My wicked ridge is an old crossbow and still shoots great. 20-40ytds , I cant imagine how good the new ones are. I came home the other night and it was dark by the time I got here. I went to release my limbs with a shot at the big cube. 12 yrds in the dark and could barely see the white on target and just the faintest sense of the vertical scope line. Shot a dead center bulls eye. Ive never had to adjust that scope in all these years.
Well last day of late bow/ muzzle. 12:30 a.m. winds were not too bad. Alarm goes off and winds are freight train , trees in blender again. Tonight is my last attempt. Until the final Holiday hunt Christmas to new years.
Funny you mention releasing the limbs on your CB. I have a very old 2002 Horton Yukon XL CB that my dad bought for me when CB's first became legal in Pa, even though I've always used my Hoyt Vectrix compound most of the time since. I've killed a LOT of deer whith that CB, but to be honest, I don't release the limbs after each hunt during the season. Instead, I actually leave it in my truck cocked all season until it ends, then I shoot it into my target to de-cock it when I'm done hunting for the season. When each season comes around I shoot it to make sure it's still accurate. And each season that CB has been dead on. I'm not suggesting other's should do this, but it's just what I've done for 20+ years without any issues at all. Sounds crazy to still be shooting this CB as old as it is, but it has serious sentimental value to me, and I'll continue to hunt with it until I'm not able to hunt any longer.
I take my nightly de-cocking as a practice shot , just to always be sure she's dead on should a doe....EVER SHOWS UP IN FRONT OF ME! LOL Funny you guys are mostly looking forward to that special buck. Me, I'd be over the moon for a big ole doe. I use to take a compound shot after hunts as I passed my deer target at night as well. It would be pretty dark and I'd walk past the target a ways, turn and shoot. I shot compound instinctive, so no sight, no ranging. Great practice and confidence builder. I really miss that.
Instinctive shooters are a rarity anymore, unless shooting a recurve or long bow. I remember shooting instinctively when I first started bow hunting many years ago. I actually killed my first several deer that way, and from the ground no less. I miss those days too.
Checked cam a couple of young buck just before close...figures. Hubby had blood work this a.m. so I had to get dinner way early for his fast. Then a bunch of doe in the morning again, before open. I could not even sneak in super early for they'd been there. Hope springs eternal...
Finally heading in and getting back on the stand. Lets kill something! Will update when up in the tree. Got a 2 mile hike on some public to do first.
Got in clean. Definitely some deer in here. Not a ton of buck sign, but some. This is the place i shot that big buck in October. Heard there has been another one in the area. Also my favorite wool sweatshirt fell off my pack on the way in. That sucks, going to be really hard to find.
Glad you got in ok. I hope you stumble across that shirt on your way out. Now, boom that dynamite!! Sent from my SM-N975U1 using Tapatalk
Haha, looking forward to it! The problem with the shirt is no way i can walk the same way out as i did in. So thick, impossible to find same path. Im in a sea of marsh, cattails, and green briar patches. Most likely will come back this week in the light and try and find it. That piece of clothing is worth the trip.
Well one last try until the 26th. Real quiet out here. Breezy out of WSW. perfect hanging weatherstaying in low thirties and low twenties at night. Come on doe! Good luck to those out here.
I'm curious if anyone is familure with the small, brushy looking tree called Amur Honeysuckle? It's very abundant in my woods. Anyway, as I've mentioned before, the deer numbers are waaay down where I hunt. So much so, that seeing droppings, let alone fresh one's, is a rarity. But, in this one particular area where I always put a late season cam, I see a TON of very fresh droppings every year, without fail! There's a lot of this Honeysuckle in this area, could the deer be feasting on the fallen leaves from these small trees?
You have to play to win. One day early in the season, while sitting in my natural ground blind, I heard a very faint sound. I looked down and saw the baggie that held my MilkyWay bar in it moving. Seconds later, a mole appeared who was trying to get to my snack.
