MO Predator Racer
Member
A buddy if mine got a massive 12 point over the weekend in MO.
Hunter/Hunting Thread
- Thread starter jaymancds
- Start date
Brown Racing 15
One Eye Dawg
23.5 spread
Last time I’ll shoot one in the swamp and drag that dang thing, my buddy got lost that night for about hour, got back to the truck and had to blow the horn for him to find me, of course no cell phone service out there, he saw a good one but couldn’t get a clean shot
Kj26
Member
Seeing there’s more to hunting than just getting a big one I’ll share last years bummer.
I decided to buy my son and I crossbows last year. The boy shoots a decent 6pt opening morning and in the afternoon sends me a text that a huge 9pt just went by at 15yds heading in my direction. I was sitting on the ground against a tree facing his way. 15 min later I can hear a deer behind me, but it’s closer than I expected, this dang buck walks right up to me within 6 yds and theres nothing I can do but not move. I’m shaking, things a monster, guessing 160ish, he keeps walking forward it’s over, but naw he turns around and goes the other way, no way for me to get a good shot. For the next week I hunt the same stand my son was in every afternoon after work. He would come out every other day, but no closer than 60yds. To nice of a deer to risk wounding him.
On that Friday it’s snowing and blowing like crazy, stops about 4pm and here he comes across the field. This time he doesn’t turn, coming straight on, I’m counting down the yds, he gets to 17yds to my right I hit the trigger and it sounded like someone hit the stand with a sledgehammer. He’s still standing there looking around, like wth was that and I’m like wth happened as the entire bow sprung to the left. He turns around and walks away, I’m scratching my head. I have no idea where my arrow went, I recall seeing the lighted nock for a split second.
I was sitting in a double stand (with no shooting rail) on the left side of the stand, turned the crossbow to shoot him not thinking about the rails on the side of the stand. When I hit the trigger, the right limb and cam hit the rail. I’m inspecting everything, scared to reload it and he comes out again at 25yds. I gave up and just sat there till dark lol. We’ve seen him twice this year, just not close enough. Maybe he’ll be dumb enough to walk in front of one of us Saturday when gun opens.
I decided to buy my son and I crossbows last year. The boy shoots a decent 6pt opening morning and in the afternoon sends me a text that a huge 9pt just went by at 15yds heading in my direction. I was sitting on the ground against a tree facing his way. 15 min later I can hear a deer behind me, but it’s closer than I expected, this dang buck walks right up to me within 6 yds and theres nothing I can do but not move. I’m shaking, things a monster, guessing 160ish, he keeps walking forward it’s over, but naw he turns around and goes the other way, no way for me to get a good shot. For the next week I hunt the same stand my son was in every afternoon after work. He would come out every other day, but no closer than 60yds. To nice of a deer to risk wounding him.
On that Friday it’s snowing and blowing like crazy, stops about 4pm and here he comes across the field. This time he doesn’t turn, coming straight on, I’m counting down the yds, he gets to 17yds to my right I hit the trigger and it sounded like someone hit the stand with a sledgehammer. He’s still standing there looking around, like wth was that and I’m like wth happened as the entire bow sprung to the left. He turns around and walks away, I’m scratching my head. I have no idea where my arrow went, I recall seeing the lighted nock for a split second.
I was sitting in a double stand (with no shooting rail) on the left side of the stand, turned the crossbow to shoot him not thinking about the rails on the side of the stand. When I hit the trigger, the right limb and cam hit the rail. I’m inspecting everything, scared to reload it and he comes out again at 25yds. I gave up and just sat there till dark lol. We’ve seen him twice this year, just not close enough. Maybe he’ll be dumb enough to walk in front of one of us Saturday when gun opens.
Last edited:
Brown Racing 15
One Eye Dawg
Could be worst, like a squirrel in the same tree with you dropping acorns on you and the stand, then you hear something coming through the woods and getting ready to shoot and its nothing more than two squirrels fighting and chasing each other and yep, coming right to the tree that your sitting in and runs right up the tree beside you at 100 mph almost fell out of the dang tree, grown man scared of squirrels that day...lol
jaymancds
Member
Wildlife in city backyards is rarely good, unless you live somewhere that it is common, such as the Rockies, much of Montana, etc. Typical city people will do very stupid things regarding wildlife, including feeding, touching, reporting to police, etc. Not saying your daughter is like this, but it can seriously alter the mental state of an animal to have that much human contact.
Menace61
Member
I'm not a very big guy and getting old so I like shooting little does. They are way easier to drag out.
I skipped the start Saturday to our winter racing series to hunt. Had a good morning...got a 6 & 7 pointer. Can’t get anything else but 4 does this season.
XXX#40
2A supporter
My wife wont let me shoot the yard wildlife, told my son I was going to go out behind the shop and with the bow and take care of a few.
Still too warm here for me to even think about killing my yearly young doe, maybe about Christmas, will keep my eye out for the elk too no special tag needed for them here
XXX#40
2A supporter
These were in the yard yesterday, they pay me no mind, they know they are protected by petticoat government lol
XXX#40
2A supporter
You almost have the view I have
paulkish
old fart
Here's one out my brothers upstairs window.
Actually it might be out his third floor window.
He built an octagon widows watch above his second floor.
He's 79 and still working on it. Started off living in a trailer for 3 years while he got the garage built first to put their stuff they moved from their old house in it saving storage cost. Built the whole thing by himself even bringing rough cut wood from ohio to build his cabinits out of.
I sure am proud of what he's done built all by himself. House has cedar shingles and he built a home made paint shingle dipper for them to get them painted before he hung them. Garage is three floors. Wood shop for building the house on the second floor of the garage.
You don't go out in the backyard woods at his place unless you have gps or a compass and a gun to protect you from bears.
Actually it might be out his third floor window.
He built an octagon widows watch above his second floor.
He's 79 and still working on it. Started off living in a trailer for 3 years while he got the garage built first to put their stuff they moved from their old house in it saving storage cost. Built the whole thing by himself even bringing rough cut wood from ohio to build his cabinits out of.
I sure am proud of what he's done built all by himself. House has cedar shingles and he built a home made paint shingle dipper for them to get them painted before he hung them. Garage is three floors. Wood shop for building the house on the second floor of the garage.
You don't go out in the backyard woods at his place unless you have gps or a compass and a gun to protect you from bears.
Attachments
Last edited: