Jeff nice work on the doe! that killzone did great! i cant wait to get out and use mine. how far of shot was it? and how far did she go?
Hey fellas, smoked me a nice doe this morning on opening day. Oly I shot her at 14 yards, slightly quartered away. She made it about 60 yards and piled up! The killzone entered behind the front shoulder and exited through the off shoulder blade, it blew right through it. I'm shooting a mathews Z7 Extreme at 70 lbs, 30" draw. Easton FMJ 300 spines that weight 532 grains traveling 262 fps. Im impressed with the power so far.
Very nice congrats! I feel like im going crazy waiting to get out there and take my first deer, i feel really confident that i will this year its just a matter of when.
This is my first year archery hunting and amazingly the first day I went out I bagged a nice doe. I am hooked for sure, it was an 11 yard shot doubled lunged her.
Congrats on your first kill! What a rush huh? Don't forget to post 2 pics of yourself with the doe on the scorecard sticky so we can get the points. Sharpeyesam, don't forget to post pics of ur Doe kill as well. We're up to 150 points once those 2 are added. Nice work guys!
11 days!! I'm itching to get out. Need to fine tune the bow still but she is close The Friday before the season me and my hunting buddy will continue the tradition of deer steaks and a bottle of bourbon. Mmm can't wait
Nice work Alex, I saw ur post on the scorecard right after I checked our team thread. Watching any good bucks? We still need sharpeyesam to post his doe pics. I like our chances if we all whack does and score decent on bucks. My primary buck hunting will be done late October and into November during the rut. But we've got a lotta 140-160 class deer that live on us so if one shows himself during daylight I'll gladly thwack him. If not I'll hold off for more buck activity as the rut heats up.
Our section borders some state ground and the local hunters push a lotta bucks our way. Plus we have tons of does so they rut on our farm pretty hard. I'll have a whole new group of bucks showing up to rut that I've never seen. The 153" I killed last season showed up on cam November 13 and I had him killed November 20.
I should be able to get a doe on the public land. and im not sure what type of bucks are out there. but when i get back home on breaks i know we have to good bucks on the land a buddy and i hunt so i should have a chance there if not down here at school.
Good Job guys way to start this out good early! can not wait to get back in a stand. I hope to help contribute to the team! Looking for my first buck kill with a bow this year. Keep it up team!
you guys are killing me im dying to get out in the woods! only 12 more days i hope i make it till then it will be trial and error for me on this public land trying to find the right tree to sit in.
Hey Oly; i saw you used the quickfletch on your arrows. I did mine yesterday and went to shoot today... my shots are now all over the place... I am wondering if it could be since i just got the new string, that my bow needs tuned again; shot it about 200 times since i got it... maybe a little less... but man with the season only a week away, im depressed a little bit to say the least.
hmm are you doing anything different since you got the bow back? maybe shooting with or with out the quiver now and you were doing the opposite before. because mine are flying great. i had to do a little tweak but it was very minor. where are your arrows hitting?
