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Title: Some photos from Wyoming hunt
Post by: Tedd on September 21, 2017, 10:31:00 PM
My new Kanati was only 2 weeks old when I took it on a Wyoming hunting trip. I got lucky!
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Title: Re: Some photos from Wyoming hunt
Post by: Cory Mattson on September 21, 2017, 10:37:00 PM
WOW - Good shooting!! Well Done.
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Title: Re: Some photos from Wyoming hunt
Post by: SAM E. STEPHENS on September 21, 2017, 10:55:00 PM
Looks like a good time , Congrats sir....

,,,Sam,,,
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Post by: 23feetupandhappy on September 21, 2017, 11:24:00 PM
Now we're talking, nice shooting!!!!!

Beauty of a buck   :thumbsup:


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Title: Re: Some photos from Wyoming hunt
Post by: Cmane07 on September 22, 2017, 12:15:00 AM
Looks like that was one heck of a trip! Congrats!
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Post by: CRM_95 on September 22, 2017, 12:55:00 AM
Looks like a great trip. Congrats!!
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Post by: sheephunter on September 22, 2017, 01:23:00 AM
Congrats!
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Post by: TIM B on September 22, 2017, 05:29:00 AM
Attaboy!  Thanks for sharing the pics!
Tim B
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Post by: Terry Lightle on September 22, 2017, 05:47:00 AM
Good Job!
Terry
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Post by: Tater on September 22, 2017, 06:45:00 AM
Congratulations on a nice Buck and the doe, good shooting!
Title: Re: Some photos from Wyoming hunt
Post by: Butchie on September 22, 2017, 07:02:00 AM
Congratulations ...nice buck & doe Tedd!
Was this a diy hunt or outfitter?  I have always wanted to go to WY to hunt whitetail.
Title: Re: Some photos from Wyoming hunt
Post by: Buckeye1977 on September 22, 2017, 07:20:00 AM
Awesome!!!
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Post by: RedShaft on September 22, 2017, 07:21:00 AM
Awesome!

So what ya think of that new stick?
Title: Re: Some photos from Wyoming hunt
Post by: Blueridge on September 22, 2017, 07:36:00 AM
That's the way to break a new bow in! Awesome!
Title: Re: Some photos from Wyoming hunt
Post by: Roy Schmidt on September 22, 2017, 07:51:00 AM
That is awesome man! Great pics and congrats!!!


Roy
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Post by: J. Cook on September 22, 2017, 08:03:00 AM
Can't be luck since you put 2 on the ground!  That's a beautiful buck...like some other's have said, I think that looks like an awesome whitetail hunt.  Congrats!!!!
Title: Re: Some photos from Wyoming hunt
Post by: Crittergetter on September 22, 2017, 08:09:00 AM
Man, that is an awesome hunt. Some beautiful critters in some beautiful country. I love Wyoming!!  
Congrats!!!
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Post by: Kopper1013 on September 22, 2017, 08:18:00 AM
Wow great hunting, beautiful buck and looks like terrific shooting! Congrats
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Post by: deerhunter_w on September 22, 2017, 08:20:00 AM
Looks like a great hunt. Congrats

