Christine
10-27-2008, 15:13
Okay guys and gals, I got this buck last week and I'm still stoked so forgive me for posting a ton of pictures. :o
I'm back from the hunting trip that Deb Knoff and I took down in Brown County, IL. We went to a place called Hunting Unlimited Inc.. Larry Hanold, owns the 900 acres of vineyard and hunting paradise and offers a discounted women's only bowhunt.
We had a really good time and saw several deer even though it was windy and rainy for a good portion of the trip.
So, here's some of the story:
It was the second morning and it had been raining off and on and finally became a steady rain. I had already had a spike walk by and a doe and fawn passed by just a bit later. Then I see antlers coming up the trail. One side looked good but the left side looked to be missing two points. I grab for my little camera instead of getting ready to shoot. The buck comes up the trail and is exactly 20 yards away. I try to get a couple pictures of him but the rain prevents my camera from focusing. As he stands there, he turns and looks behind him. I look to see if there is anything else coming up the trail but I don't see anything. However, I do notice that he actually has a pretty neat rack. He starts to walk again and I almost panic as I put my camera back in my pocket, lift the bow, clip on the release, draw, aim and shoot. I almost managed to do all that in a pretty smooth manner.
These are the series of photos in my camera.
Buck on trail (sorry about the poor quality)
http://www.illinoisbowfishers.com/ClickGallery/users/43/beforeshot1984.jpg
Next picture, buck looking behind him.
http://www.illinoisbowfishers.com/ClickGallery/users/43/beforeshot2658.jpg
(there's one more picture but it's even crummier)
Then, this is the next picture.
http://www.illinoisbowfishers.com/ClickGallery/users/43/after1861.jpg
The rain changed from steady to downpour right when I shot him. I didn't have any trouble seeing where the arrow hit because I was using a lighted nock (firenock). That was cool too. It looked to be a perfect heart shot, but the arrow hit the far leg and there was no exit hole.
I climbed down almost immediately to be sure I wouldn't lose the blood trail in the rain. Even with just the entrance hole, the blood trail was good and I found the buck easily, tho' he did manage to go just over 100 yards.
My lame attempt to balance my camera on the hillside, turn on the timer and jump over to the buck. heh heh
http://www.illinoisbowfishers.com/ClickGallery/users/43/buck1895.jpg
Getting the buck out of the bottoms proved to be a major undertaking. We had two guys, two girls, two trucks and a four wheeler.
Me.. finding out my rain gear doesn't work anymore.
http://www.illinoisbowfishers.com/ClickGallery/users/43/buck4360.jpg
I'm back from the hunting trip that Deb Knoff and I took down in Brown County, IL. We went to a place called Hunting Unlimited Inc.. Larry Hanold, owns the 900 acres of vineyard and hunting paradise and offers a discounted women's only bowhunt.
We had a really good time and saw several deer even though it was windy and rainy for a good portion of the trip.
So, here's some of the story:
It was the second morning and it had been raining off and on and finally became a steady rain. I had already had a spike walk by and a doe and fawn passed by just a bit later. Then I see antlers coming up the trail. One side looked good but the left side looked to be missing two points. I grab for my little camera instead of getting ready to shoot. The buck comes up the trail and is exactly 20 yards away. I try to get a couple pictures of him but the rain prevents my camera from focusing. As he stands there, he turns and looks behind him. I look to see if there is anything else coming up the trail but I don't see anything. However, I do notice that he actually has a pretty neat rack. He starts to walk again and I almost panic as I put my camera back in my pocket, lift the bow, clip on the release, draw, aim and shoot. I almost managed to do all that in a pretty smooth manner.
These are the series of photos in my camera.
Buck on trail (sorry about the poor quality)
http://www.illinoisbowfishers.com/ClickGallery/users/43/beforeshot1984.jpg
Next picture, buck looking behind him.
http://www.illinoisbowfishers.com/ClickGallery/users/43/beforeshot2658.jpg
(there's one more picture but it's even crummier)
Then, this is the next picture.
http://www.illinoisbowfishers.com/ClickGallery/users/43/after1861.jpg
The rain changed from steady to downpour right when I shot him. I didn't have any trouble seeing where the arrow hit because I was using a lighted nock (firenock). That was cool too. It looked to be a perfect heart shot, but the arrow hit the far leg and there was no exit hole.
I climbed down almost immediately to be sure I wouldn't lose the blood trail in the rain. Even with just the entrance hole, the blood trail was good and I found the buck easily, tho' he did manage to go just over 100 yards.
My lame attempt to balance my camera on the hillside, turn on the timer and jump over to the buck. heh heh
http://www.illinoisbowfishers.com/ClickGallery/users/43/buck1895.jpg
Getting the buck out of the bottoms proved to be a major undertaking. We had two guys, two girls, two trucks and a four wheeler.
Me.. finding out my rain gear doesn't work anymore.
http://www.illinoisbowfishers.com/ClickGallery/users/43/buck4360.jpg