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Join Date: Jan 2013
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#382 | ||
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: manchester md
Posts: 659
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#383 | ||
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: DC area
Posts: 882
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I got out on public land yesterday over a cut corn field. Around 8:30 a mature doe came RUNNING into the field downwind of me. A yearling trailed her close behind. I figured they were being chased by a buck and got excited. She started eating from the corn cobs right in front of me and enjoyed her breakfast for about 10 minutes. I've already got two does in the freezer so I'm just waiting for a buck. Unfortunately, whoever was chasing them never came. Maybe another hunter or coyote spooked them? She eventually saw me in the tree and did the stare/stamp/snort routine for another ten minutes before running off. I think this must mean I've got my scent control pretty under control since she didn't wind me even though she was downwind. Dedicated clothes washed in hunter detergent + rubber boots + deaddownwind soap shower immediately before leaving in the morning is my routine.
Around 10:00 another doe ran around the back of my stand. That makes me think some big boy was chasing them after all. But I never saw him. I had my dog in the truck so I had to get down around 11:30 to let her out. I took her to a spot about 2 miles away to hunt for doves/squirrels/rabbits. We bagged a couple doves and a squirrel. As we worked our way back to the road, I nearly stepped on a bedded fork buck. He was only about 10 feet in front of me when I noticed him, hidden below a brier bush under a large pine. He jumped up and my life briefly flashed before my eyes but fortunately he didn't gore me. Too bad I was carrying a shotgun instead of a bow at that moment. He was clearly juiced up and ready to go! |
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#384 | ||
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Join Date: Jun 2015
Posts: 5,143
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#385 | ||
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Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: SoMD
Posts: 1,318
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Don't let the errant shot get you down. It could've ended worse.
I shot a deer in the ass once. He was standing still, I was in a nice ladder stand holding a rifle. I've consistently shot that gun better than 2 moa in every position for years. Bad shots do just happen sometimes. |
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: joppa
Posts: 2,711
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Twirl your bolt to see if it's perfectly straight. Are they carbon or aluminum? I've had aluminum bolts that developed slight bend from my mishandling them pulling out of a target which caused it to shoot off center.
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Join Date: Mar 2017
Posts: 1,230
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#388 | ||
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Join Date: Jun 2015
Posts: 5,143
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That said, I think I’ve only shot one or two of my new ones so far. I had 3 Barnett headhunter bolts that came with my crossbow and I bought a 6 pack of the same about a month ago. Test fired two of the new ones and they grouped perfectly with the old ones and I called it a day. Probably need to test all of them to be sure. But it also coulda been me. I hazily remember him starting to scoot as the bolt arrowed in. One of those I can’t recall now if that’s a real memory, or if he really only started to move after he was hit. But I guess all’s we’ll that ends well. Worst shot that’s ever hit and shortest distance ones gone from a bow. Go figure. Does make me feel a little better all ya’ll talking about messed up shots. Also taking to someone who shoots cart horses with antlers he mentioned his two longest bow kills both ended up hitting them in the butt and cutting the femoral and not where he had aimed. |
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Join Date: Jan 2018
Location: Pasadena, MD
Posts: 111
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I took this buck on 11/11/19 at 9am down by Gibson Island. He was must have been looking for a doe because he walked within a yard of my blind. I shot him with a crossbow at 5 yards as he was quartering away. We saw him in July at 6am with a bachelor party close to the road but then only at night since then on trail cameras. This is probably the most interesting buck I have taken in my 30 plus years of hunting. It was a great way to celebrate Veterans Day.
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YEEEEEHAWWW!!!!
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Shady Side
Posts: 481
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^^^ Nice deer! Congrats.
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