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Re: Bow hunting mishaps
[Re: buckbrush]
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01/18/16 02:15 PM
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Was hunting an Apple orchard in Michigan and it was around 0 degrees with wind chill. After a few hours of sitting, a descent buck came within range. I was Sooo cold I couldn't draw back. Frozen apples aren't that great either.
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Re: Bow hunting mishaps
[Re: buckbrush]
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01/18/16 03:43 PM
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I had worked a 12 hr night shift in which I had to slab a whole reel of paper down. I was also catching a cold and took some sudafed. Me and sudafed dont mix well. I ended up staying up all day hunting so I was very tired. It was also cold so I had on extra clothes and coveralls. I was pulling 70 lbs back then. About 4:00 a nice buck walked out and I tried to draw back on him. I couldnt pull that thing back for nothing. I gave it one big jerk and managed to get it back but I had pulled so hard that my broadhead hit my tm hunter arrow rest and pulled the arrow off the string. The deer heard it but didnt leave. I got another arrow but never could draw it back again. About every five minutes I would try but couldnt. Turns out I pulled a muscle in my arm and couldnt shoot my bow for three weeks. I had to watch that stupid deer feed around for almost an hour knowing I couldnt shoot him.
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Re: Bow hunting mishaps
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01/18/16 03:46 PM
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I had worked a 12 hr night shift in which I had to slab a whole reel of paper down. I was also catching a cold and took some sudafed. Me and sudafed dont mix well. I ended up staying up all day hunting so I was very tired. It was also cold so I had on extra clothes and coveralls. I was pulling 70 lbs back then. About 4:00 a nice buck walked out and I tried to draw back on him. I couldnt pull that thing back for nothing. I gave it one big jerk and managed to get it back but I had pulled so hard that my broadhead hit my tm hunter arrow rest and pulled the arrow off the string. The deer heard it but didnt leave. I got another arrow but never could draw it back again. About every five minutes I would try but couldnt. Turns out I pulled a muscle in my arm and couldnt shoot my bow for three weeks. I had to watch that stupid deer feed around for almost an hour knowing I couldnt shoot him. Who did you work for? I had to slab a couple when I worked for graphich packaging. That always sucked
We will burn that bridge when we get there
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Re: Bow hunting mishaps
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01/18/16 09:44 PM
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^^^ that's rough sluggun.
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. Edmund Burke
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Re: Bow hunting mishaps
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01/18/16 10:29 PM
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I had worked a 12 hr night shift in which I had to slab a whole reel of paper down. I was also catching a cold and took some sudafed. Me and sudafed dont mix well. I ended up staying up all day hunting so I was very tired. It was also cold so I had on extra clothes and coveralls. I was pulling 70 lbs back then. About 4:00 a nice buck walked out and I tried to draw back on him. I couldnt pull that thing back for nothing. I gave it one big jerk and managed to get it back but I had pulled so hard that my broadhead hit my tm hunter arrow rest and pulled the arrow off the string. The deer heard it but didnt leave. I got another arrow but never could draw it back again. About every five minutes I would try but couldnt. Turns out I pulled a muscle in my arm and couldnt shoot my bow for three weeks. I had to watch that stupid deer feed around for almost an hour knowing I couldnt shoot him. Who did you work for? I had to slab a couple when I worked for graphich packaging. That always sucked probably International Paper
I had much rather be tried by twelve than carried to my grave by six!!!!
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Re: Bow hunting mishaps
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01/19/16 12:57 AM
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I had worked a 12 hr night shift in which I had to slab a whole reel of paper down. I was also catching a cold and took some sudafed. Me and sudafed dont mix well. I ended up staying up all day hunting so I was very tired. It was also cold so I had on extra clothes and coveralls. I was pulling 70 lbs back then. About 4:00 a nice buck walked out and I tried to draw back on him. I couldnt pull that thing back for nothing. I gave it one big jerk and managed to get it back but I had pulled so hard that my broadhead hit my tm hunter arrow rest and pulled the arrow off the string. The deer heard it but didnt leave. I got another arrow but never could draw it back again. About every five minutes I would try but couldnt. Turns out I pulled a muscle in my arm and couldnt shoot my bow for three weeks. I had to watch that stupid deer feed around for almost an hour knowing I couldnt shoot him. Who did you work for? I had to slab a couple when I worked for graphich packaging. That always sucked probably International Paper Ive worked for 3 different paper companies but havent left the building. Mcmillian Blodel, then weyerhaueser and now international paper. Our reels are 320" long and 46" from the metal spool to the outer edge of the paper. weighs about 40 tons.
