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Post by Danny on Jun 4, 2004 13:03:50 GMT -5
............ do you take into the field with you?
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Post by TXBOWHNTR on Jun 4, 2004 14:02:26 GMT -5
I take 2 good arrows and 2 not so good arrows for varmits! it makes it a little lighter load when out in the field and it's more quiet when stalking or getting to your blind! i carry the 2 good arrows cause i have never gotten 3 chances at a deer but i have gotten 2 chances before! if need be i can always use my varmit arrows! i had a buck last year jump the string at 20yds and he ended up 12 yds from me when he got it put to him!!! ;D
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Post by "BIGTYME" on Jun 5, 2004 2:48:30 GMT -5
well I take about 6 never know when I'am gonna mess up
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Post by Danny on Jun 5, 2004 15:49:49 GMT -5
Well, if most of you that read this aren't from the previous site, you won't know how me and my luck runs. But this will give you a good idea. I take 6 hunting arrows and 1 turkey arrow with me at all times! (turkey arrow has a four blade broadhead on it that I cut two of the blades off of, leaving barbs to help stop penetration). The first deer I got many moons ago (around 1987) was a button buck that I thought was a doe. (hey, I was new at this stuff and every deer looked like it weighed 200 lbs from the treestand). Anyway, I took only four arrows with me that morning. About 7am, a nice little spike walks thru at about 30 yards. I draw down and as soon as he steps clear of the brush, I let the arrow fly. I watch and in slow motion I see my arrow arching perfectly toward the deer's vital area. And just as the arrow is almost there, things speed up really fast. The deer turns inside out and is gone by the time my arrow strikes the ground. So I sit there a bit and calm down. This is when I realize that buck fever only bothers me "AFTER" the shot. After I calm down and nothing else has come thru, I get down from my stand and go retrieve my arrow. I put it at the back of my quiver so not to use it again. I wasn't sure if it was straight or not, and I'm sure the blades were now too dull to use. About 9am, I see a deer heading my way and I get ready. As the deer closes to 20 yards, I can't take it any longer. The deer is quartering to me, but I figure that from the height of the treestand that I can take this shot. Again, the deer jumps the string and my arrow is sticking in the ground. (two arrows down, two left!) Now this deer did jump the string, but it didn't leave the area. I guess it was confused as to which way to go, so it stops only 15 yards from my stand, quartering away from me this time. I reload, with my 3rd arrow, and I shoot. Again, the deer jumps the string, but this time he didn't duck far enough. My arrow strikes him in the spine sounding like a .22 going off. The deer falls and makes a bleat sound that sounded like a sheep on steroids. This about completely did me in and I'm shaking like a leaf now. I'm trying not to fall out of the tree when I realize that this deer is trying to get up! Uh oh. So I pull my last trusty arrow out, reload and take aim. The deer had fallen where only his belly was facing me. I take aim, and seem to calm down and revert back to the many sessions of shooting practice. When the time is right, I let fly and the arrow dead centers his heart, putting him out of his misery, and me too. I grab hold of the tree because the shakes have returned. From that time on, I never go into the woods without all my hunting arrows. And I always keep my bow cranked up near the top end of it's draw weight. (finally figured out that my bow was so loud because it was rated at 65 lbs at that draw length, but I was only shooting it at 58 lbs). It quietened (is that a word?) down when I cranked it up to 65.
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Post by hunter on Jun 6, 2004 14:09:16 GMT -5
I take 3.sometimes 4.for the vrmints.
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Post by armallardslayer on Jul 3, 2004 11:39:57 GMT -5
I take 4 with me, sometimes I put a field point on one.
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Post by gamkllr3 on Jul 3, 2004 16:48:59 GMT -5
this might be weird but i carry 5 hunting arrows and my 6th arrow has a practice broadhead onit. i put scents on the veins and use it to make sure that my aim is true from my stand. i usually shoot it at a leaf at 20 yards, just to make sure.
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Post by Danny on Jul 3, 2004 22:08:28 GMT -5
Doesn't sound weird to me at all. I think it's a great idea. Better to find out something is wrong early, than sit there all day and then blow the shot.
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Post by 243 on Jul 6, 2004 21:57:44 GMT -5
i know someone who carries enoughto take down an army of deer
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Post by 243 on Jul 6, 2004 22:00:34 GMT -5
this might be weird but i carry 5 hunting arrows and my 6th arrow has a practice broadhead onit. i put scents on the veins and use it to make sure that my aim is true from my stand. i usually shoot it at a leaf at 20 yards, just to make sure. not wierd A.A.,smart
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Post by "BIGTYME" on Jul 8, 2004 11:22:38 GMT -5
Who carries a enough to kill a army of deer
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Post by Danny on Jul 8, 2004 12:26:14 GMT -5
Are you sure it is an army of deer? It could have been a navy of deer.
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Post by 243 on Jul 8, 2004 21:56:06 GMT -5
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Post by gamkllr3 on Jul 9, 2004 9:22:12 GMT -5
i started shooting the practice arrow after i dropped my bow. i doused it with scent and shot it and my sight was o.k. been doing it ever since
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Post by Hoyt on Aug 17, 2004 12:51:41 GMT -5
I use a Hoyt 4 arrow bow qiiver...with only 4 arrows I use all good sharpe heads. When I used 6 arrow quiver I would take one dull head for practice shot or snakes..etc.
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