Day #4 not much better

[oldfarmsblueman]

Took yesterday off to figure things out.Took my old bow
to the shop and had Bill split the string and re-dew the
peep. I think we finally have it.I changed sights and
spent the day getting it ready for today.I was at my Sons
at 5:20 and sat in my food plot in a 20 ft. wooden ladder
with a hang on stand.Shag bark hickory pain in the a**.
At 7:50 I see a deer on the other side.Looks like a 1.5 spike.
A min. later his brother shows up.They are nervous(not from
me I cant hit sh**. ;D.By 8:20 they are close to me.I have
Butternut out and the first buck never gave it a look.He was
40 yds and I said no way.The second little buck looked at
the butternut and came in to check it out.By now I said screw
the sent-lok head cover and took it off.I put on my glasses
and drew the bow.He was broad side at 18 or so yards.Wac
I see dirt fly and say eather a pass through or a miss .
He runs 50 yards stops then I cant see him.I said stay in this
stand 20 min before you look for the arrow.As I'm sitting I
look and see a small deer right below, then two.Fawns that
were almost out of spots.They payed no attention to the
Butternut and I think more interested in the 2 bucks that just
walked by.At 8:30 I said LORD give me a good hit or a clean
miss.I got the clean miss .But will take that any day.I don't
like shooting little deer and wasn't in it 100%.Seeing that I
took off the head cover and put on glasses I'm down to 2
things one as mentioned is my anchor point and the other is
even though I keep saying aim low at the shot I shoot like
I do with a gun .When I shoot at my Rinehart buck from a
tree stand I aim at the hart and get a great hit every time.I
have to retrain myself on that one,plus change my anchor point.
I hope to get it together before I get into some big deer.

[jamaltwy]

wow OFB!!!

are you standing when you shoot or sitting down? if standing bend at the waist thenyou will hit where your aiming if not this will throw your aim off........... I know this from experience, while hunting from tripod on hogs i forgot to bend and i couldn't hit the broadside of a barn and was up to armpit in them emptied quiver none hit!!! only hit hog that was out away from me not close chip shot ones from not bending at waist...... point of aim off!!!!

[oldfarmsblueman]

Sitting and shot 70% sitting all summer.Last year I never shot
sitting and found the muscles are differant so this year sat
allot.I will figure out what I need to do.Change anchor point
and hold low.I'll be in my back yard tree stand tomorrow working
this out. Todays miss was from a stand higher than my
others not sure if that helped

[royden]

I dunno if I would change anchors at this point in the season I would keep it mind when you dress and set up your stands that the neck anchor can be problematic - set yourself up to use that anchor for now and then change this winter or next spring. As long as your anchor is consistent all is well - changing brings a whole nother can of worms to work thru ...

[BT]

I am surprised...(really) that you only had one deer come into that lure.
You cant use too much! .... bump it up...I'd go rich...maybe up to 20 drops....which isn't that much really.
Was the wind pushing it to them or was it a switching wind?.
Very odd IMO.

Anyway....your seeing deer and getting off a shot
Could be worse

Tomorrow is another day

[Buckshot06]

Not sure why the deer did not pay attention to the butternut.
I talked with a guy tonight I gave a piece of cheesecloth to with butternut on it and he had 15 deer come and check it out before it got dark, yes he was watching them with bi-nocks and had it out for only a 1/2 hr.
You may need more Butternut on the cheesecloth and watch the wind you hunt with the wind in your face the deer in front of you will not smell it.

[oldfarmsblueman]

I think you are right on the butternut.I have the wind in
my face and the deer were down wind walking in my
direction.The cheese cloth movement was picked up by
the buck that took an intrest in it.The setup was new
because my first one was taken the day I lost the doe.
I don't know if it was eaten or what .The new one
will get refreshed each time I use it.The thing is there
is no MAGIC here.If your setup is right for the wind and
your location it will work.If you set up close for a bow shot
the deer don't always do what we think they will.As I said
at the start I will report what I see with my own two eyes
to the best of my ability.The buck I missed was nervous but
very interested in it.The other might never have smelled it.
The two fawns were down wind but more interested in the
two bucks that were there 5 min before,and I'm sure the
one I shot at dropped some fear scent at the shot when he
took off.JMO

[brotmas]

I was out today hoping that Butternut would do it'd magic. I got out nice and early with the wind in a perfect direction. Nothing came in. I believe in the information on this site. I sat from 0500 hrs to dark. I will try again. I used Butternut with apple boost.