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Re: Bow hunting mishaps
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01/19/16 09:23 AM
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I drew back on some coons one time and decided to wait till they got closer...so after holding a while, I let down and they got to bout 15 yds so I drew back on em again. Well I was tired so I drew back goin from top down and mid draw, I touched my release and stuck my arrow in the middle of a tree 15 yards away about 30 foot up haha so as I was walkin back all discouraged and mad, I turned into a green field and there sat a fat rabbit. I wanted to take my frustration out on the rabbit so I drew back again and shot, clipped it's butt as it jumped 6ft high and ran off...couldn't find my arrow and broad head cause it buried on me...Needless to say I didn't bow hunt another time that year after that haha
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Re: Bow hunting mishaps
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01/19/16 11:29 AM
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Was carrying a stand out one foggy night and kept hearing something following me. When I stopped it stopped. When I walked faster it got faster. I felt like it was getting closer and closer. Finally made it to my 4 wheeler almost in a panic. Threw my stand off and.... I had a really long bow pull rope, which came undone and was dragging a bunch of briers behind me. Felt like a fool
"Calm down and pick a spot"
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Re: Bow hunting mishaps
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01/19/16 03:40 PM
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About 7 years ago I had just moved to Kansas and decided to go bow hunting. I had not scouted or anything just picked a good draw. Went in found a tree and climbed it. It was early season and fairly warm. Sat there for 3 hours and something told me to look up the hill, there stood a 170" 10 point heading down toward me. I stood up turned to grab my bow and the bungee cord on my Summitt treestand was just under my heel. It made the loudest noise you ever heard, and my big buck ran off. Went back to the same tree 4 years later and killed a 13 point in 45 minutes.
Mike Boyd
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Re: Bow hunting mishaps
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01/19/16 07:47 PM
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Bama recurve that's hilarious.
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. Edmund Burke
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Re: Bow hunting mishaps
[Re: buckbrush]
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01/20/16 06:20 AM
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BamaGuitarDude
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This is only my 2nd year to bow hunt, and I wouldn't call this a mishap more than a "rookie mistake" & something funny that happened...
I had a spot setup where I had rifled hunted for years in the past & ranged distances & thought I had the area well-pegged... Sure enough, here comes a doe easing into my setup, coming thru a gap in the brush I was fairly certain was 20 yards away, ie a chip shot... So, she steps into the gap, I give her the ole "bbaaaaAAAH", she stops stone cold, I line up the 20 pin right on her chest, and release the arrow - *ZING* - and brush off every flea on the bottom of her chest!!! *BOING* She jumps STRAIGHT UP IN THE AIR (ie Sylvester the Cat cartoon) and lunges into a bush on the other side of the gap, and hangs up there. Every so often, she'd ease her head into the gap & STARE at the spot where my arrow had gone -- searching for the frog or squirrel or whatever it was that tried to bite her!! LOL Course, I'm fumbling around trying to nock another arrow 'cause I immediately realized I had mis-judged the distance (was actually 30 yards) ... but, long story short, I never got another chance to shoot her...
I learned a LOT on that hunt, and just laughed it off & chalked it up as a learning experience...
ALDeer physics: for every opinion, there's an equal & opposite opinion
A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.
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Re: Bow hunting mishaps
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01/20/16 06:57 AM
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I tossed a bow out of a tree one time so I could grab the tree. The stand platform shifted on me and I started to fall.
Was in a tree one time before daylight and heard a thump below me. Just after daylight a buck came in and I drew on him and my sight was not there. It was the thump I heard before daylight.
Drew on an old buck one time that was nothing but a cowhorn spike. I had one of those thicker facemasks on. When I drew the bow my headnet twisted into the kisser button. I settled the pin behind the deer's shoulders and pulled the trigger on the release and it ripped the headnet off of my head and forced the bow to slam down into my chest. Once I got my wits about me and figured out what had happened I got down to get my arrow because obviously I missed the deer after all that. I get down there and there is blood everywhere where the deer was standing. I followed it to the woods and he was laying just inside the woodline. The arrow had hit him in the throat patch from side to side and completely cut his throat. He ran about 15 yards.
"Some men are mere hunters; others are turkey hunters."
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Re: Bow hunting mishaps
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01/20/16 07:00 AM
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Oh..... here's a mishap from this past weekend and an FYI for you. If you leave your Rangefinder in your pocket and wash it with your jacket it will completely ruin it.
"Some men are mere hunters; others are turkey hunters."
-- Archibald Rutledge
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Re: Bow hunting mishaps
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01/20/16 07:00 AM
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Drew on an old buck one time that was nothing but a cowhorn spike. I had one of those thicker facemasks on. When I drew the bow my headnet twisted into the kisser button. I settled the pin behind the deer's shoulders and pulled the trigger on the release and it ripped the headnet off of my head and forced the bow to slam down into my chest. Once I got my wits about me and figured out what had happened I got down to get my arrow because obviously I missed the deer after all that. I get down there and there is blood everywhere where the deer was standing. I followed it to the woods and he was laying just inside the woodline. The arrow had hit him in the throat patch from side to side and completely cut his throat. He ran about 15 yards. GAAAAHH-LEEE!!! I thought you were going to say the "blood everywhere" was from the headnet ripping both your ears off!!! LOL day-um!
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Re: Bow hunting mishaps
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01/20/16 08:44 AM
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Drew on an old buck one time that was nothing but a cowhorn spike. I had one of those thicker facemasks on. When I drew the bow my headnet twisted into the kisser button. I settled the pin behind the deer's shoulders and pulled the trigger on the release and it ripped the headnet off of my head and forced the bow to slam down into my chest.
That's freakin funny right there! I can completely see that happening to me.
Ya'll are just overthinking it now
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