Posted By: txtrophy85
Made a score yesterday evening - 11/17/23 07:23 PM
Went to work yesterday evening and threw my compound in the truck. Was going to be very close to a property I have access too and was hoping I would get a chance to break away for an evening sit.
Well, God was good and everything aligned to where I was finished up around 3:30, so I quickly got my stuff together and made a dash to the blind. This ranch has some bow set ups ( and I use the term set up extremely loosely) that will allow for compound shots but is not conducive to trad gear. That said, even with a compound the shot scenarios are not ideal but I was gonna make the best of it. Parked, walked to the blind and got set up. This was the only stand which allowed for a south wind so my choice was limited but there was an extreme amount of buck sign in the area, there was about a dozen scrapes in a 300 yard radius. Got in the blind at 4:00, 4:20 I hear a doe blow a few times, 4:30 I have a spike walk up to the feeder.
He moseys around a bit and then walks off. A few min later I see a buck off to my left and when I put my rangefinder on him I confirm he is a definite shooter. He works a scrap and doesn’t move from his spot for about 10 min. Eventually he walks over to the feeder and starts to eat. He gets to 30 yards, which is farther than I want to shoot a whitetail but worried he would either catch a doe and run her or a hog would come in and run him off, I drew back, settled the pin and hit the release. The shot was a little higher and farther back than I wanted, but after the arrow blew thru him, he jumped, hit the ground and made 75 yard dash when he stopped, fell over and started to kick.
Gave him a few min, said a few prayers of thanks and walked over to him. As I was taking pics I looked behind me and saw a boar hog next to the feeder, so no doubt I made the right call by taking the shot.
Well, God was good and everything aligned to where I was finished up around 3:30, so I quickly got my stuff together and made a dash to the blind. This ranch has some bow set ups ( and I use the term set up extremely loosely) that will allow for compound shots but is not conducive to trad gear. That said, even with a compound the shot scenarios are not ideal but I was gonna make the best of it. Parked, walked to the blind and got set up. This was the only stand which allowed for a south wind so my choice was limited but there was an extreme amount of buck sign in the area, there was about a dozen scrapes in a 300 yard radius. Got in the blind at 4:00, 4:20 I hear a doe blow a few times, 4:30 I have a spike walk up to the feeder.
He moseys around a bit and then walks off. A few min later I see a buck off to my left and when I put my rangefinder on him I confirm he is a definite shooter. He works a scrap and doesn’t move from his spot for about 10 min. Eventually he walks over to the feeder and starts to eat. He gets to 30 yards, which is farther than I want to shoot a whitetail but worried he would either catch a doe and run her or a hog would come in and run him off, I drew back, settled the pin and hit the release. The shot was a little higher and farther back than I wanted, but after the arrow blew thru him, he jumped, hit the ground and made 75 yard dash when he stopped, fell over and started to kick.
Gave him a few min, said a few prayers of thanks and walked over to him. As I was taking pics I looked behind me and saw a boar hog next to the feeder, so no doubt I made the right call by taking the shot.