Official 2015 Deer Contest submission

[Xchaos]

This was a good morning

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[flinginairos]

Got one this morning from my web!

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[redsquirrel]

Nice work guys!

 

[Autumnrider]

Good job, friends!!

 

[DaveT1963]

Doe management with the recurve

 

[Maustypsu]

Doe management with the recurve

Dude, you can't post that picture without video or a good story!!! Dang, I don't even know a thing about that hunt... but if you did that from a saddle in a place you hunted with a kayak/canoe, and killed a deer with a recurve.... I would probably pay to hunt with you!!! I'm sure that was a cool hunt. Congrats!!!

 

[LASOutdoorsmen]

Does it count if we were wearing the saddle when we shot the deer?Like if we shot a deer going to or leaving our stand.

 

[redsquirrel]

Does it count if we were wearing the saddle when we shot the deer?Like if we shot a deer going to or leaving our stand.

No. Good try though

 

[LASOutdoorsmen]

Re: RE: Re: Official 2015 Deer Contest submission

Does it count if we were wearing the saddle when we shot the deer?Like if we shot a deer going to or leaving our stand.

No. Good try though

Happened this weekend, so that's why I asked.

 

[DaveT1963]

Re: RE: Re: Official 2015 Deer Contest submission

Does it count if we were wearing the saddle when we shot the deer?Like if we shot a deer going to or leaving our stand.

No. Good try though

Happened this weekend, so that's why I asked.

What if you were in a lone wolf stand but using the saddle seriously, I was in my Lone Wolf when I shot that doe but I always use my saddle to climb and as my fall restraint - guess I just never know which one I will use on some stands

 

[LASOutdoorsmen]

Re: RE: Re: RE: Re: Official 2015 Deer Contest submission

No. Good try though

Happened this weekend, so that's why I asked.

What if you were in a lone wolf stand but using the saddle seriously, I was in my Lone Wolf when I shot that doe but I always use my saddle to climb and as my fall restraint - guess I just never know which one I will use on some stands

In that case, to date, I've got two deer under my belt with the saddle.

 

[DaveT1963]

I'm not going to use her as I think I'll have at least two bucks for our contest.

 

[DaveT1963]

Doe management with the recurve

Dude, you can't post that picture without video or a good story!!! Dang, I don't even know a thing about that hunt... but if you did that from a saddle in a place you hunted with a kayak/canoe, and killed a deer with a recurve.... I would probably pay to hunt with you!!! I'm sure that was a cool hunt. Congrats!!!

lol - sorry didn't know there would be interest in my setup/hunt. I use my Nucanoe a lot - in fact I prefer to access spots with it when I have the choice to walk or paddle. The doe was taken with a Caribow Tuktu EX Recurve, gold tip arrows and big, nasty Simmons Safari heads. I shot her while using my lonewolf as a platform but still wearing my saddle. I do this when I am in a tree that is low to the ground and I can get to easily. I canoed to within 40 yards of my tree so I used both. I was up in the tree a whopping 9 foot high - but I am hunting brush rows and seldom can I get or find a tree over 10 foot that is large enough. I hunt public land almost exclusively and I have many WMAs I hunt throughout E & N Texas and Southern OK. On this day, it was stinking hot and windy even at 5:30 AM which is when I set up in the tree. Sun comes up right around 6:50 but in order to make my morning approach I have to be set up early. As it was I blew one deer out of the area still. That means I rose at 2:30 AM to start my trip (still want to hunt with me ) Well nothing happened until this doe and her yearling spike fawn showed up. She offered me her left side at 25 yards on a really hard quartering away shot. I aimed just in front of her hip but my arrow missed its mark and my arrow went in two inches to the right. It entered through her upper ham near her backbone, severed her Aorta, destroyed her liver and one lung and stuck in her chest bone. She ran 20 yards, stood immobile for a second or two and dropped in her tracks. She made it a whopping 25 yards from where I hit her. I am grateful she fell where she did as there was no blood with no exit wound and only a high ham entry. When I field dressed her she was plumb full. I had her field dressed and in the canoe in 20 minutes - and back at the truck in an hour and half. One more hour to game processor. It was 93 degrees that day so I had to get her in pretty fast. I usually stop and get two bags of ice to toss in the chest cavitiy but she didn't need it with the quick recovery. I use a modified saddle 95% of the time - the rest of the time you will find me in a lonewolf assault, or in my ghillie suit and tree hammock. I am a picky SOB when it comes to my equipment and most everything of mine is modified to fit me and my hunting style. I hate noise, bulk and weight and not necessarily in that order. I post a few mods on you tube and will try to do more but I only have my smart phone and two hands

Hopefully this was enough details for now - I respond to emails with questions - but during hunting season that is hit and miss at best.

 

[Maustypsu]

Awesome. Thanks for the follow up and details.

Yeah, I should be doing the same hunting you are. We have many huge lakes that are public with only a few access points to the lakes or the surrounding woods. When I'm duck hunting them I never see anyone deer hunting them. We always say we need to get back here in a kayak and find some good crossings, slip in early and not have to walk far or leave scent. Then the next season comes...

 

[DaveT1963]

Awesome. Thanks for the follow up and details.

Yeah, I should be doing the same hunting you are. We have many huge lakes that are public with only a few access points to the lakes or the surrounding woods. When I'm duck hunting them I never see anyone deer hunting them. We always say we need to get back here in a kayak and find some good crossings, slip in early and not have to walk far or leave scent. Then the next season comes...

If you decide to go that route I highly recommend the Nucanoe - it is in between a kayak and canoe and is so stable and easy to paddle. A little pricey but to me it is worth it. I wish all my spots could be sued with it for access as I sweat far less paddling then I do carrying my gear in for a mile or two.

 

[bowhunterchuck]

Team 6 has a doe down ! download/file.php?mode=view&id=549

 

[redsquirrel]

Re: RE: Re: Official 2015 Deer Contest submission

No. Good try though

Happened this weekend, so that's why I asked.

What if you were in a lone wolf stand but using the saddle seriously, I was in my Lone Wolf when I shot that doe but I always use my saddle to climb and as my fall restraint - guess I just never know which one I will use on some stands

Hanging in it with lone wolf as a platform, fine. As a fall restraint, no.

 

[redsquirrel]

I'm not going to use her as I think I'll have at least two bucks for our contest.

You can only enter 1 buck. You can enter one doe, and 1 buck.

 

[DaveT1963]

I'm not going to use her as I think I'll have at least two bucks for our contest.

You can only enter 1 buck. You can enter one doe, and 1 buck.

That's why I am waiting to see what Ohio brings

 

[redsquirrel]

Team 6 has a doe down ! download/file.php?mode=view&id=549

congrats chuck!