Post by: Antlershed on December 07, 2008, 11:18:49 PM
Post by: Ray on December 07, 2008, 11:37:49 PM
I will be attempting to get a deer out of Capital Forest as well. I have never been there so I will be flying blind. Here's to straight shooting and careless deer :archer:
Post by: Dmanmastertracker on December 08, 2008, 07:57:49 AM
Post by: Antlershed on December 08, 2008, 09:06:03 AM
Post by: Hoytstaffshooter83 on December 08, 2008, 09:57:54 AM
Post by: cohoho on December 09, 2008, 09:13:08 PM
Post by: Dmanmastertracker on December 13, 2008, 11:22:48 AM
Post by: Antlershed on December 15, 2008, 11:35:45 AM
Coming out of the woods from checking the trail cam, doe standing in the timber probably 30-35 yards away. I only had the top half of her body exposed, completely broadside, I'm at full-draw, waiting for my buddy to tell me the range, but it was too dark for him to see her through the range finder and she took off.
Had he been able to get me a distance, I know I could have made the shot even with the narrow window to shoot in, but with the smaller target to shoot at I didn't want to run the risk of guessing the distance wrong, so my season continues.
Post by: Ray on December 15, 2008, 07:02:47 PM
Post by: huntnphool on December 15, 2008, 07:05:08 PM
Post by: Ray on December 15, 2008, 07:12:37 PM
Post by: Antlershed on December 21, 2008, 10:32:51 PM
Friday morning we got to our spot right at daylight and started our hike out in the snow. Came around the first corner and I spotted three does 130 yards out in a clearcut. They had spotted us before I saw them and they had us pinned. We backed up and knelt down behind some brush. My buddy had his Primos "The Can" call with us, and we thought we would see how they would react. After the first couple times, the biggest doe was coming straight in! We got her to 90 yards and then all three of them went down in a little draw, and never came out. I decided I would sneak down in there and my buddy would stay up on the road. I wasn't 100% sure where she was in the draw, so I circled way down wind and came up through it, but they were nowhere to be seen. I hiked back to the road, and we continued on. Hiked some more and didn't see anything, but on the way back out, in almost the same exact spot as the morning, there is a doe feeding that has no idea we are there. Only problem, 103 yards away. I tried to make a stalk on her, but the only cover in the entire clearcut was some grass about as tall as my knees. I made it to about 70 yards before she caught my movement and was gone. Hiked back to the road, and didn't walk another 100 yards and there is another doe out in the clearcut. Again, she spotted us before I saw her, and she didn't stick around long. We went to a different area that evening but didn't see anything. The thing that killed us is we didn't have snow camo.
Saturday morning landed us back out at the same property, but this time we had snow camo on. We didn't see any deer in the first clearcut that was loaded with them the morning before. We hiked off the back of his property and out into timber co. land and saw two does out in the clearcut, but they were 170 yards away. Didn't see anything else the rest of the morning, except driving down the main road I came around a corner and there was a massive two point standing on the shoulder. :bash: We had just decided to go fishing in the evening when the landowner called to see how we did. He talked me into coming back out that evening and he would show me a stump to sit on that he had carved a chair into. He told me where the deer normally come from, and after sitting in snow showers for about an hour, I spotted a doe coming out of the jack firs. Then, there were two more behind her. When she first came out, she was 80 yards away, but she was feeding straight towards us. Then the wind started swirling. One minute it would be in my face, and the next it would be blowing straight at the deer. Somehow she made us out, because she was standing at 60 yards looking straight at us. I said the other day I hope to not have to use my 60 pin, but I practice enough that I feel confident using it. I was losing light fast, and I decided I would take the shot, because at this point the wind had died down. So, from a sitting position, I go to raise my bow, but there is a problem. During all the snow showers, the metal part of my arrow rest had frozen to my pant leg, so I had to pull it off, which wasn't exactly quiet, but the doe hadn't moved. I come to full draw, and she doesn't seem spooked at all. Go to settle my 60 pin, and my peep is full of snow. I lower my peep down and blow the snow out of it. At this point, I can't believe all three deer are still standing there. I could try and make an excuse, but I just flat missed. I knew I missed without walking up there, but I had to make sure. No blood on the ground, just my buddy making fun of me the rest of the way home for missing, and then me calling Jeremiah and asking him if he wants to buy my bow. :chuckle:
Today I had to work, and I didn't think I was going to be able to hunt. Well, it turns out we decided to close early due to the weather, so I was on my way hunting by 1:30. Got setup on the stump chair by 2:45 or so, and at about 3:45 I'm fully covered in snow, and my buddy whispers to me that there is a deer in the jack firs coming out. She walks out and stops at 71 yards. She is perfectly broadside, but that's not a shot I'm going to take. She has no idea we are there, so I'm confident she will feed towards us. She sat in the same spot just looking around for probably close to 20 minutes. She finally started to move again, but in the wrong direction. We are watching her feed away, and we both slowly turned back to look straight away and there is a deer standing there looking at us 78 yards away, and the thing looked like a damn pony standing there...it was huge. With 5 minutes to go it was still standing there, so I told my buddy I was going to try and sneak up to the next wood pile which would give me a 45 yard shot. I closed the gap to about 55, but there was a tree I needed to get around and I thought I could make it the other 10. I took one more step and it was gone back into the jack firs.
