BowNut Report post Posted January 10, 2007 It all started Friday when we finally found the pigs! After two days of hiking and glassing we had found them.The bad part was they were about a mile and a half away and the mountains around us were all but gone behind rain and snow clouds and it was starting to rain again. The pigs were spooked a bit for some reason so we decided to come back another day. We past on going back Saturday because of the snow we had hit on the way home. Big Mistake!! Headed back out Sunday around 5:00 AM got to the spot we had seen them two days earlier. Made the 45 Min. climb up the ridge to where they had been on Friday. As we reached the crest of the hill a half a dozen crows flew from the ridge above us. Got to the top and there was a gut pile and a pig carcase with the head still attached and no pigs to be found. Time to start glassing again. I was hunting with two good friends Robert and Bill and my sister(here first hunting trip)she was not hunting just along for the hike. We had split up to glass a couple different areas and I could tell my sister was getting a little board just sitting there looking through her bino's. At about 11:30 I told my sister I see a deer!! She said were? On the other side of the canyon where we were when we spotted the pigs from on Friday. I let her get behind my bino's on the tripod to see it. She said how in the heck did you find that!! It was bedded under a tree and when it would turn his head I could tell it had antlers even from that far away so I knew it had to be a good buck. Robert and bill had come to see what we were looking at. I told them if I was on a rifle hunt I would have been on my way over there. My sister looked at me and said WHY! LETS GO! I knew it was not going to be easy but we were off. We got to the creek at the bottom and we had to loose some clothing it was getting warm and I was starting to sweat with my thermals on. With the guidance of the the little voice in my ear I was guided within 200 yards of the bedded deer. That is when I had to reply back to my spotters Huston We Have A Problem.We were 200 yards from the deer and we had a 25 to 30 foot drop in front of us.But he had not moved. As we sat there trying to decide what to do the deer started to move away. I pulled my grunt call out and gave it a blow. My sister and my spotters said he was coming at us. There was a lane between the trees he we walking down and it looked like he was on a leash coming to me. That was when I realized how big he was and I started to shake. I pulled up my range finder and started to range anything I could were he may come out on the other side of the revine between me and him. The closest shot was 60yards but I was not sure I could make that shot as bad as I was shake'in. He had cut the distance to about half then stopped flagged and headed back up the hill. I told my sister its over he winded us. Thats when my little voice said you are not going to believe this he just bedded back in the same spot! You are going to have to come back here and start over again with a laugh. Not a chance I was going in. Well I started move'in up the ravine to find a spot to cross. I was now about 100 yards from the deer and had not found a great place to cross. So I called them and said I was going to cross tell me if he gets up. Worked my way to the bottom with no reply back. Worked my way up no reply back. I was now about 75 yards away and I could see the tree he was bedded under. I moved up 15 yard and the little voice in my ear said STOP he is standing up and looking at you. A bowhunters worst nightmare busted standing out in the open 60 yards from a 95 to 100 in. coues and I still could not make him out in the brush until he turned his head to run. He came out into an opening I let out a grunt and he stopped. Pulled out the range finder 95 yards to far for me to shoot. Three and a half hour stock and no shoot. The fist thing my sister asked would you do it again I told her in a heart beat but not today I was beat!! This was one of my best unsuccessful hunts ever. I could not have gotten that close if it was not for the little voice in my ear and the man behind the bino's guiding me there. If anyone see's my deer don't shoot but tell him I will be back O'yes I will be back! Here are a couple pic's I took before I started my three hour tour. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
COOSEFAN Report post Posted January 10, 2007 Thanks for sharing that....I felt the adrenaline just reading it! JIM> Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mikep35 Report post Posted January 10, 2007 Great story man! Thanks for sharing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mulie hunter Report post Posted January 10, 2007 Great story, bownut! 60 yards ago and Shakin' like crazy, shoulda had an AR bow in your hands, instead of that Hoyt, With an AR you feel Confident, powerful, unstoppable,...... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
azcouesandelk Report post Posted January 10, 2007 Great write up there bownut. I felt as if I were there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cramerhunts Report post Posted January 10, 2007 Great job on the story telling. Sounds like an exciting day! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
elmergoo Report post Posted January 11, 2007 95 yards?Take a Bow-Tech next time.That and maybe ,looking at the terrain I wasn't there,but come in above him. Remember "Death from above". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
elmergoo Report post Posted January 11, 2007 95 yards?Take a Bow-Tech next time.That and maybe ,looking at the terrain I wasn't there,but come in above him. Remember "Death from above". Like I said I wasn't there. More power to you. You learn something every time.Good luck to you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BowNut Report post Posted January 11, 2007 Not sure about the Bowtech or the AR. When it comes down to actually hitting the deer I will trust my Hoyt.LOL My broadheads are only sighted in to 80 yards yes 80 yards! Don't ever plan on shooting at anything but a target that far but I know that they will group and hit were I want them to that far. So 95 was just out of my range no matter what bow I was shooting.Plus I don't think the Hoyt Rep. would like it if I sent him pictures of myself and my deer with a Bowtech or an AR. This is a pic that should show a little of how it went down. Any more comments please feel free. By the time I got over there all I was thinking about was the wind and getting close and taking it all in as it happened.And also that beef stick and cheese stick I had for breakfast 5 hours ago was not enough! This was only my second stalk on a buck in this type of terrain so any help for the next time would be great! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
az4life Report post Posted January 11, 2007 looks like it was a good plan but they don't always work. Nice to know your grunt call did work though! Thanks for the story and better luck next time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IHunt2live Report post Posted January 12, 2007 BowNut... If I can, I try to come from up above the deer. That sometimes requires a round about way to get to them but they almost always seem to be watching downhill. Take that advice for what its worth. I have yet to get a buck with a bow. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
