Small Desert carp

[longshooter]

Went out archery hunting today with a buddy to see if we could get a spot and stock archery kill on tape. I got up to the hills before he did and started glassing when I glassed up a small buck pushing 4 does. I watched them for awhile intell they bedded down then backed out and met my buddy down the hill. After I met up with him we hiked back up on the ridge and found the deer still in the same canyon feeding so we got the camera set up on the tripod discussed a game plan and I dove off into the canyon for the stock. I dropped down to the bottom and stocked within 100 yards infront of the deer as they were feeding down the canyon. I was able to get within 30 yards of them before they new something was up then the take a few steps and stare game started intell the buck finally walked behind a big bush and it gave me a chance to draw back without being seen. But the little bastard only peeked around the bush starring right at me with just his head showing and would not take another step to give me a good broad side shot. After playing the waiting game at fall draw for awhile and deciding I probaly should not shoot him in the face I decided to try and shoot the buck threw the bush so I guessed were his shoulder would be and let the arrow fly. Well the bush was alot thicker than I thought and the arrow hit a branch and flew over his back. Well he took off and started running up the hill. I whistled a few times and finally got him to stop and turn back around for a second look . now he was facing me with just the front of his chest and neck looking at me . I hit him with the range finder and it said 78 yards. So I put the 80 yard pin on him a little high to compensate for the uphill shot and sqeezed the trigger on the release . I watched the arrow arch way up and drill him dead center in his chest, WACK , he took off and only made it maybe 40 yards before he dropped. He is one of the smallest bucks I have killed with a bow but we wanted to get a archery kill on tape and he worked just fine for it..

[COOSEFAN]

Way to go Larry! I could tell in your voice on the phone you were excited about the buck and I can see why, that buck is alot bigger than you made it out to be! Congrats to you, can't wait to see the video! JIM>

[W.O.T]

nice job Larry...! you seem to get a kill every freakin year! one of these days I'll figure it out.

 

[cramerhunts]

Congrats on a neat buck! Its an awesome feeling to get it all on tape!

 

Phil

[willhunt4coues]

Small? He is great for a bow. Congrats

[stanley]

Went out archery hunting today with a buddy to see if we could get a spot and stock archery kill on tape. I got up to the hills before he did and started glassing when I glassed up a small buck pushing 4 does. I watched them for awhile intell they bedded down then backed out and met my buddy down the hill. After I met up with him we hiked back up on the ridge and found the deer still in the same canyon feeding so we got the camera set up on the tripod discussed a game plan and I dove off into the canyon for the stock. I dropped down to the bottom and stocked within 100 yards infront of the deer as they were feeding down the canyon. I was able to get within 30 yards of them before they new something was up then the take a few steps and stare game started intell the buck finally walked behind a big bush and it gave me a chance to draw back without being seen. But the little bastard only peeked around the bush starring right at me with just his head showing and would not take another step to give me a good broad side shot. After playing the waiting game at fall draw for awhile and deciding I probaly should not shoot him in the face I decided to try and shoot the buck threw the bush so I guessed were his shoulder would be and let the arrow fly. Well the bush was alot thicker than I thought and the arrow hit a branch and flew over his back. Well he took off and started running up the hill. I whistled a few times and finally got him to stop and turn back around for a second look . now he was facing me with just the front of his chest and neck looking at me . I hit him with the range finder and it said 78 yards. So I put the 80 yard pin on him a little high to compensate for the uphill shot and sqeezed the trigger on the release . I watched the arrow arch way up and drill him dead center in his chest, WACK , he took off and only made it maybe 40 yards before he dropped. He is one of the smallest bucks I have killed with a bow but we wanted to get a archery kill on tape and he worked just fine for it..

 

Outstanding!!!! Thanks for sharing the story and pic, and congrats on your archery kill!!!

