Post by: Button Nubbs on September 12, 2011, 11:48:31 AM
Opening day im sitting in my treestand well before the sun even starts to think about cracking. Im sitting there for a while and I can just start to make some trees out from the clearing behind my stand but its still pitch black in the timber. im sitting there eyes closed with my head up against the tree and i hear a chuckle and bark that is so close i can almost feel it in my chest. i start begging him to stay out in the clearing until i can see. a couple hours go by and i start hearing some cows chirp out in the clearing so i give them a chirp here and a chirp there making sure not to over do it. meanwhile, all morning the damn cone cutters are driving me crazy i keep looking back and forth at every little twig pop or leaf falling through the trees. At almost exactly 9 am i hear what sounds like a bull dozer coming through the brush. i think to myself "elk!!!!" so i stand up, push my seat up, grab the trusty bowtech, hook my release up and wait for them. all of the sudden 2 cows and last years calf pop out into one of my shooting lanes. i am a complete wreck by now and cant stop my right leg from bouncing violently. the lead cow (so big she would give a horse a run for its money) and last years calf were feeding and the big cow kept chasing off the medium sized cow. this is all at 19 yards and i am having a complete meltdown. all of the sudden the big cow and calf jump out of the way like they were spooked. i think to myself "bull!" i see his head poke out and count from the center out, 1, 2, ok its a shooter. all of the sudden something came over me, i settled down and was completely calm. he was quarterd to me hard so i was going to wait until he came down one of the other trails when he turns broadside in this tiny pocket of a shooting lane. "now is the time" i said to my self. i drew my bow settled that pin right behind his shoulder and made what i felt was a perfect shot. they run off across the creek and i sit down back in my seat. for the next 30 minutes my entire body went into violent convulsions.
i meet up with my buddies and we wait 3 hours to start tracking him. we get about 60-70 yards from where i shot him and all of the sudden he gets up and runs off. he is obviously really hurt from the way he is running but my stomach twisted up and i could have puked. we back out and come back 4 hours later. we get back on what little blood there is and go about another 80 yards from where we last saw him and he gets up AGAIN!!! F&%K! i wanted to start crying at that point. so we back out again and decide to come back in the morning. i slept like s*&t that night and woke up in the morning to get back on him. we went less than another 100 yards and i hear a faint "got him" from my buddy and i about lost it! when we found him we realized he had been slightly quartered to me but i couldnt see that because of all the brush. my arrow hit exactly where i wanted it to. destroyed one lung but missed everything else since he was quartered to me just a hair. got him all cut up and took him to the butcher and he said the meat was good. boy was he right!
here he is:
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Cool palmation at the top on the right side:
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Post by: arrowflinger on September 12, 2011, 11:54:14 AM
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Post by: MuleySniper on September 12, 2011, 12:56:10 PM
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Post by: ribka on September 12, 2011, 01:00:00 PM
Been there with the violent convulsions in the tree stand after the shot
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Post by: Drake7 on September 12, 2011, 03:46:41 PM
Was it hard to shoot with that black mask on? :chuckle:
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Post by: jagermiester on September 12, 2011, 07:34:08 PM
Nice job! So, are you either really ugly or do you work for the CIA? :chuckle:Hilarious
MS
Post by: Button Nubbs on September 12, 2011, 07:55:24 PM
One thing I forgot to mention is I couldn't have done it without my buddies drifterat, callmebigpoppa, and the other guys at camp! Thanks again fellas!
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