honers
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yesterday mornin with all that nice frost....i finally got my straps for the dinner table....but i learned one thing for sure....doesn't matter how much you practice when you got something brown in front of ya all things change....
to start with i went out wednesday and challenged my inner self by turning down a real nice buck at 40 yards....couldn't tell ya how big he was....once i saw his rack extend about 6-8 inches outside his ears i told myself to quit looking and concentrate on the "zone"....if only he would of came on this side of a downed tree it would of been a 30 yarder but he decided to take the other route which put it at 40 and i'm not to confident yet at that range....specially since i have that small profile bow with little room for error the farther back you go....didnt want to shoot and have yote bait....he was definately hot on a doe...hope the opportunity is closer the next time
but then yesterday was a different story....had a doe show up bout 20 yards...took the shot and heard a loud thwackkk....it took off and i actually thought i hit a tree...lost her in the thicket....picked her out bout 10 minutes later and it once again came walking to me....thought that was pretty nice of her to give me a second chance....this time i hit her and she went and bedded down 15 yards behind my stand....i reallly didnt know if i hit her or not....well she stood there for a little while then laid down and i thought great....she's beddin down for the day....well i watched her finally take her final nap....recovered my arrow....looked for my first one found it and it to had blood....
found her bout 50 yards away...and this is where my first paragraph comes into play....i was so nervous....kisser button never made it to it's location....didnt get my thumb in it's proper position and both shots ended up being gut shots...so im glad i got my straps but very dissapointed in my shot locations... turned out to be a button buck and a nice little doe....
but i'm on the board and ready to head out tomorrow mornin....straps and catfish loins for supper tonite and give my first try at eating a heart...anyone ever try that before
to start with i went out wednesday and challenged my inner self by turning down a real nice buck at 40 yards....couldn't tell ya how big he was....once i saw his rack extend about 6-8 inches outside his ears i told myself to quit looking and concentrate on the "zone"....if only he would of came on this side of a downed tree it would of been a 30 yarder but he decided to take the other route which put it at 40 and i'm not to confident yet at that range....specially since i have that small profile bow with little room for error the farther back you go....didnt want to shoot and have yote bait....he was definately hot on a doe...hope the opportunity is closer the next time
but then yesterday was a different story....had a doe show up bout 20 yards...took the shot and heard a loud thwackkk....it took off and i actually thought i hit a tree...lost her in the thicket....picked her out bout 10 minutes later and it once again came walking to me....thought that was pretty nice of her to give me a second chance....this time i hit her and she went and bedded down 15 yards behind my stand....i reallly didnt know if i hit her or not....well she stood there for a little while then laid down and i thought great....she's beddin down for the day....well i watched her finally take her final nap....recovered my arrow....looked for my first one found it and it to had blood....
found her bout 50 yards away...and this is where my first paragraph comes into play....i was so nervous....kisser button never made it to it's location....didnt get my thumb in it's proper position and both shots ended up being gut shots...so im glad i got my straps but very dissapointed in my shot locations... turned out to be a button buck and a nice little doe....
but i'm on the board and ready to head out tomorrow mornin....straps and catfish loins for supper tonite and give my first try at eating a heart...anyone ever try that before
