I have been deer hunting for 30 years. I started saddle hunting in 2007 (maybe 08, can’t remember for sure). My first saddle kill was out of a DIY. I have had: TreeSuit, DIY, GW, and 3 different Original TrophyLines (I still have all 3 of those).
Anyway, life and raising kids happened and I really didn’t hunt for the last 6 or so years.
We are empty nesters now and I’m excited to be back in the woods.
I went out this morning for my third sit of the year and was able to take a nice doe from my TL Ambush.
It was really foggy and rainy all morning. I shot her at 8:45 at a hard quartering away and the arrow did not exit. I decided to give her an hour before tracking and 20 minutes later a tall 6 point walked right under me. I drew back on him, but decided to let him walk because I didn’t know if I was going to have a long tracking job ahead of me with the doe.
In the end, the doe had only made it about 75 yards and died at a really easy place to drag her out.
I’ll be going to the woods every chance I get this year. So glad to have found Saddle Hunter Forum, too. There was never a lot of people interested in saddle hunting back in the days of Archery Talk. Maybe 15-20 of us that were hardcore saddle guys.
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Anyway, life and raising kids happened and I really didn’t hunt for the last 6 or so years.
We are empty nesters now and I’m excited to be back in the woods.
I went out this morning for my third sit of the year and was able to take a nice doe from my TL Ambush.
It was really foggy and rainy all morning. I shot her at 8:45 at a hard quartering away and the arrow did not exit. I decided to give her an hour before tracking and 20 minutes later a tall 6 point walked right under me. I drew back on him, but decided to let him walk because I didn’t know if I was going to have a long tracking job ahead of me with the doe.
In the end, the doe had only made it about 75 yards and died at a really easy place to drag her out.
I’ll be going to the woods every chance I get this year. So glad to have found Saddle Hunter Forum, too. There was never a lot of people interested in saddle hunting back in the days of Archery Talk. Maybe 15-20 of us that were hardcore saddle guys.
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