04-19-2009, 05:07 AM
well i didn't get my buck this year or my bull. got close a couple of times with my bull but my buddy who 80 yards behind me over the hill couldn't see me or the elk and he thought that he might of been callin to much so he quite cow talkin. it was a nice 5 point bull that was standin behind a small group of pines. he was at 35 yards and i had no shot. he needed to take 1 maybe 2 more steps and i would of had a shot. but when my buddy was quite for so long he got nervous and took off. but i did get my 60x tag filled. here is a pic of my doe.
i shot her with my bow at 24 1/2 yards out of my tree stand. i made a bad shot due to 2 things. one when i baaahed at her she didn't stop i had to say "Hey stop" then she was like what. but her she had the front half of her shoulder behind a bush i thought that i had enough room so i found my mark and let my arrow fly( by the way i was in full draw from about 1 min before i started to try and stop her) so i was kinda rushin my shot that is where i made my mistake. but i hit a stray twig so i thought that i shot underneither her so i waited about 15 min then climbed down and found my arrow and seen that it wasn't a miss like i thought that it was covered in blood and guts. so i knew that i mad a bad shot so i decided to let her lay down and not look for her till the mornin. so the next mornin i showed up and found where she was standin and tried to find the blood trail. i started getting scared when all i could find was her track. but this place was so tracked up that it made it really really hard and it was on dry . so i started to mark that spot and start lookin for her. with no luck i decided to go back to the tracks on my way back i just happen to look down and i found my first drop of blood so i started to follow it. it was the worst blood train. it was just pin dots of blood every 15 or 20 feet. the 2 pic were the most that i found in one spot which i am assummin she stopped for a sec. then after about 2 hours of doin that i came to some tall grass with a depression so i just went and look at the depressin thinkin that she might be there. well she wasn't but there was a poole of blood that was still wet. so i became a little more quite and sneaky while i was continuein. after that i found 3 or 4 more drops then in quite all together. at this time with the path that she took it was 70 to 80 yards away from my treestand. so i just started to look in a cicular pattern. then somethin out of the corner of my eye caught my eye and i looked under this willow that was on the edge of this pool of standing water. and there she was layin on her side with her legs straight out from here like she just fell over on her side. she wasn't very stiff so me lettin her lay down for the night was the best thing i could of done. so i looked to see where i hit her. my arrow clipped her back leg right at the point of the muscle just about 2 inches into the muscle passed there that clipped the belly openin it up about 3 inches with the insides handin out a little bit. and then passed completly through the middle of the other leg. but yeah that was my first kill out of a treestand. and my 3rd deer with my bow. i love that 60x tag. here is a pic of a deer that walked in after i shot my doe while i was waitin to go and check out my arrow. yeah yeah and here is a pic of my group at 30 yards so i can shoot i just need to calm down. i turn into a little kid again durin huntin season....
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i shot her with my bow at 24 1/2 yards out of my tree stand. i made a bad shot due to 2 things. one when i baaahed at her she didn't stop i had to say "Hey stop" then she was like what. but her she had the front half of her shoulder behind a bush i thought that i had enough room so i found my mark and let my arrow fly( by the way i was in full draw from about 1 min before i started to try and stop her) so i was kinda rushin my shot that is where i made my mistake. but i hit a stray twig so i thought that i shot underneither her so i waited about 15 min then climbed down and found my arrow and seen that it wasn't a miss like i thought that it was covered in blood and guts. so i knew that i mad a bad shot so i decided to let her lay down and not look for her till the mornin. so the next mornin i showed up and found where she was standin and tried to find the blood trail. i started getting scared when all i could find was her track. but this place was so tracked up that it made it really really hard and it was on dry . so i started to mark that spot and start lookin for her. with no luck i decided to go back to the tracks on my way back i just happen to look down and i found my first drop of blood so i started to follow it. it was the worst blood train. it was just pin dots of blood every 15 or 20 feet. the 2 pic were the most that i found in one spot which i am assummin she stopped for a sec. then after about 2 hours of doin that i came to some tall grass with a depression so i just went and look at the depressin thinkin that she might be there. well she wasn't but there was a poole of blood that was still wet. so i became a little more quite and sneaky while i was continuein. after that i found 3 or 4 more drops then in quite all together. at this time with the path that she took it was 70 to 80 yards away from my treestand. so i just started to look in a cicular pattern. then somethin out of the corner of my eye caught my eye and i looked under this willow that was on the edge of this pool of standing water. and there she was layin on her side with her legs straight out from here like she just fell over on her side. she wasn't very stiff so me lettin her lay down for the night was the best thing i could of done. so i looked to see where i hit her. my arrow clipped her back leg right at the point of the muscle just about 2 inches into the muscle passed there that clipped the belly openin it up about 3 inches with the insides handin out a little bit. and then passed completly through the middle of the other leg. but yeah that was my first kill out of a treestand. and my 3rd deer with my bow. i love that 60x tag. here is a pic of a deer that walked in after i shot my doe while i was waitin to go and check out my arrow. yeah yeah and here is a pic of my group at 30 yards so i can shoot i just need to calm down. i turn into a little kid again durin huntin season....
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