Jeff
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Post by: HARL on September 22, 2017, 09:37:00 AM
Great Stuff !!   :thumbsup:
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Post by: Warden609 on September 22, 2017, 09:42:00 AM
Outstanding!! Congrats!!
Title: Re: Some photos from Wyoming hunt
Post by: Tedd on September 22, 2017, 11:03:00 PM
Thanks.
Full disclosure...This hunt is the complete opposite of my usual hunting. It is a guided hunt, pre scouted and on private land. While I'm capable and often go to extremes to find deer on public land in PA, this is a welcome change and great start to each hunting season. The outfitter and guide are friends from PA. Though the operation is mostly tailored to compound hunters.  They do a lot of the leg work prior to arrival. My own guide is a longtime friend from high school,  he knows my shot limitations and puts me in stands that  are a little "tighter" than the stands that compound shooters would use. He busts his butt trying to make sure I get some shot opportunities. We move stands and to try for the bigger bucks. I quickly "weaken" and shoot at something before the big one arrives. I saw several bigger than what I killed but a close shot at a mature deer is hard to pass.         (https://i.imgur.com/EYC9Jgsh.jpg)
Title: Re: Some photos from Wyoming hunt
Post by: Tedd on September 22, 2017, 11:06:00 PM
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Title: Re: Some photos from Wyoming hunt
Post by: Tedd on September 22, 2017, 11:11:00 PM
The number of deer I saw this time was just unreal. I sometimes see more deer in 1 hour than I see in 10 years in PA. And yet they have a drawing for tags!  The weather turned cold and rainy after they had a long hot dry period. Deer were coming out of everywhere! Where grass was normally knee high it was really short. They were having a heavier than normal acorn drop so we spent most of the time down low in the oaks. Deer were coming by at any hour of the day. Some years we have to work much harder to get a close shot.
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Title: Re: Some photos from Wyoming hunt
Post by: Tedd on September 22, 2017, 11:32:00 PM
On another note, I don't care for Axis trad shafts that I used for this hunt.  The inconsistency of spine around the shaft is unacceptable when compared with some other brands. I selected the Axis shafts based on GPI, spine, small diameter, wood grain look and the fact that I had some in stock and tuned to correct length and without no time for testing others. I found the Axis frustrating for grouping. Though my penetration on animals was excellent. Since I have been back I tuned some standard diameter gold tip trads and accuracy is almost effortless compared to an equal tuned Axis. To check your Axis shafts  put the tip end on a table and the nock end in your left hand, push down on the center of the shaft with your right palm and  roll the shaft back and forth under pressure. Feel the "lumps".  Now do the same with a Black Eagle or other premium shaft.
Title: Re: Some photos from Wyoming hunt
Post by: Tedd on September 22, 2017, 11:50:00 PM
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Title: Re: Some photos from Wyoming hunt
Post by: Tedd on September 22, 2017, 11:54:00 PM
Set up for this hunt was a Kanati Logbow 60lb@30", Eastin Axis Trad shafts, Grizzly single bevel heads, 300 grains total up front for a 647 gr arrow. Penetration is not an issue.
Title: Re: Some photos from Wyoming hunt
Post by: RedRidge on September 23, 2017, 01:45:00 PM
Looks like the new Kanati will work just fine.
Title: Re: Some photos from Wyoming hunt
Post by: huntnmuleys on September 24, 2017, 10:57:00 PM
Wow, that's a heck of a Wyoming buck! I live here and have never got better.
Title: Re: Some photos from Wyoming hunt
Post by: Keith Zimmerman on September 25, 2017, 12:49:00 AM
Looks like an elk with a whitetail rack!  What did it weigh?  Never seen a deer commit suicide by hanging before.  Wow:^)
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Post by: BDann on September 25, 2017, 07:22:00 AM
Way to go!
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Post by: TradBrewSC on September 25, 2017, 09:19:00 AM
Fantastic!
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Post by: Trenton G. on September 25, 2017, 09:58:00 AM
Awesome! Looks like an fantastic hunt. Great shooting!
Title: Re: Some photos from Wyoming hunt
Post by: Tedd on September 25, 2017, 06:46:00 PM
He not all that big. At least not by Wyoming standards. He is plenty big for me though!! Those are just good photos of the rack. And the buck was not yet gutted so he looks heavy. I'd guess 170 lbs?    (https://i.imgur.com/5QxBHYUh.jpg)
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Title: Re: Some photos from Wyoming hunt
Post by: Homey88 on September 25, 2017, 07:13:00 PM
Congrats to you! Great buck!
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Post by: drewsbow on September 25, 2017, 07:32:00 PM
awesome congrats
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Post by: KentuckyTJ on September 25, 2017, 07:52:00 PM
Good job Brother!
Title: Re: Some photos from Wyoming hunt
Post by: Bernie B. on September 25, 2017, 09:07:00 PM
Very nice! It's hard to beat Wyoming for beauty.  Congratulations and thanks for sharing your hunt!  Bernie
Title: Re: Some photos from Wyoming hunt
Post by: Matty on September 25, 2017, 11:08:00 PM
Nice work! That's a dandy buck. People overlook whitetails in Wyoming there's some really good ones there!
Title: Re: Some photos from Wyoming hunt
Post by: Sam McMichael on September 26, 2017, 08:21:00 AM
Don't you just love it when a plan stumbles together? Congratulations on a great hunt!.
Title: Re: Some photos from Wyoming hunt
Post by: Bill Turner on September 26, 2017, 03:11:00 PM
Congrats on a great hunt. Love the pictures. That is definitely the way to break in a new bow.Thaks for sharing.   :archer2:
Title: Re: Some photos from Wyoming hunt
Post by: PAluke on September 27, 2017, 01:00:00 PM
What kind of quiver do you have on your Kanati?  Great hunt.
Title: Re: Some photos from Wyoming hunt
Post by: Tedd on September 28, 2017, 11:06:00 AM
That is a Great Northern Kickback quiver. I had the quiver on a recurve. And swapped it over when the new Kanati arrived. First impressions of the combo -  it seems like a really nice bow/quiver to get through the woods.
Tedd
Title: Re: Some photos from Wyoming hunt
Post by: Sirius Black on September 28, 2017, 02:46:00 PM
Super!    :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Some photos from Wyoming hunt
Post by: Sirius Black on September 28, 2017, 02:48:00 PM
I have that quiver on my Kodiak. I really like it. Good stuff!
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Post by: bogeyrider63 on September 28, 2017, 02:57:00 PM
Congrats
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Post by: Al Kidner on September 28, 2017, 09:29:00 PM
Well done mate! For some reason I've always liked those bows...
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Post by: Possum Head on September 28, 2017, 10:13:00 PM
Wonderful terrain and great pics. Congrats sir!
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Post by: Joeabowhunter on September 29, 2017, 07:01:00 AM
Wow, congratulations.  Wyoming looks like a great place to go.
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Post by: Steve Jr on September 29, 2017, 07:05:00 AM
Congratulations, looks like you had a great hunt    :thumbsup:  

Steve Jr