fisherman21

Man, glad to hear you are on the mend. Praying you have a quick recovery. Looking forward to seeing the monster you will be posting in a couple weeks!

Well……it wasn’t one of the big bucks I have on camera….but it just felt right. One of my goals this season was to take a deer from the ground with my bow. Not out of a blind, but like hide behind a tree kinda hunt. So that I did. My first sit was last week, and I was able to get a shot at a doe from the ground at 22 yards but my arrow hit a sapling I couldn’t see through my peep about 10 inches before it got to the deer. An inch left or right and it was game over. Anyway, fast forward till this morning. I picked a tree to kneel against in the dark and as it got lighter the less and less I liked the spot. I only had one small opening in the direction I thought the deer might come from. I debated moving spots, but it was like that prime deer movement time in the morning, so I stayed put. At about 730 I catch movement to my right and it’s this buck. The way I’m positioned on the tree and with brush right infront of me I had no chance at a shot. The buck kept working to my right and every time he got behind a tree I was quietly straightening my legs out so I could get down to my butt. I somehow got completely turned around without the buck ever knowing I was there. He went behind one last big tree and I drew my bow back and waited for him to come past it. He came past the tree at 32 yards quartering to me. I’m at full draw on my butt. I put the pin in front of the front shoulder and grunted, the buck stopped and I let it fly. I heard the arrow hit the deer and he took off running, but when he went to run he almost face planted. I watched him plow the ground as he ran and I knew I smoked him. He ran to the corner out of my view and after about 5 minutes I heard all kinds of thrashing and knew he was down. I was shaking with adrenaline, and that’s what it’s all about if you ask me. It wasn’t a big buck, but I couldn’t be happier with the hunt and the harvest. I’ll have another valid buck tag in just a couple weeks, and it’s a big guy or bust with that tag. In the mean time, time to thin the doe heard!

You know it’s a good buck because Rob is almost smiling in the bottom picture!

While I’m excited for Rob, I’m also disappointed because this means no daily reports now until gun lol. Way to go Rob! Can’t wait to see the pictures.

100 bucks takes all. All lures lightly used. I’m willing to separate as well. 8” fat az raptor 2 9” grandmas 8” Jake 10” phantom real eel 7” swim minnow

Yeah, it’s not that way anymore. 52 degrees Monday night in 8 fow

Going out for some veal parm tonight boys!

Run the meat! Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United

Did you fillet the drum? If so, I would be curious to hear how it tasted. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United

I have been finding 204 at runnings in brockport every once in awhile. If you end up not being able to get your hands on some, let me know. I have some for you guys Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United