Bow Hunters

nybirdman · Oct 11, 2013

I have been bow hunting for 40 years;I had seen four bucks together twice in early bow season in all those years.To see seven in one sitting was amazing.That stand is a rifle stand for the most part,I use archery season as my "scouting".We have several cameras out have gotten quite a few pictures of bucks but to see them in person really gets the blood boiling.We have a self imposed antler restriction and it seems to be paying off.My last four have been 8pt&180+lbs.

nybirdman · Oct 11, 2013

Last years(rifle)
180lb.7pt 181lb.8pt. 191lb.10pt. Nice load on the Kubota.All shot the first wk.Nov.

Jstpssng · Oct 11, 2013

Great thread, thanks to the OP for starting it. :thumbsup:

Circle W · Oct 11, 2013

nybirdman said:
Last years(rifle) 180lb.7pt 181lb.8pt. 191lb.10pt. Nice load on the Kubota.All shot the first wk.Nov.

Man those look like horses with antlers, big bodies!

Thanks for keeping this thread goin guys, I like hearin what everybody is shooting these days. And I like seein that antler pics as well!

Circle W · Oct 20, 2013

My view for the night. Mid 60's, slight south wind, beautiful day to climb a tree! Down in a creek bottom riddled with bois d' arcs and persimmons, in a tree stand I built in shop class as a sophomore in high school.

cqaigy2 · Oct 20, 2013

Are those green apple looking thing, persimmons?

nybirdman · Oct 21, 2013

Not one of the seven bucks I saw during archery season made an appearance on the opener of muzzle-loader.
145 yard shot with the T.C. Encore,250gr.Hornady sabots,two 777 Pellets,2x7 Leupold scope.My longest shot with a muzzle-loader.9pt.162lbs.

Circle W · Oct 21, 2013

cqaigy2 said:
Are those green apple looking thing, persimmons?

The green apple things are from the bois d' arc trees. Bois d' arcs are also called hedge trees or osage orange trees. So we always called them hedge apples. The squirrels dig into them to eat the seeds.

Circle W · Oct 21, 2013

lookin good birdman! I struck out again last night, but there was defintiely not a shortage of squirrels. Might have to take the .22 air rifle with me next time and get a mess of them instead.

tractorshopper · Oct 21, 2013

I shoot a Matthews LX that I bought new. Don't get to hunt nearly as much as I'd like to, but have had some success. My two wall hangers are a Colorado Mule deer (one fork broke off) and a local South Carolina Foothills 10 point (pretty big for this area).