My buck was 40 yards from where I bumped him. Alive. Tangled in a bamboo grove. I took a finishing shot that hit a bamboo stalk and my arrow shattered into a million pieces. Fling another...I hit a different stalk and shatter my arrow. I let a third arrow fly that finally made contact. He jumped to his feet, and over the course of 2 minutes, collapsed and expired. The initial shot hit left lung, liver and clipped the stomach. So, he must have been quartering toward me more than I thought. Follow up shot hit right lung and liver. While loading him onto the Jeep, a neighbor came out and gave me permission to hunt her woodlot too!
How would she know my scent? To my knowledge she's never winded me. The first time I hunted there she did start blowing about the time she hit the trail where my wife and I had walked the woods, but she has yet to blow from downwind. She just starts blowing because, I assume, she likes doing it. That's why I named her Monica.
Who knew bamboo beats carbon? Awesome story man. Happy for you. Sent from my SM-G960U using Bowhunting.com Forums mobile app
My son in law and I dealt with a doe like that on public land around Van Buren. Every day about sunset she would show up in the same general area and start blowing. We called that one Blow J** and my son in law REALLY wanted to kill her. I don't think Monica is a real problem. Last week I had three deer within bow range when she started blowing. They totally ignored her. I guess they know she's mental too.
Next time you want to kill her, try it without the ozonics running. Animals are crazy creatures, not just deer. Maybe she can smell something about the ozonics or even hear the hum from it. Try from a different tree if not wanting to hunt without it at your normal spot. Think about all the crazy chit dogs do, some have a better sense of hearing than the rest and can hear the slightest of sounds or pick up the faintest scent.
Well, the wind is supposed to be perfect in the morning. It’s supposed to rain all night and end at about first light. I’m not even taking the Ozonics so we’ll test that theory.
To measure mass (denoted as H1, H2, H3, and H4), measure roughly halfway (or at the narrowest spot) between the burr and the brow tine for H1.
A buddy of mine killed a buck like that. Was always blowing. I’d have to search for the pics but he had something caught in his nostril.
I'm about to walk out the door and get in a tree. It's been raining all night and it just stopped. It's still an hour and 10 minutes until first light. There's still a chance of showers so I might get wet. Here we go.
