2015 URS Bow Hunting Thread...

[ryan_]

Did some ground hunting this evening and a young 8 point with a doe walked right up to me on my left side. I thought I was in a spot with perfect field of view, but the buck stopped about 10 yards away and he saw me before I heard him. He blew and ran off. The doe followed. I got up and decided to head to the front field to try to get a shot in before dark. I watched a doe at about 300 yds pulling apples off of a tree. She stayed there until another hunter spooked her off, on his way to his truck.

Good times.

 

[NirvanaFan]

I took Friday off of work. I got all the way to my hunting property (parents house) about 45 minutes away. I get out of the truck and remember that I forgot something important at home. I forgot my broadheads! Ugghhh. Day was a total bust. I went inside, slept for 2 hours on the couch and then drove home and spent the day with the family. Not a total bust of a day, but kind of.

I went out again today. Got busted by a doe when I drew back this morning. Saw about 5 more deer after that, but they were all too far away.

Tonight, I had a nice doe about 15 yards away, and totally dead to rights. She caught me off guard and I didn't have a chance to stand up in my stand. I had to be super slow drawing my bow back, and I couldn't get it over the hump of the draw. She snorted and ran off. I got down off the stand once I couldn't see anymore and started walking back through the field back to the house. I played peek-a-boo with some deer in the field by hiding behind a utility pole but couldn't get a shot off.

Overall, I had a great day in the woods. Saw bunches of deer, almost drew back twice, and got a couple good loads of firewood. Productive day!

 

[ryan_]

This is driving me crazy. Every time I have gone out to this new property, I am seeing bucks...plenty of them. but all young guys..except one monster... I sat and watched a big bodied 4 point eat apples 11 yds away from me while I was ground hunting 3 days ago. I haven't seen too many doe though. When I do, they are 200yds away, on the other side of the field. I will be hunting all weekend, so I should have more to report later.

Also, that one monster was the biggest buck I've ever seen in real life. He walked within 12 yds but never presented a shot and he busted me fast.

 

[Capt_Cully]

Tomorrow am should be great. I rarely hunt mornings this early but this mess of rain out front with the cold coming behind it should be good.

 

[reefer buddy]

What happened nobody hunting now?

 

[Capt_Cully]

Haha, hammering with work. Heading out tonight. Then starting Friday I'm off for 16 days. Gonna live in the woods.

Buddy got a decent 8 on Saturday. I'm doing the euro mount for him as we speak.

 

[Capt_Cully]

Soups on!

My wife's favorite lol....

 

[reefer buddy]

Nice ! Saw one like that last night.

 

[NirvanaFan]

Nice soup!

I've seen at least a couple deer every time I've been out, except for one time. Haven't been able to get a shot off though. They've either been too far away, or caught me drawing. Hopefully I keep seeing them into rifle season.

 

[intyme]

Antler soup

 

[Seaweed Brain]

I got out this weekend and took a shot at a nice looking doe. Completely missed though. she ran off to my right and then just stopped and looked at me as if to say "really you missed and I was only 20yards away" and just walked away like she was a boss. couldn't even get a second shot off. But later on I saw a really nice buck but he stayed behind the brush line and I couldn't get a clean shot at him. Hopefully he'll still be out there waiting for me next weekend.

 

[Capt_Cully]

I was smothered & covered with deer last night. Prob saw 15. Did see a buck. All I saw was main beams. Looked decent but never showed himself. Had to bushwhack my way out because there were deer in every field. Almost broke both my legs jumping a creek. Then I almost fell backwards into another. Quite a night.

 

[ryan_]

I'm having a heck of a season. I have taken 2 shots. Mind you...I pass the young bucks. I prefer to shoot doe.

The first shot was horrible. 30 yd shot and it probably went 3 feet or more over her. I know I'm a goo shot, so I examined my gear. Apparently I had smacked my sight hard enough to knock it off by a half inch or so. I got it tuned back in the next day.

The second shot was a hit. It was a great stalk. I used the poor weather to my advantage. It was the tail end of a mean rain storm. It was still drizzling and a couple of doe had moved into the main field. I was well over 100 yds away, so I stalked through the woods. I got to 48 yds and couldn't get any closer. I waited for a while in hopes that they would walk my way. They wouldn't.

It was nearly dark, so I figured I'd give a trick play a shot. I snort wheezed at her twice. Instead of running off, she curiously came right to me. I was positioned in the crotch of a split tree. I drew as she was walking and she got to about 20 yds and stopped. She was quartering to me and I let it fly. My hopes were that it would go through her chest, through a lung and out just behind her left shoulder.

She ran out into the field and we watched her run around for about 5 minutes (which was bothersome. We tried to back out, but she caught us and took off for the wood line. We waited about 6 hours and went back in. We found her trail. Very weak blood. Just a spot here and there. Red blood like a finger cut.

We searched for hours. Her tracks led to an area that has a ton of deer activity and her hoof prints just disappeared into the hundreds of others. We grid searched for a couple hours and then called it. Went back the following day and did it again...nothing.

I'm thinking that it was just a meat shot. I think (and am hoping) that the shot went a bit right and went through meat into her shoulder and that it wasn't fatal.

I have had one more "ready to draw" situation, but a 4 point buck that I had let walk a week prior, came through chasing another deer right behind me and scared off the two doe that were in the field in front of me.


I think I'm losing it. I am watching the season slip away and just not getting the job done. I wish that I would have been able to scout this land before I hunted it.

 

[Capt_Cully]

Finished product:

 

[Conesus_Kid]

Very niiizzze!

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