 

I have a question though. I've been a novice archer for several years. By novice, I mean that I never got into it in a hard core way and I don't shoot on a regular basis (hence, I don't archery hunt much...). My question though is regarding your comment about 'holding a little high to compensate for the uphill shot.....'; I always thought you should hold low to compensate for an uphill shot?? Again, being a total novice, I'm interested in this comment so as I grow my skills so I can improve as an archer..... I always thought that given 'physics' and the natural laws of gravity, that you should hold low (with a rifle or bow.....) while shooting on an incline or a decline of any significance.... Is this not true?

 

Any hard-core bow shooters wanna comment please????

 

Thanks!

S.

 

 

 

[mattobertin]

way to go on another archery muley bro! Nice buck!

[GTT]

Congratulation's Larry! Awesome buck, great shot, & on video! Bret

[CouesKilla]

Went out archery hunting today with a buddy to see if we could get a spot and stock archery kill on tape. I got up to the hills before he did and started glassing when I glassed up a small buck pushing 4 does. I watched them for awhile intell they bedded down then backed out and met my buddy down the hill. After I met up with him we hiked back up on the ridge and found the deer still in the same canyon feeding so we got the camera set up on the tripod discussed a game plan and I dove off into the canyon for the stock. I dropped down to the bottom and stocked within 100 yards infront of the deer as they were feeding down the canyon. I was able to get within 30 yards of them before they new something was up then the take a few steps and stare game started intell the buck finally walked behind a big bush and it gave me a chance to draw back without being seen. But the little bastard only peeked around the bush starring right at me with just his head showing and would not take another step to give me a good broad side shot. After playing the waiting game at fall draw for awhile and deciding I probaly should not shoot him in the face I decided to try and shoot the buck threw the bush so I guessed were his shoulder would be and let the arrow fly. Well the bush was alot thicker than I thought and the arrow hit a branch and flew over his back. Well he took off and started running up the hill. I whistled a few times and finally got him to stop and turn back around for a second look . now he was facing me with just the front of his chest and neck looking at me . I hit him with the range finder and it said 78 yards. So I put the 80 yard pin on him a little high to compensate for the uphill shot and sqeezed the trigger on the release . I watched the arrow arch way up and drill him dead center in his chest, WACK , he took off and only made it maybe 40 yards before he dropped. He is one of the smallest bucks I have killed with a bow but we wanted to get a archery kill on tape and he worked just fine for it..

 

Outstanding!!!! Thanks for sharing the story and pic, and congrats on your archery kill!!!

 

 

I have a question though. I've been a novice archer for several years. By novice, I mean that I never got into it in a hard core way and I don't shoot on a regular basis (hence, I don't archery hunt much...). My question though is regarding your comment about 'holding a little high to compensate for the uphill shot.....'; I always thought you should hold low to compensate for an uphill shot?? Again, being a total novice, I'm interested in this comment so as I grow my skills so I can improve as an archer..... I always thought that given 'physics' and the natural laws of gravity, that you should hold low (with a rifle or bow.....) while shooting on an incline or a decline of any significance.... Is this not true?

 

Any hard-core bow shooters wanna comment please????

 

Thanks!

S.

 

 

Great job on knocking down the deer, but it does appear you got a bit lucky (which is great). Both uphill and downhill shots drop less then a totally flat shot. Without getting all "physics teacher" on you it has to do with the distance the arrow travels in the plane perpendicular to the gravitational force. Uphill and downhill shots spend less time in that perpendicular plane and therefore drop less.

 

 

[SDHNTR]

Great buck. Congrats. I agree with the other guys, steep shots up or down, you should hold low.

[Coues Archer]

Wow. way to go that is awesome good job.

[Elkaddict]

Congrats Bear, you're getting quite a reputation for whacking bucks with your bow! Great job!! Can't wait to see the video.

