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1.) bluecat - 11/16/2015
Went up to Nebraska to see my friend and hunt deer a few days. Saw some movement but the weather was warm. Passed on some does and had some close calls.
On this particular day the wind was really blowing and Andy put me in a stand that was in a willow tree. I was being moved all around and didn't feel comfortable. The weather was getting cold and all I could see was a miserable afternoon ahead with all the wind and no protection. I just kept thinking, what would Luv2 do?
So I got down and crawled into the cedars you see. I backed in and waited. No place to sit so I leaned against the tree from 2:00 to 5:00 when I saw some white coming my way from the creek. I had been rattling a bit so don't know if that is what prompted him. I could tell he was on a mission to my decoy. He passed by the cedar at 3 yards and was grunting the whole time. I drew and waited near the decoy. He positioned himself behind the decoy as I thought he would and shot him through the heart at 7 yards. He didn't go far.
Probably would have passed on him if I had been in the stand but I had never taken a deer on the ground before so this was my chance. No blind, no treestand, just me. As it turned out, he would have been my only chance most likely.
I knew the cedars would give me a chance to draw if he came the way he did. Luckily that is what happened. Don't have a better picture of him. One of his points got broken off so he won't score any higher than my previous doe. He wasn't much up top but he had a big body. We ate the tenderloins that night and the liver the next. We did eat the one testicle he had. Tasted like bluegill. The heart awaits.
On this particular day the wind was really blowing and Andy put me in a stand that was in a willow tree. I was being moved all around and didn't feel comfortable. The weather was getting cold and all I could see was a miserable afternoon ahead with all the wind and no protection. I just kept thinking, what would Luv2 do?
So I got down and crawled into the cedars you see. I backed in and waited. No place to sit so I leaned against the tree from 2:00 to 5:00 when I saw some white coming my way from the creek. I had been rattling a bit so don't know if that is what prompted him. I could tell he was on a mission to my decoy. He passed by the cedar at 3 yards and was grunting the whole time. I drew and waited near the decoy. He positioned himself behind the decoy as I thought he would and shot him through the heart at 7 yards. He didn't go far.
Probably would have passed on him if I had been in the stand but I had never taken a deer on the ground before so this was my chance. No blind, no treestand, just me. As it turned out, he would have been my only chance most likely.
I knew the cedars would give me a chance to draw if he came the way he did. Luckily that is what happened. Don't have a better picture of him. One of his points got broken off so he won't score any higher than my previous doe. He wasn't much up top but he had a big body. We ate the tenderloins that night and the liver the next. We did eat the one testicle he had. Tasted like bluegill. The heart awaits.
2.) bluecat - 11/16/2015
[QUOTE=bluecat;36361]He wasn't much up top but he had a big body.[/QUOTE]
Just like Hillary
Just like Hillary
3.) Swamp Fox - 11/16/2015
Nice!
But no mercy for a one-nutted little skipper?
You're a bad, bad man, LOL.
But no mercy for a one-nutted little skipper?
You're a bad, bad man, LOL.
4.) bluecat - 11/16/2015
[QUOTE=Swamp Fox;36364]But no mercy for a one-nutted little skipper?
[/QUOTE]
Just like Hillary, no.
[/QUOTE]
Just like Hillary, no.
5.) crookedeye - 11/16/2015
nice deer...them deer with antlers like that are usally known to be fighters..
bluegill? lol
bluegill? lol
6.) Swamp Fox - 11/16/2015
[QUOTE=crookedeye;36367]bluegill? lol[/QUOTE]
If he had said it was like possum, he'd-a-had-to throw out the pan, and nobody would ask for the recipe...
This way at least there's a small chance for a spin-off thread, or to take this one to 5 pages...:wink
If he had said it was like possum, he'd-a-had-to throw out the pan, and nobody would ask for the recipe...
This way at least there's a small chance for a spin-off thread, or to take this one to 5 pages...:wink
7.) bluecat - 11/16/2015
I had never tried them before and was shamed into doing it. It was so mild and tender and the only thing I could think of was bass, bluegill, crappie or some flaky fish.
Pretty good actually. Now Hillary's would be tough as shoe leather and would smell bad.
Pretty good actually. Now Hillary's would be tough as shoe leather and would smell bad.
8.) bluecat - 11/16/2015
Still shooting them Stingers Swampy?
9.) Swamp Fox - 11/16/2015
I am still using Stingers but have retired them from my primary deer bow for two or three years now. I am shooting Montecs from it these days.
Every deer but two that I shot with Stingers dropped within sight, and one of those was not fatally wounded (I don't think, although that's not in stone). One was just out of sight. He was dead on his feet running away. I had less spectacular success with hogs, but I still like them for that, with caveats/special considerations.
This is all mostly with the non-Buzzcut, two-blade version. I have rotated in two-blade Buzzcuts and the four-blade (bleeder blade) versions to the arsenal, but haven't shot enough stuff with them to form a really strong opinion about whether they are better than the non-serrated two-blade Stingers.
