Finally......we got one
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Finally......we got one
I hope to have some pics soon, it is currently hanging at my buddies place. He and I went out to one of our spots, only to find the farmer havesting the soybeans...We decide to drive over to another place, I just drop off my buddy at a new location that looked promising very close to the vehicle.... Before I can walk the 500 yds or so to my set up I get a call on the 2 way, him telling me he shot his first deer with an arrow.... I quickly double back, he shows me where he was and where the deer was... (personally I would of not taken the shot.....35 yds through the bush, brush, leaves and branches) anyway start looking for blood, find it, follow it for a while, realize the shot is high (blood about 3' high on trees) after about 100 yds we loose the blood trail.... I do a quick estimate on the deers general travel direction, it leads me to a corn field, I walk the edge of the field and find a little tiny piece (size of pencil eraser) of blood on a corn stalk leaf... Begin the search again, by this time we are loosing lite fast.....I get my buddy to come and help with the new search...(my buddy is fairly new to the deer hunting thing, thats why I took the lead in tracking) as we begin to walk the outer edge of the corn field looking for blood or knocked down corn, We travel about 40 yds or so when I round a corner and there he is, alive sitting down, head up and alert, I back up and turn to my buddy and say he is just around the corner and he is still alive, he did not beleive me.....no time to argue, since I had my bow already cocked I stuck a bolt in and fired...He got up and ran about 20 yds before he callasped....My buddy could not believe his eyes.... It turned out his original shot hit him in the neck and the far shoulder prevented the arrow from going through...Weird how things worked out.... This turned out to be a real team effort/hunt.....
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My hats off to you for sticking with it and recovering the deer. Not so impressed with your buddy's ethics and shooting skills. Sounds like you need to sit him down for a little talking to. Has he taken a hunter safety course? If not, I'd look into it and personally wouldn't hunt with him again until he get's his act together. Congratulations and hey, at least you got to pull the trigger on one.
God Bless !!!!!!!!!
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Way to go, glad you stuck it out !!! It takes a while to get the new guys to get with the program. But if we don't put in the time teaching them they will just keep wounding deer. Or sling an arrow your way shooting at squirrels like mine did because he got bored after only 45 minutes of sitting !!! He stuck the ground three feet in front of me. With all my restraint I walked over to where he was and asked WT%$#@ are you doing. But he puts up his hands and and yells ( I can't hear you give me a sec ) then pulls a set of head phones out of his hat. At that I flung his arrow at him and said we are done for the day we gotta talk.... He does okay now
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Way to hang in and get it done.
Ditto on the talk with the new guy.
Dont turn him off to hunting just let him know that is unacceptable.
Aw hell,you know what to do.
I had a friend do a simalar thing except he found hi deer parylized and didnt know what to do so he waited several hours,checked the deer and it was still alive so he waited some more and then came and got me.
I dispatched the deer with an arrow and chewed his ass for a while
Ditto on the talk with the new guy.
Dont turn him off to hunting just let him know that is unacceptable.
Aw hell,you know what to do.
I had a friend do a simalar thing except he found hi deer parylized and didnt know what to do so he waited several hours,checked the deer and it was still alive so he waited some more and then came and got me.
I dispatched the deer with an arrow and chewed his ass for a while
Scott
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Congrats on a fine shot, fratri! Is your friend busy tomorrow morning? I need someone to whack and wound so I can get one. Just kidding!
Good job on the finish . . .take it easy on your buddy, we have all been there.
Scott
Good job on the finish . . .take it easy on your buddy, we have all been there.
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20" Easton Powerbolts w/125gr Trophy Ridge Stricknines & 2"Blazers
Boo Custom Strings
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