This is the first year I have been serious about bow hunting, and in the last few days it has been the most exciting hunting I have ever done.
Post by: Hoytstaffshooter83 on December 21, 2008, 11:03:35 PM
Post by: Antlershed on December 21, 2008, 11:22:22 PM
Oh, and go back to GF and read that thread again. I never called a 60 yard shot unethical. :rolleyes:
Post by: Hoytstaffshooter83 on December 22, 2008, 12:00:35 AM
Post by: Antlershed on December 22, 2008, 08:04:01 AM
Post by: TikkaT3-270Shortmag on December 22, 2008, 10:03:25 AM
Post by: Dmanmastertracker on December 22, 2008, 10:31:53 AM
"not filling a tag is something I dont think should happen"
Couldn't disagree more. My cousin has been hunting for 40+ years and has killed only one deer, a 160" plus muley. That's all he's ever wanted yet he buys a tag every year just to get out with his dad and us and legally hunt. I don't share the same view, but I think it is cool that he joins us and spends the money even though he doesn't want to harvest a deer. I won't disparage other hunters who just like to get out, that just cuts into the numbers who enjoy our sport.
Post by: Antlershed on December 22, 2008, 11:00:31 AM
Antler and Hoyt, you 2 need to have an archery shoot off or something, criminy.I have never once claimed to be better than anybody at anything on here. I have nothing to try and prove. I missed, and I can live with that. I guess some people have never missed though.
Post by: Hoytstaffshooter83 on December 22, 2008, 11:02:59 AM
Oh great...another "Hi, my name's Paul, and I'm the best that there is at everything" post. :rolleyes:
I never once said anything like that in that reply, I guess if I guy says hey im good at something but I am always wanting to get better, then asks a newbie how he thinks he can criticize them... that makes you a "know it all" I even said id take you hunting on my land.... but if thats how I am then I might as well really sound that way... I shot 3 deer this year with a bow.... 8 last year... only hunted WA and Or this year.. last year was wa, or , ca and idaho.. how many have you killed this year? or last? and I didnt miss at 60yrds 8) I have never said im the best at anything, but the succes I have had is hard to argue and thats because i work hard year round getting places to hunt, shooting, scouting etc..and having freinds with 9000 acre ranches helps as well....
Post by: Hoytstaffshooter83 on December 22, 2008, 11:06:46 AM
Antler and Hoyt, you 2 need to have an archery shoot off or something, criminy.I have never once claimed to be better than anybody at anything on here. I have nothing to try and prove. I missed, and I can live with that. I guess some people have never missed though.
I have already said in posts that I missed a ton when I was younger, I think 11 deer in one early season when I was 15... everyone misses, but you have always said long shots are not what bowhunting is about so I found it very funny when you took one and missed.... Im sure if i said I had a 75yrd shot on a doe but clean missed something would have been said about that being to far or unethical.. I do recall a post where you said 80yrd is no matter what unethical with a bow, I was refering to shooting a elk at that range, which is at least 3-4 times bigger of a kill zone and only 20 yrds farther then the small deer you shot at..... doesnt seem any different to me, personally I have no issue with guys shooting long range, as long as they have the skills to do so......
Post by: rougheye on December 22, 2008, 11:07:41 AM
Post by: Hoytstaffshooter83 on December 22, 2008, 11:21:52 AM
Post by: Antlershed on December 22, 2008, 12:27:14 PM
We were not talking about elk, we were talking about deer (I checked the thread again).
I never said a 60 yard shot was unethical, so don't compare a 80+ yard shot to a 60 yard shot. I didn't do anything that I said wasn't ok for others to do.
Who gives a crap how many deer you have killed this year or any other year? Certainly not me.
I would never come and hunt your private ranch with you.
Like I said before, I have never claimed to be better than anybody on this site, or any other site for that matter. I have never had a holier than thou attitude like you.
If you want to talk facts that's fine, but when you start throwing out stuff I never said, it pisses me off. So, you can either go re-read what was said, or you can continue spouting off :bs: Either way, I won't be responding to it anymore. :hello: