Mccallister25 Posted September 4, 2013 Posted September 4, 2013 This will be my first season bow hunting, and Im freakin pumped!! I have a spot set up behind my girlfriends house. Iv been putting out corn and got my camera set up yesterday at around 4 pm. I got too anxious today and checked my pics after work. Looks like I have about 4 does, and 2 bucks eating my corn!! Come on Saturday!! 2 Quote
Super User Raider Nation Fisher Posted September 4, 2013 Super User Posted September 4, 2013 Drop em homie! Your gonna love it I promise. That's bad ass. Just remember to keep calm when you shoot em. Heck we got to wait til the first week of October down here. I've been hunting hogs to tide me over until then. Its almost here though! Quote
Super User clayton86 Posted September 4, 2013 Super User Posted September 4, 2013 Nice we gotta wait till October 1 here. I haven't seen my trail cam pics yet as I'm out of town till the week before season. My buddy has been checking for me he said there are a bunch of does a spike and a small basket rack 8 on it bout a 80 class buck so small guy. We got pics of a 140" 10 pt with 1 drop tine that made it last season. We're pretty sure he survived te winter as well so just gotta get him on camera now there's 6 out on the farm we hunt getting pics for us. I can't wait to get out. Quote
Mccallister25 Posted September 4, 2013 Author Posted September 4, 2013 Raider, I wanna try hog hunting bad. THAT is truly bad ass. Clayton, if you kill that 10, I gotta see a pic. I dream of drop tines. You two are the only ones that reply to my hunting posts lol, we must be the only 3 that post here!! Quote
Mccallister25 Posted September 4, 2013 Author Posted September 4, 2013 Just remember to keep calm when you shoot em. That's what makes me nervous. My stand is 10 yards from my plot, as I dont have a bunch of land to begin with. Ill be sitting 16' up the tree, but the oak Im on is completely bare. Very minimal cover. Imma be covered head to toe in my camo, but Im still worried Imma get busted. If they see me, and get spooked how long before they typically come back? Quote
Super User clayton86 Posted September 4, 2013 Super User Posted September 4, 2013 Depends really I've zinged slugs past a buck 60 yards from me one season 4 shots an he walked away calm lol. I've blinked and had em run off never to be seen again. I dropped a doe maybe 10 years ago ran 10 yards and flopped in some bushes and expired and the others jut stood there I took it upon myself to remove these "stupid" deer from the herd lol. So you might get busted and they come back in 5 minutes or in 5 years just never know depends how secure they feel I guess. Quote
Mccallister25 Posted September 4, 2013 Author Posted September 4, 2013 Just got this one.. Ill probably never see em. Theyre only comin well into the night. Quote
preach4bass Posted September 4, 2013 Posted September 4, 2013 Find where they're bedded down during the day and hunt between their bed and their food source (close to the bed). You're more likely to catch them moving around during the daylight hours than simply waiting for them to show up and eat. 1 Quote
Super User Raider Nation Fisher Posted September 4, 2013 Super User Posted September 4, 2013 That's what makes me nervous. My stand is 10 yards from my plot, as I dont have a bunch of land to begin with. Ill be sitting 16' up the tree, but the oak Im on is completely bare. Very minimal cover. Imma be covered head to toe in my camo, but Im still worried Imma get busted. If they see me, and get spooked how long before they typically come back?Just keep yourself calm. Slow deliberate movements. Don't s natch or jerk back the bow. Just get in the zone. Remember to breathe. Just relax and focus on what your doing. Its not as hard as it sounds.Edit: wow. S natch is blocked out by the filter. I'm kinda shocked. Quote
Mccallister25 Posted September 5, 2013 Author Posted September 5, 2013 Thanks Raider. Imma go out saturday, and see how I do. I love shooting my block. I can only imagine what an archery kill feels like. Quote
Super User South FLA Posted September 5, 2013 Super User Posted September 5, 2013 Man you know how many times I have been pumped for nocturnal deer and never seen them. I hope you get them, are they still in velvet, or is it the pic? Quote
Mccallister25 Posted September 5, 2013 Author Posted September 5, 2013 They're still in velvet.. Which makes me want em even more!! Quote
Super User Raider Nation Fisher Posted September 5, 2013 Super User Posted September 5, 2013 My final piece of unsolicited advice. Once you have picked your target point on Bambi. Look through your sight, not at it. Line it up and focus directly at your target point. Control your breathing and fire on the exhale. At least that's how I was taught. Quote
BassAddict1911 Posted September 6, 2013 Posted September 6, 2013 Good luck bud! Just remember one of the most important things in bow hunting ... breathing control, breathing control, breathing control! Trust me, when you have a 10pt. bruiser with a 19" spread standing right in front of ya, its VERY easy to let you breathing get outta whack:) Just keep yourself calm and you shouldn't have any trouble at all. Ain't NOTHIN better than the stick n' string. Go get em' brother!! Quote
Super User South FLA Posted September 6, 2013 Super User Posted September 6, 2013 My final piece of unsolicited advice. Once you have picked your target point on Bambi. Look through your sight, not at it. Line it up and focus directly at your target point. Control your breathing and fire on the exhale. At least that's how I was taught. Or as I was told "Aim small, miss small" plus it keeps buck fever from setting in. Quote
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