never_catch
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Well I've been bowhunting my guts out nonstop all day every day since Saturday and I finally decided to end my hunt on a buck that I wasn't even considering preseason. His mass did him in, bases are WAY bigger then the bases on my 4x5 I killed back in 2008. I decided to sell my Alphamax and went back to instinctive hunting this year...no sight, peep, release, rangefinder, or anything else fancy...just a wire rest, some old 2216's tipped with 125 grain Montecs, and pure gut feeling
This morning I spotted a decent 4 point I was planning to ambush tonight so I decided to go check a bed out that I've found bucks in several times over the years. At 1:55pm I text tabbyhntr not to text me for a bit cuz I was in my socks on a stalk...I was at 40 yards at that point. I crept closer and closer til I was between 15 and 20 yards...I stared at him thru my Zen Rays for several minutes asking myself "am I really going to kill this thing??" Yup!! I drew my bow back, stood up, and I couldn't really see his body...so I took out his jugular which I've done to several other bucks over the years...jugular shots have never let me down!! He ran down out of sight and about 1 minute after I had shot, out runs that big ass split beam 3 point I hadn't seen since opening morning!! Oh well lol. Not a monster but here's my 2011 archery buck, done old school style ;-)
~Z~
This morning I spotted a decent 4 point I was planning to ambush tonight so I decided to go check a bed out that I've found bucks in several times over the years. At 1:55pm I text tabbyhntr not to text me for a bit cuz I was in my socks on a stalk...I was at 40 yards at that point. I crept closer and closer til I was between 15 and 20 yards...I stared at him thru my Zen Rays for several minutes asking myself "am I really going to kill this thing??" Yup!! I drew my bow back, stood up, and I couldn't really see his body...so I took out his jugular which I've done to several other bucks over the years...jugular shots have never let me down!! He ran down out of sight and about 1 minute after I had shot, out runs that big ass split beam 3 point I hadn't seen since opening morning!! Oh well lol. Not a monster but here's my 2011 archery buck, done old school style ;-)
~Z~