Nice shooting......Good is a relative term - I suck most days and since having eye surgery and now shoulder problems (limited shooting) I am having to play with anchor point and a host of bad form issues. If "he" walks within 20 yards "HE" will more than likely die.
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2018 Deer Contest Discussion
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Vtbow
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Thanks! Yup, I hear ya-- as much as you get the debate over the "Paper plate" "Test" I'm a pretty firm believer that if I can put it within 6" of the point I"m aiming for, I"m going to kill it. My issue is when I let my mind get in the way. If I just go out, draw to a consistent anchor and let em fly, I'm pretty dead on....
Yeah when people start talking about it's in the forties and fifties already it makes me want to drive up north and start Throat punching people
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Starting to get nice here . . .
Ha ha....
Yes. I still have to write up the story but that is the gist of it. Shot doe, bear showed up while I was tracking her. I found her and took the photo. As I'm getting ready to go get my sled he shows back up and runs me off her and proceeds to start eating her. When I came back he was still there so I had to throw logs at him to scare him off. When I got to the deer he had ripped out portions all over her body and it wasn't worth taking her. I cut the head off to tag and got the hell out of there.Honestly I'm a little confused and maybe I'm missing something. You shot a doe and took pics and then a bear stole the deer. Did you recover it after that or was it stolen for good? If so shouldn't that be -5 point?
I guess so. I don't really care, it's all for fun. The trad guys are usually so hardcore that this has never come up before lol.
Vtbow
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Just fill your contest quota with your bow before then and you won't have a problem!
I like @redsquirrel s answer. All in fun.No gun here - I hunt with my recurve or longbow right though the seasons.
Vthntr
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Honestly just kidding. Bear stealing your deer sucks!!!!
I feel your pain. I lost 2 deer and 2 hogs last year. Before that I had never lost a hoofed critter. One of the deer was a nice 8 point on public land. I was literally screaming at myself in the truck ride home.
denots
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I would too but I'm not allowed to carry a bow in the woods for the modern Firearms hunt. I wouldn't even worry about it except for it's right in the middle of a two-week hunt. That will cut off three days of hunting when my wife took 2 weeks off of work so I can do nothing but. I hate to lose three days of hunting just because I can't carry a bow in the woods. I'll stick to contest submissions taking with my recurve only. Try and keep it fair for all the other teams
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I lost a pig last year, but never released another arrow.
I came to realize that my goals were all wrong. Dan kinda shook me out of it this spring when I was up there... He really kind of pounded it in my head. I have to stop passing up bucks that would be my "biggest" just because I want something more mature.
I have passed up several legal bucks in the last 3 years in the hopes of nailing one of the few, massive, ghosts instead. No more. I am a "if it's legal, it's down" kind of hunter this year.
I need to get proficient with killing deer. Period.
Now, a legal buck here is still an accomplishment on public land here, because they have to be 13" inside spread or greater. That's already a dang good public buck right there.
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no way.. . we are all trad but why would we have to kill everything with trad bow? others in groups gun hunt also.... it is all for funI would too but I'm not allowed to carry a bow in the woods for the modern Firearms hunt. I wouldn't even worry about it except for it's right in the middle of a two-week hunt. That will cut off three days of hunting when my wife took 2 weeks off of work so I can do nothing but. I hate to lose three days of hunting just because I can't carry a bow in the woods. I'll stick to contest submissions taking with my recurve only. Try and keep it fair for all the other teams
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I would too but I'm not allowed to carry a bow in the woods for the modern Firearms hunt. I wouldn't even worry about it except for it's right in the middle of a two-week hunt. That will cut off three days of hunting when my wife took 2 weeks off of work so I can do nothing but. I hate to lose three days of hunting just because I can't carry a bow in the woods. I'll stick to contest submissions taking with my recurve only. Try and keep it fair for all the other teams
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Yea, it's all for fun. That is why this contest has no prizes. Because it doesn't matter! It's all about going out and hunting and having fun! Go shoot with a compound a crossbow a rifle a trad bow or a bazooka if legal. Just have fun!
Hey, um.. .everyone else in the contest... I'm getting lonely at the top...
ricky racer
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You can't carry a bow if you have a firearms tag? I know every state game laws are different but I can carry a bow during firearms season (Michigan) but I have to have a firearm licence and follow all firearm rules for the 2 weeks of firearms season....I would too but I'm not allowed to carry a bow in the woods for the modern Firearms hunt. I wouldn't even worry about it except for it's right in the middle of a two-week hunt. That will cut off three days of hunting when my wife took 2 weeks off of work so I can do nothing but. I hate to lose three days of hunting just because I can't carry a bow in the woods. I'll stick to contest submissions taking with my recurve only. Try and keep it fair for all the other teams
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It hasn't been that long (maybe 5 or so years) since we were allowed to carry a bow during our 6 day shotgun season. All other gun seasons you can not fill that tag with a bow.
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Vthntr
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Ah again fairly confused? Bear steals 1st deer -5 points. Successful recovery of second deer + 5 points. I'm no math expert but doesn't -5+5 = 0. So all the teams are technically tied at first place right now.
Umm.. I think I make the rules around hereAh again fairly confused? Bear steals 1st deer -5 points. Successful recovery of second deer + 5 points. I'm no math expert but doesn't -5+5 = 0. So all the teams are technically tied at first place right now.
Vthntr
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Yup that's what I was afraid of.Umm.. I think I make the rules around here