yleecoyote23
11-17-2007, 06:59 PM
(Mods, I hope this is ok to post here, I wasn't sure which place to post it)
Got to spend a couple of days at Bowhunters Paradise last week and the whitetails are already sparring and chasing does!
I was sitting behind some bushes watching some little bucks chase a couple of old does around and around for about an hour. Two of them started fighting a bit so I decided to get the rattle bag out of my pack and tickled it a time or two. I saw a pretty nice 8 pt come out along the fenceline and he was walking my way...
Then from behind him came a nice 10 pt with an awesome set of browtines.....this deer wasn't all that wide, but my hunting time was limited so I decided if he offered me a shot I would take it.
I realized that he was coming straight towards my position behind these little bushes and here I was sitting in my collapsible WalMart chair and there was no way I was going to be able to draw my bow without him seeing it. At about 35 yards he walked behind some trees so I eased out of my chair and got onto my knees, drew my Vectrix and waited....and waited....for what seemed like hours, but was probably only 20 or 30 seconds :) he was still coming head on towards me and I still didn't have a shot. FINALLY, he turned just enough that I was able to get a decent quartering towards/almost broadside shot at about 12 yards.... he went about 30 yards after the shot, stood still for a minute, then kinda staggered another 5 or 10 yards and laid down under a tree....and was down.....
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a365/yleecoyote23/BowhuntersParadise07008.jpg
Don't know what he scored, will probalby be 130+ and he weighed 195 pounds and they aged him at 5 1/2 yrs old.
It was a great hunt with a great bunch of guys from Hawaii and Iowa that I had never met before except online. Jim from BP is a great host and guide and I sure hope to get back there sometime to chase an axis or red stag!
Here are the other fellars..
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a365/yleecoyote23/BowhuntersParadise07012.jpg
Thanks for letting me share with you!! Danny
Got to spend a couple of days at Bowhunters Paradise last week and the whitetails are already sparring and chasing does!
I was sitting behind some bushes watching some little bucks chase a couple of old does around and around for about an hour. Two of them started fighting a bit so I decided to get the rattle bag out of my pack and tickled it a time or two. I saw a pretty nice 8 pt come out along the fenceline and he was walking my way...
Then from behind him came a nice 10 pt with an awesome set of browtines.....this deer wasn't all that wide, but my hunting time was limited so I decided if he offered me a shot I would take it.
I realized that he was coming straight towards my position behind these little bushes and here I was sitting in my collapsible WalMart chair and there was no way I was going to be able to draw my bow without him seeing it. At about 35 yards he walked behind some trees so I eased out of my chair and got onto my knees, drew my Vectrix and waited....and waited....for what seemed like hours, but was probably only 20 or 30 seconds :) he was still coming head on towards me and I still didn't have a shot. FINALLY, he turned just enough that I was able to get a decent quartering towards/almost broadside shot at about 12 yards.... he went about 30 yards after the shot, stood still for a minute, then kinda staggered another 5 or 10 yards and laid down under a tree....and was down.....
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a365/yleecoyote23/BowhuntersParadise07008.jpg
Don't know what he scored, will probalby be 130+ and he weighed 195 pounds and they aged him at 5 1/2 yrs old.
It was a great hunt with a great bunch of guys from Hawaii and Iowa that I had never met before except online. Jim from BP is a great host and guide and I sure hope to get back there sometime to chase an axis or red stag!
Here are the other fellars..
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a365/yleecoyote23/BowhuntersParadise07012.jpg
Thanks for letting me share with you!! Danny