The reason I traded the two-blade Stingers for the Montecs is because I rarely got a good blood trail with the Stingers. So rarely that "rarely" is a bit generous. Considering that "everything" dropped in sight, one might say this isn't much of an issue, but I felt I was gonna get burned sooner or later, especially given the places that I hunt most often. Since trading for the Montecs, my hunting success has taken a nosedive, though, so they too are in the "inconclusive evidence" category, LOL. I have much more personal evidence of lethality for Stingers than for Montecs, is what I'm trying to say.
Every deer but two that I shot with Stingers dropped within sight, and one of those was not fatally wounded (I don't think, although that's not in stone). One was just out of sight. He was dead on his feet running away. I had less spectacular success with hogs, but I still like them for that, with caveats/special considerations.
This is all mostly with the non-Buzzcut, two-blade version. I have rotated in two-blade Buzzcuts and the four-blade (bleeder blade) versions to the arsenal, but haven't shot enough stuff with them to form a really strong opinion about whether they are better than the non-serrated two-blade Stingers.
The reason I traded the two-blade Stingers for the Montecs is because I rarely got a good blood trail with the Stingers. So rarely that "rarely" is a bit generous. Considering that "everything" dropped in sight, one might say this isn't much of an issue, but I felt I was gonna get burned sooner or later, especially given the places that I hunt most often. Since trading for the Montecs, my hunting success has taken a nosedive, though, so they too are in the "inconclusive evidence" category, LOL. I have much more personal evidence of lethality for Stingers than for Montecs, is what I'm trying to say.
10.) bluecat - 11/16/2015
That hole you saw is from the 4-blade. I shoot 4 blade exclusively for deer and the 2 blade on turkeys. They can leave a nasty blood trail but like any broadhead, it's about placement.
11.) Wild Bob - 11/16/2015
Congrats Blue! :tu:
Awesome kill, just Mano a Odocoileus virginianus...a memorable feat for sure.
Awesome kill, just Mano a Odocoileus virginianus...a memorable feat for sure.
12.) bluecat - 11/16/2015
Thanks, forgot to mention I had my bowholder strapped to my chest so the bow was ready, arrow nocked and ready to go. I just had to pick it up a few inches to release the loop from the bottom cam and then trade the s hook to my release. No movement.
13.) Swamp Fox - 11/16/2015
Every deer but one that I shot with Stingers was well-placed (without swearing that every exit wound was very low) so that I would have expected good blood trails. The one exception is the doe that got away after a hasty shot. It took a lot of detective work to find two pools of bright red blood perhaps 100 yards away, which I'm putting down to a high lung or a one-lung hit. I felt like it might have been a "good-enough" shot, but there was no way I was going to find her. The trail went to nothing after that, and she undoubtedly made it to the neighbor's pine thicket.
One bow that I consider a turkey bow or a deer back-up sports Stingers, and if I were hunting prairie or open woods I wouldn't hesitate to hang in there with the Stingers for deer on a primary bow. I just felt I was pushing my luck with them in thick woods, certain kinds of fields, and around water. I probably have as many Stinger animals as I do with Thunderheads, which I used *forever*, so I know the Stingers work. :tu:
One bow that I consider a turkey bow or a deer back-up sports Stingers, and if I were hunting prairie or open woods I wouldn't hesitate to hang in there with the Stingers for deer on a primary bow. I just felt I was pushing my luck with them in thick woods, certain kinds of fields, and around water. I probably have as many Stinger animals as I do with Thunderheads, which I used *forever*, so I know the Stingers work. :tu:
14.) Deerminator - 11/16/2015
Excellent!!:tu:
15.) luv2bowhunt - 11/16/2015
[QUOTE=Swamp Fox;36376]Every deer but one that I shot with Stingers was well-placed (without swearing that every exit wound was very low) so that I would have expected good blood trails. The one exception is the doe that got away after a hasty shot. It took a lot of detective work to find two pools of bright red blood perhaps 100 yards away, which I'm putting down to a high lung or a one-lung hit. I felt like it might have been a "good-enough" shot, but there was no way I was going to find her. The trail went to nothing after that, and she undoubtedly made it to the neighbor's pine thicket.
One bow that I consider a turkey bow or a deer back-up sports Stingers, and if I were hunting prairie or open woods I wouldn't hesitate to hang in there with the Stingers for deer on a primary bow. I just felt I was pushing my luck with them in thick woods, certain kinds of fields, and around water. I probably have as many Stinger animals as I do with Thunderheads, which I used *forever*, so I know the Stingers work. :tu:[/QUOTE]
OK, OK, enough about you and the dern Stingers.:-)
This is about bluecat. Congrats on the kill! You followed your heart, that's what I always do.
One bow that I consider a turkey bow or a deer back-up sports Stingers, and if I were hunting prairie or open woods I wouldn't hesitate to hang in there with the Stingers for deer on a primary bow. I just felt I was pushing my luck with them in thick woods, certain kinds of fields, and around water. I probably have as many Stinger animals as I do with Thunderheads, which I used *forever*, so I know the Stingers work. :tu:[/QUOTE]
OK, OK, enough about you and the dern Stingers.:-)
This is about bluecat. Congrats on the kill! You followed your heart, that's what I always do.
16.) Swamp Fox - 11/16/2015
Hey, at least it was archery-related...:wink
Thanks for posting, yerself!
:tap::-)
Thanks for posting, yerself!
:tap::-)