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Doug said:
I must not visit this forum often enough, just saw this post today. ;)

Nice buck, buddy!

You can tell the doubting Thomases that wind sure as hell does make a big difference on a shot that far, and yes a foot is not at all unlikely in a stout crosswind. Another thing that may have happened is the deer turned towards the sound of the shot and therefore caught the bolt in the neck. I had that happen to me at least once, and IIRC twice. The bolt flies slow enough that the deer can react. I have also seen deer "jump the string" and duck underneath an incoming bolt. Saw this in slow motion on a video, which confirmed what I thought had happened to me. :cool:

Next time you need to cut up a deer, CALL ME. I have cut way over a hundred, probably two hundred. Like BC Bigbore mentioned, it is a good time for socializing, and you get ALL of your meat, and it is YOUR meat not somebody else's. When I have had to take a deer to a butcher I have always got less meat back than if I had done it myself. For example, most butchers will not fillet out the meat between the ribs, but on a big deer that is a goodly amount of sausage meat. ;)

BTW if you are looking to put a camp together for a wee bit of a late season bow hunt, your old buddy Doug is a hell of a camp cook, something of a bow hunter, and a raconteur par excellence. I can also sing hundreds of songs and know all the words to The Ballad of Eskimo Nell. :p As long as the camp fees are not too much, since I am also CHEAP! :D

Doug
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Hey guys! How about at my camp closing weekend 2008, Season closes DEC 15th there. We can hold 6 or 7 say, me, foggy, dumbdawg, Doug, Johnny Y and another. We could hunt fri, sat, sun a.m Could be a plan. Let me know what you guys think. We may even have a new sh*t house by then.

Dave.
 
Doug said:
I must not visit this forum often enough, just saw this post today. ;)

Nice buck, buddy!

You can tell the doubting Thomases that wind sure as hell does make a big difference on a shot that far, and yes a foot is not at all unlikely in a stout crosswind. Another thing that may have happened is the deer turned towards the sound of the shot and therefore caught the bolt in the neck. I had that happen to me at least once, and IIRC twice. The bolt flies slow enough that the deer can react. I have also seen deer "jump the string" and duck underneath an incoming bolt. Saw this in slow motion on a video, which confirmed what I thought had happened to me. :cool:

Next time you need to cut up a deer, CALL ME. I have cut way over a hundred, probably two hundred. Like BC Bigbore mentioned, it is a good time for socializing, and you get ALL of your meat, and it is YOUR meat not somebody else's. When I have had to take a deer to a butcher I have always got less meat back than if I had done it myself. For example, most butchers will not fillet out the meat between the ribs, but on a big deer that is a goodly amount of sausage meat. ;)

BTW if you are looking to put a camp together for a wee bit of a late season bow hunt, your old buddy Doug is a hell of a camp cook, something of a bow hunter, and a raconteur par excellence. I can also sing hundreds of songs and know all the words to The Ballad of Eskimo Nell. :p As long as the camp fees are not too much, since I am also CHEAP! :D

Doug
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I'll keep that in mind for next year. I think we might be able to do something.
If not at Bobcaygeon, (Ie Triton's or Dumbdawg/Fogduckers, then certainly at Vennachar.
(Two holer, no waiting) :D
 
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Or they could BORROW it! I know where there is a spare crossbow that the guy would lend out. But of course there is the issue of practice........

Doug
 
The shooting is the easy part. The hard part is range estimation, shot placement, etc which is DIFFERENT for bow hunting. Not to mention being up close and personal, scent control, and all of the other good stuff that all of a sudden matter when you are trying to shoot a deer at fifteen yards instead of a hundred.........

Doug
 
Doug said:
The shooting is the easy part. The hard part is range estimation, shot placement, etc which is DIFFERENT for bow hunting. Not to mention being up close and personal, scent control, and all of the other good stuff that all of a sudden matter when you are trying to shoot a deer at fifteen yards instead of a hundred.........

Doug
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Yes, it's a whole new ball game. Get your camo gear out, forget the orange stuff, and put a cork up your butt so you don't fart :D
Seriously, scent control, movement, and camo, have to be taken very seriously, and that's not easy when you're frozen. Get some warm duds, and we've got to work up some more blinds, or tree stands!
Even the shooting lanes must be better. A small twig, even some grass will deflect an arrow substantially.
 
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