Ask Darryl about his deer tonight!

Farmboy

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Darryl came up today to pick up some skulls he so kindly lent my daughter for a school project, so we decided to do some hunting while he was up this way.

He wasn't sure about the stand placement and the things going on around him that he could see. :shock:


He got one though, but I'll let him tell the story :D
 
LMAO, you mean a couple thousand cars (an hour I think)

I gotta thank farmboy, it was a blast.
I was up Sunday afternoon with Farmboy for an afternoon bowhunt, and after we decided where we were going, we headed out.
I didnt realize, I would have entertainment all afternoon in my stand. :mrgreen:
I was about 175 yard off of the 404 highway wondering what the hell I was doing there. But as we walked in, you could see the meadow was pounded with deer tracks. Farmboy dropped me off in the first tree stand, and continued around to the Winter wheat field.
I cut a few shooting lanes, and settled in.
6:30 on the button, the meadow in front of me erupts in flags.
Deer going everywhere. (He said they went through here, but not at mach 5 :shock: )
So I whistled, and they kept going, Grunted, and they kept going. I was frustrated, and yelled "####ers", and a big Doe stopped on the hill about 45 yards away.
I pulled up on her, and all of a sudden the brush under me blew up.
A deer going mach 5 underneath my stand :shock: :shock:
I reached down with my crossbow, and nearly put the stirrup to the back of its head, and pulled the trigger.
It only went as far as the front flip it did took it :lol: .
I looked up, and the Doe was still standing there. I pulled my Xbow back, and loaded, but figured they were going around to farmboy Anyway.
Unfortunately they put the sneak on us before they got to him.
But we got some good meat anyway.
One good buck fawn down, and a few more tags to fill.
It was one of the most comical shots I've ever taken, I wish I had my Video Camera.
 
Where can one get that "####ers" call DB??? I've called all the local shops and they just get mad and hang up on me! :lol: Maybe I can get Groundhawg to make me one custom :idea: What tone did you use.....the iritated high pitch or the sorrifull lower pitch under your breath kind? Wonder if there is a larger "####ers"call for mature bucks :wink:
 
Chilly Willy said:
Where can one get that "####ers" call DB??? I've called all the local shops and they just get mad and hang up on me! :lol: Maybe I can get Groundhawg to make me one custom :idea: What tone did you use.....the iritated high pitch or the sorrifull lower pitch under your breath kind? Wonder if there is a larger "####ers"call for mature bucks :wink:

Those calls are easy to make yourself. Put a tape recorder on your dashboard and drive through Toronto during rush hour...I'm sure you'll make yourself a few dandy 'f'r' calls.
 
Nice hunt Darryl...

So I whistled, and they kept going, Grunted, and they kept going. I was frustrated, and yelled "####ers", and a big Doe stopped on the hill about 45 yards away.
I pulled up on her, and all of a sudden the brush under me blew up


The firearms book says no shooting if an animal is on a hill? :D :D
 
back to mommabear........

A crossbow bolt that blows through a deer is pretty well spent, energy-wise, and poses extremely minimal risk to anything or anyone that is beyond the hill on which the deer is located.

A bullet in the same instance will possibly travel much longer distances, with more retained energy.

BAD idea to shoot a sky-lined animal with a rifle, but pretty safe IMHO to shoot the same animal with a crossbow. Some opinions may vary........

Doug
 
As farmboy said, i still would have been technically shooting Down, into the hill from where I was in the tree
I was in a tree basically at the edge of the hill. Its more of a little hump in the middle of a field. The Horizon was the 404 so to speak.
the doe was running basically level with me.
But the one below me was a much better option. :mrgreen:

Tod, no pics yet. C'mon, its a fawn, do you really want me to post em?
 
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