Very very sad evening.

[Eugenics 5,000+ posts]

I generally don't consider it a sport if the other team doesn't know they're playing.

 

[Captain_Ahab 5,000+ posts]

Well I officially have had my worst bow season ever.

At 8:15 2 does come in. One gets broadside at 25 yards. I draw back, let her hit the opening and release. My arrow hits a limb I was almost certain I would have cleared and deflects badly.. First miss of the season. I get down at 10:30 and began the search for the deer I shot yesterday evening. never found any more blood or the deer.

Fail.

 

[Captain_Ahab 5,000+ posts]

why shoot a doe period? thats ****ed.

For meat and to keep the ratio in check. Our buck to doe ratio in Mississippi is rather skewed and that makes it harder to maintain trophy quality bucks. I try to kill 2-3 does a year to match the number of bucks I kill. And usually I obtain this with a bow so I don't have to worry about it with a gun.

If we didn't kill does, there would be a ridiculous amount of does to a smaller amount of bucks, therefore making it harder to kill mature bucks. During the rut, the bucks would hardly have to travel to find does to breed.

 

[iagrdshaka 5,000+ posts]

wowzers

 

[iagrdshaka 5,000+ posts]

and I'm all for the killing of deer

Bucks, does, and fawns should all be destroyed. They are a worthless pest that cause over a million car accidents each year and raise car insurance for everyone.

 

[mlstrass 5,000+ posts]

Sounds like it's time for a new "sport" DeerWounder2007....

 

[lilmaniac2 5,000+ posts]

and I'm all for the killing of deer
Bucks, does, and fawns should all be destroyed. They are a worthless pest that cause over a million car accidents each year and raise car insurance for everyone.

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[2002XLT 5,000+ posts]

please tell me you waited atleast 20 minutes before going and tracking in the first place?

 

[Captain_Ahab 5,000+ posts]

I waited 30 minutes before I even got down to look at my arrow. I had a complete pass through and plenty of blood, and 90% of the time when you get a completely pass through with that much frothy red blood, your deer is down QUICK.

This was that other 10% of the time.

 

[tRidiot 10+ year member]

Gotta kill the does or you'll end up overrun. Deer are thick around here, I noticed in one run up to Raleigh and back last week at least 7 dead deer on the highway. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif Sucks, man.

 

[2002XLT 5,000+ posts]

I waited 30 minutes before I even got down to look at my arrow. I had a complete pass through and plenty of blood, and 90% of the time when you get a completely pass through with that much frothy red blood, your deer is down QUICK.
This was that other 10% of the time.

Well atleast you did that right. A lot of people dont realize that the deer will keep walking if you track it right after, have to give it time to go lay down, takes a hell of a lot less time and energy. Dogs probably wouldnt hurt either if you hunt that much...

 

[Hintzyboy 5,000+ posts]

I don't know what people have against hunting. Honestly, you all eat burgers and steak, but act like it's more humane to smack a cow on the head with a sledge hammer than to kill a deer when the deer at least has a chance to get away. And if you think the deer don't know when it's hunting season, you haven't gone hunting very often. They sure know it up here. **** things go almost nocturnal during gun season, and most of the time you won't see anything unless you drive them out of hiding.

Also, I don't know about bow season, but up here during gun season, you HAVE to get a doe before you can use your buck tag in most places.

 

[Captain_Ahab 5,000+ posts]

Well atleast you did that right. A lot of people dont realize that the deer will keep walking if you track it right after, have to give it time to go lay down, takes a hell of a lot less time and energy. Dogs probably wouldnt hurt either if you hunt that much...

I have thought about investing in a good bloodtrailing breed of dog and paying for someone to train it. I don't ever need a dog during gun season (primarily b/c I shoot a .300WSM), but a dog could be a valuable asset to me in bow season.

And if you make a good shot with a bow (double lung or heart), the deer is RARELY going over a 100 yards, and the majority of the time it doesn't make it that far.

 

[DBfan187 5,000+ posts]

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