[longshooter]

Went out archery hunting today with a buddy to see if we could get a spot and stock archery kill on tape. I got up to the hills before he did and started glassing when I glassed up a small buck pushing 4 does. I watched them for awhile intell they bedded down then backed out and met my buddy down the hill. After I met up with him we hiked back up on the ridge and found the deer still in the same canyon feeding so we got the camera set up on the tripod discussed a game plan and I dove off into the canyon for the stock. I dropped down to the bottom and stocked within 100 yards infront of the deer as they were feeding down the canyon. I was able to get within 30 yards of them before they new something was up then the take a few steps and stare game started intell the buck finally walked behind a big bush and it gave me a chance to draw back without being seen. But the little bastard only peeked around the bush starring right at me with just his head showing and would not take another step to give me a good broad side shot. After playing the waiting game at fall draw for awhile and deciding I probaly should not shoot him in the face I decided to try and shoot the buck threw the bush so I guessed were his shoulder would be and let the arrow fly. Well the bush was alot thicker than I thought and the arrow hit a branch and flew over his back. Well he took off and started running up the hill. I whistled a few times and finally got him to stop and turn back around for a second look . now he was facing me with just the front of his chest and neck looking at me . I hit him with the range finder and it said 78 yards. So I put the 80 yard pin on him a little high to compensate for the uphill shot and sqeezed the trigger on the release . I watched the arrow arch way up and drill him dead center in his chest, WACK , he took off and only made it maybe 40 yards before he dropped. He is one of the smallest bucks I have killed with a bow but we wanted to get a archery kill on tape and he worked just fine for it..

 

Outstanding!!!! Thanks for sharing the story and pic, and congrats on your archery kill!!!

 

 

I have a question though. I've been a novice archer for several years. By novice, I mean that I never got into it in a hard core way and I don't shoot on a regular basis (hence, I don't archery hunt much...). My question though is regarding your comment about 'holding a little high to compensate for the uphill shot.....'; I always thought you should hold low to compensate for an uphill shot?? Again, being a total novice, I'm interested in this comment so as I grow my skills so I can improve as an archer..... I always thought that given 'physics' and the natural laws of gravity, that you should hold low (with a rifle or bow.....) while shooting on an incline or a decline of any significance.... Is this not true?

 

Any hard-core bow shooters wanna comment please????

 

Thanks!

S.

 

 

Great job on knocking down the deer, but it does appear you got a bit lucky (which is great). Both uphill and downhill shots drop less then a totally flat shot. Without getting all "physics teacher" on you it has to do with the distance the arrow travels in the plane perpendicular to the gravitational force. Uphill and downhill shots spend less time in that perpendicular plane and therefore drop less.

 

 

Thanks for the helpful info. I have always known when shooting down hill at steep angles to hold low but I always thought the opposite went for up hill. The last 2 archery bucks I shot uphill I held a tad higher and heart shot both of them So I thought my assumption was correct.

 

Learn something new every day

 

 

[AZhunterNCJ]

I dont want to be the ethics police again But what are u doing "guessing where his chest would be" and shooting through a bush! Everything worked out in the end and Im happy for you but WTF are some of you guys doing out there? Ethics is just as important if not more important in hunting! Im ashamed about what Im reading and the some of the decisions being made out in the field. Dont want to be the bad guy but geez-luweez!

[longshooter]

I dont want to be the ethics police again But what are u doing "guessing where his chest would be" and shooting through a bush! Everything worked out in the end and Im happy for you but WTF are some of you guys doing out there? Ethics is just as important if not more important in hunting! Im ashamed about what Im reading and the some of the decisions being made out in the field. Dont want to be the bad guy but geez-luweez!

 

Because he was less than 20 yards away and I could see his head and part of his neck so I had a pretty good idea of were his kill zone was. I guess I should have shot him in the neck or the head but I could not bring my self to doing so.. He had me pinned and I learned 20+ years ago to do what ever it takes to kill a animal.

 

Don't get me wrong you have a valid point and it was probaly not the smartest move at the time but I figured since I did it 2 years ago at 50 yards and made a perfect shot and kill I could do it again