Post by Scottyluck on Oct 26, 2008 8:54:21 GMT -5
Got him last Firday afternoon. He came running down a hill behind me with another deer. They headed right towards another stand we had in the area and I was sure I picked the wrong stand...again!
They eventually came my way and I saw this buck was a young guy so I had no intention, at that time, of taking him. I figured I'd take the doe he was with. After giving me numerous shot ops the smaller "doe" finally came into range and gave me a shot op. I was about to draw when I realized it was button buck.
damn!!
At that point I wasn't gonna shoot either of them. They hung around my stand for over 25min. They both at one time or another walked directly underneath my stand. When the 9pt did that's when I decided if he gave me another shot I'd take him.
He eventually gave me a 23yd, slightly qtring away shot. The shot was low and bit forward but I was sure it was at least a heart shot. I figured I'd broken the opposite shoulder because he went down in a heap when he tried to run. He also crashed 2 more times as he was running.
I called my brother and waited until he got there about an hour later and then climbed down. John found the fletching end of the arrow along with blood and hair at the impact point. From that point there wasn't a drop of blood.
Uh, Oh!!!
After the shot I watched the 2 deer run up a draw in front of me and to the right out of sight. Knowing where they ran that's where we walked. We were inspecting a drop of red on a leaf trying to figure out if it was blood or not when I looked up and saw him not 5yds from where we were standing. He was facing us pointed down hill so we never saw his white belly.
The shot was indeed low but it made 2 slices in the bottom of the heart. He crashed just out of sight from where I last saw him. The weird part was that the broadhead sliced the tendons in both shoulders so he couldn't keep his legs under him. That's why his front legs are bent in the pics. I later found the rest of the arrow at the impact site. The NAP Nightmare was still in perfect condition after the shot.
He was a 9pt that dressed out at just under 120lbs. This has been a very trying year in many ways both in the field and in my personal life. I needed a confidence boost and he surely gave it to me. It was a great day!
A few pics.
They eventually came my way and I saw this buck was a young guy so I had no intention, at that time, of taking him. I figured I'd take the doe he was with. After giving me numerous shot ops the smaller "doe" finally came into range and gave me a shot op. I was about to draw when I realized it was button buck.
damn!!
At that point I wasn't gonna shoot either of them. They hung around my stand for over 25min. They both at one time or another walked directly underneath my stand. When the 9pt did that's when I decided if he gave me another shot I'd take him.
He eventually gave me a 23yd, slightly qtring away shot. The shot was low and bit forward but I was sure it was at least a heart shot. I figured I'd broken the opposite shoulder because he went down in a heap when he tried to run. He also crashed 2 more times as he was running.
I called my brother and waited until he got there about an hour later and then climbed down. John found the fletching end of the arrow along with blood and hair at the impact point. From that point there wasn't a drop of blood.
Uh, Oh!!!
After the shot I watched the 2 deer run up a draw in front of me and to the right out of sight. Knowing where they ran that's where we walked. We were inspecting a drop of red on a leaf trying to figure out if it was blood or not when I looked up and saw him not 5yds from where we were standing. He was facing us pointed down hill so we never saw his white belly.
The shot was indeed low but it made 2 slices in the bottom of the heart. He crashed just out of sight from where I last saw him. The weird part was that the broadhead sliced the tendons in both shoulders so he couldn't keep his legs under him. That's why his front legs are bent in the pics. I later found the rest of the arrow at the impact site. The NAP Nightmare was still in perfect condition after the shot.
He was a 9pt that dressed out at just under 120lbs. This has been a very trying year in many ways both in the field and in my personal life. I needed a confidence boost and he surely gave it to me. It was a great day!
A few pics.
Congratulations!!!!!!!
