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Hey everyone,
New forum. This should be a good one with so many bow hunters.
Well, as I said in another post, not a person in my family drew a tag for anything so I decided to bow hunt again. I haven't done any bow hunting for about 8 years. A buddy of mine sold me his last years bow a Mathews and it is incredible. I can not believe how far the industry has came in 8 years. Anyway, I called in a bull the other day. It was awesome. He was not talking yet so he came in silent and there was another bull to the right of him that I didn't see. I bought this Carlton call that you squeeze and it works well. You can make different cow calls and small bull calls. I tried the Hoochie Moma squeeze call but it was so limited of what you could do with it. But, this call worked great. I got in the swamp and started cow talking and every once in a while a small bull chirp. And after a bit I heard a limb snap up on the hill and in a bit I heard another snap behind me. Both were quite a ways away and I really had no idea what it was. As dry as it was it could have been anything. Then after about 20 minutes of calling I seen this bull coming towards me. I was afraid my heart was making to much noise it was beating so hard. The wind was in my favor and I was well hidden and I had all day. I first seen him about 150 yards away and he just came towards me not fast but steady then when he got within 60 yards he changed his whole demeanor. He would freeze for 5, 6, maybe 7 minutes at a time then take a step or two and freeze again. This went on for probably 45 minutes. It was awesome to watch. Then when he was about 40 yards he tried the old "I'm spooked" thick. He threw his horns and ears back like he was going to run. I have seen deer and elk do this lots of times trying to let a predator think he is spooked so they do something before they were really ready. I didn't fall for it and he went back to being causious. He knew something was wrong becasue there were no cows or small bulls that he had heard but he wasn't sure what the problem was. He came right to the shooting lane I hoped for and was 33 yards away. I couldn't move because he was looking my direction but then the other bull snaped a branch and when he turned to look that direction I stepped out and came to full draw. I had a big wind fall at 27 yards that I had a window to shoot through but it was plenty big enough. My heart was going nuts. I pulled the triger and let the arrow fly. Killed one of the limbs and the arrow went straight up. So much for my first bull with a bow but I got to see something that I would have never got to see if I were rifle hunting. I would have killed it at 150 yards and it would have been over. This was worth the whole hunt. But it is not over yet we still have this next week and they are talking now.
Good luck to you all, Jon
New forum. This should be a good one with so many bow hunters.
Well, as I said in another post, not a person in my family drew a tag for anything so I decided to bow hunt again. I haven't done any bow hunting for about 8 years. A buddy of mine sold me his last years bow a Mathews and it is incredible. I can not believe how far the industry has came in 8 years. Anyway, I called in a bull the other day. It was awesome. He was not talking yet so he came in silent and there was another bull to the right of him that I didn't see. I bought this Carlton call that you squeeze and it works well. You can make different cow calls and small bull calls. I tried the Hoochie Moma squeeze call but it was so limited of what you could do with it. But, this call worked great. I got in the swamp and started cow talking and every once in a while a small bull chirp. And after a bit I heard a limb snap up on the hill and in a bit I heard another snap behind me. Both were quite a ways away and I really had no idea what it was. As dry as it was it could have been anything. Then after about 20 minutes of calling I seen this bull coming towards me. I was afraid my heart was making to much noise it was beating so hard. The wind was in my favor and I was well hidden and I had all day. I first seen him about 150 yards away and he just came towards me not fast but steady then when he got within 60 yards he changed his whole demeanor. He would freeze for 5, 6, maybe 7 minutes at a time then take a step or two and freeze again. This went on for probably 45 minutes. It was awesome to watch. Then when he was about 40 yards he tried the old "I'm spooked" thick. He threw his horns and ears back like he was going to run. I have seen deer and elk do this lots of times trying to let a predator think he is spooked so they do something before they were really ready. I didn't fall for it and he went back to being causious. He knew something was wrong becasue there were no cows or small bulls that he had heard but he wasn't sure what the problem was. He came right to the shooting lane I hoped for and was 33 yards away. I couldn't move because he was looking my direction but then the other bull snaped a branch and when he turned to look that direction I stepped out and came to full draw. I had a big wind fall at 27 yards that I had a window to shoot through but it was plenty big enough. My heart was going nuts. I pulled the triger and let the arrow fly. Killed one of the limbs and the arrow went straight up. So much for my first bull with a bow but I got to see something that I would have never got to see if I were rifle hunting. I would have killed it at 150 yards and it would have been over. This was worth the whole hunt. But it is not over yet we still have this next week and they are talking now.
Good luck to you all, Jon
