Crossbow Hunting
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KYRidgeback
Posts: 14 Joined: Fri Sep 20, 2013 11:53 am
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by KYRidgeback Sun Oct 13, 2013 2:03 am
18 yards with my new Excalibur 355 - diablo arrow w/150gr bolt cutter.
Was just sitting on the ground along a tree/brush line in some (also new) ASAT leafy camo thinking there is no way he is not gonna spook. There were a lot of deer moving and I was short on time and didn't want to make a racket going all the way to my tree stand... so I decided to see how good ASAT leafy is at ground level, point blank! I was a big brown lump in a sea of mostly green!
He came at me from about 80 yards out - walking straight at me but with the wind in my favor. I had him in the scope the whole time. He would stop every 10 yards or so for a few seconds eyeballing me but kept coming each time. At 20 yards he stopped and then with barely a second glance he started grazing - and within a heart beat gave me a perfect broadside. A clean double lung hit and I found him about 60 yards away about 45 minutes later. He was a perfect gentleman and expired 5 feet off a old fire road so I could drive right up with the tractor.
wabi
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by wabi Sun Oct 13, 2013 6:18 am
Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!
wabi
Mo wannabe
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by Mo wannabe Sun Oct 13, 2013 6:34 am
Nice one !
Micro 335 Camo. Micro Nightmare. Vixen Matrix 310 Axiom
maine hunter
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by maine hunter Sun Oct 13, 2013 6:53 am
great looking deer!!!!
355 matrix, big johns arrows- zombieslayers, g5 montecs, strikers. Vortex big johns arrows- zombieslayers g5 montecs 125. Lumenoks.
strum
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by strum Sun Oct 13, 2013 8:17 am
congrats !!!
Micro RTX
vixenmaster
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by vixenmaster Sun Oct 13, 2013 8:21 am
Congrats on yer mighty fine deer
Riflemanz
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by Riflemanz Sun Oct 13, 2013 8:48 am
Congrats! Cool pic and story!
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tharris811
Posts: 208 Joined: Fri Feb 03, 2012 6:38 pm
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by tharris811 Sun Oct 13, 2013 9:06 am
that's what i'm talking about!!! Good job
live everyday as it is your last..It may be
JPjunkie
Posts: 2020 Joined: Sat Apr 13, 2013 11:46 pmLocation: South of the River Indiana
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by JPjunkie Sun Oct 13, 2013 9:31 am
SWEET Good buck
Matrix 405 Boo string Big John arras Praise the Lord For all Things
tradshooter
Posts: 71 Joined: Tue Oct 01, 2013 11:08 amLocation: Woodville Ontario
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by tradshooter Sun Oct 13, 2013 12:08 pm
congrats on a nice deer!!
mr meat
Posts: 5256 Joined: Mon Jan 05, 2009 4:40 pmLocation: The land of ice and snow North Bay
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by mr meat Sun Oct 13, 2013 12:48 pm
Nice buck Congrats!
vixen 11
DaveShooter
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by DaveShooter Sun Oct 13, 2013 1:51 pm
Great shot and nice buck-Congrats to ya
jody5252
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by jody5252 Sun Oct 13, 2013 2:02 pm
good job! nice buck...
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gerald strine
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by gerald strine Sun Oct 13, 2013 7:57 pm
He is a big one ! great job.
Hunt eat sleep repeat.
frisky
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by frisky Sun Oct 13, 2013 9:11 pm
Congrats on the first crossbow harvest!
You know that sometimes they run the wrong way.
(further fron the road)
2007 Phoenix
(further fron the road)