ea992dde1a010165f84fbc66ba80a33ffcf34d5)
The deer were all bunched up already. Mostly on private, but I actually saw bunches of 10-18 deer does mixed with bucks ON public...very strange...
This guy was in a field next to the road at abou 2 pm!
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv351%2Fhornseeker%2F1stDeer061.jpg&hash=35ae466589bc02effbbab2f52be2c100db4e1d1b)
And so was this guy...
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv351%2Fhornseeker%2F1stDeer050.jpg&hash=a787e1aec70ae844ddb8f742a91e2a9bb1d929f4)
Forgive the pic quality...some of these were pretty stretched out and I cropped them.
I saw many sights like this on Saturday..
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv351%2Fhornseeker%2F1stDeer052.jpg&hash=a3eb01c7f12af524bb42f4f5b6bb6b54bb5456f8)
Title: Re: Last weekend of bow season in MT....got one!
Post by: huntnphool on October 22, 2008, 08:06:00 PM: Excellent Hornseeker, got any pics of your deer?
Title: Re: Last weekend of bow season in MT....got one!
Post by: Hornseeker on October 22, 2008, 08:08:17 PM: So i spent some time jumping from tiny piece of public to tiny piece of public surrouned by these ranches that had all these deer standing around...
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv351%2Fhornseeker%2F1stDeer057.jpg&hash=971155ef770d43114936337cd1c0f0f241a81ad9)
This guy was ooooohhh soooo close to public...but not quite!
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv351%2Fhornseeker%2FDOE%2Fnutherbuck.jpg&hash=eec52d8f25f32b30b9494df5c6cc66002bd0d514)
and then I found some does that WERE on public. I have 3 doe tags in my pocket, plus a buck tag...and I can get more doe tags if I need to.. so I went for it...
At about 40 yards I snapped a pic... she wasn't very concerned...she was a gift I think!
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv351%2Fhornseeker%2FDOE%2FHer.jpg&hash=d0cbe9cf9d6ca5c9c1fe3aeb9e0c03b9fca1afce)
I ended up doing this to her...
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv351%2Fhornseeker%2FDOE%2F3holes.jpg&hash=d3ab88c3ca45d7d8f47829237a0689a012e2ff13)
She basically stood there...mixed in with just a little walking...and let me fling 3 arrows through her at about 18 yards... All three were in about a softball sized area...all back...but all in the liver. SHe lived about 5 minutes after the 3rd shot...at which time she ran about 70 yards and collapsed and lay there breathing for the 5 minutes....
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv351%2Fhornseeker%2FDOE%2F3holes.jpg&hash=d3ab88c3ca45d7d8f47829237a0689a012e2ff13)
Here I am with .... FINALLY... a bow killed animal!!!
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv351%2Fhornseeker%2FDOE%2F1st.jpg&hash=50cd0e5d0b30e8c1da6bc66c3f521a6ea360c2f2)
Title: Re: Last weekend of bow season in MT....got one!
Post by: Hornseeker on October 22, 2008, 08:10:48 PM: I was still working on it Phool!! :)

Here's a cool anatomy pic... Look how high the scap is and how forward the humerous is.... I think most people shoot too far back thinking they need to miss the scap... man...if you are hitting scap..you are way off... right? I pulled all my shots left...which...if I miss...thats always where I miss too! :bash:
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv351%2Fhornseeker%2FDOE%2Fanatomy.jpg&hash=6eedfc63a33429e7f9e064f1a2b1e25428f466ad)
Title: Re: Last weekend of bow season in MT....got one!
Post by: Jason on October 22, 2008, 08:11:52 PM: Congrats, great pics and story.
Title: Re: Last weekend of bow season in MT....got one!
Post by: Hornseeker on October 22, 2008, 08:12:42 PM: Didn't take long to get to THIS...
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv351%2Fhornseeker%2FDOE%2FTenderloin1.jpg&hash=3a7a5935015369d839eed88aad1c2f63f5c60536)
and...
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv351%2Fhornseeker%2FDOE%2FTenderloin2.jpg&hash=a54bfaf5f37fdf06a670b3faa57d07d024bc0f84)

(I know...I"m a photo whore... I cant help it! :0))
Title: Re: Last weekend of bow season in MT....got one!
Post by: bucklucky on October 22, 2008, 08:23:54 PM: Yummy! Nice job ! Cool pics of the herd!
Title: Re: Last weekend of bow season in MT....got one!
Post by: Antlershed on October 22, 2008, 08:29:17 PM: Nice job with the longbow! ;)
Title: Re: Last weekend of bow season in MT....got one!
Post by: Hornseeker on October 22, 2008, 08:32:52 PM: She's a longbow...but all the same...thanks much. Its even cooler yet for me as I built the bow! Makes a guy feel like he's doin something right! :)
Title: Re: Last weekend of bow season in MT....got one!
Post by: huntnphool on October 22, 2008, 08:39:46 PM: Great pics, congrats
Title: Re: Last weekend of bow season in MT....got one!
Post by: bowsandhose on October 22, 2008, 10:02:45 PM: very nice, congrats
Title: Re: Last weekend of bow season in MT....got one!
Post by: Hornseeker on October 23, 2008, 06:12:16 AM: Thanks all...it was fun and now I cant wait to go chase some bone around. I have a couple more doe tags though... so there may be more of this coming! :tung: