Well its opening day of gun season here in Michigan and I had to miss heading north to deer camp with my dad and brothers because everyone in my house was sick. But I managed to get out in the woods this morning behind my house. It was crisp and cold and snowing with barely a breeze. Turkeys were everywhere coming down from the trees as soon as it got light. About a half hour after shooting light a doe came by trailing this buck. I stopped him at about fifteen yards in a small gap in the brush and let him have it! I hit him through the lungs and he charged off forty yards into the brush and I heard him go down. I shot him with a hickory self bow 43#@28" and a arrow I made from a bamboo garden stake, fletched with turkey feathers from a turkey I killed last fall, and tipped with a broadhead I made out of a pounded flat spoon. It was opening day of gun season here and hunting goes drastically down hill for the next two weeks so I was happy to fill my tag even tho its just a little guy. (http://i756.photobucket.com/albums/xx203/Lee1_photos/20141115_093037.jpg) (http://s756.photobucket.com/user/Lee1_photos/media/20141115_093037.jpg.html) (http://i756.photobucket.com/albums/xx203/Lee1_photos/20141115_093116.jpg) (http://s756.photobucket.com/user/Lee1_photos/media/20141115_093116.jpg.html)
Good for you!
That's outstanding, Lee. Lots of personal medicine in this one.
Very nice... deer camp is a great time, but getting one down with everything hand made is really special!
Congrats
Rodd
:thumbsup: :archer2:
All hand made gear is impressive brother...congrats to ya!!!
Very impressive!! Congratulations!
Great shot and some cool gear , Congrats sir...
,,,Sam,,,
Perfect!
Great accomplishment,Congrats... :clapper:
Way to go!
Congrats,
Bisch
Congrats Lee, I also bow hunted this morning but didn't see anything. I usually hunt with my bow during gun season.
Very nice!!!
Thanks guys!
Good job with all homemade equipment, may be small racked but it will be well remembered.
:thumbsup: :campfire:
Good job! Great shot btw.
very good.
congrats
A flat spoon? Id like to see a pic of that. That is a awesome kill with that equipment good shot too!
A spoon I pounded flat with a hammer and then cut into a point with a band saw and creating the edges with a sander and then a file and honing rod. The point is on the broken end of my arrow down by my gut pile somewhere because I forgot to grab it. I will go hunt it down and take a picture of it tomorrow.
Congrats! :thumbsup:
Well Done. Congrats all around.
Here is a picture of the spoon point I killed it with. (http://i756.photobucket.com/albums/xx203/Lee1_photos/SAM_3166.jpg) (http://s756.photobucket.com/user/Lee1_photos/media/SAM_3166.jpg.html)
:archer: Very cool... congratulations!
That's a nice fat buck! Congratulations not only on a good buck, but for using your homemade equipment. Well done! :thumbsup:
Bernie
Hey Man...huge congratulations! You took this guy the coolest way you could have...all home made equipment and with a very excellent shot! I absolutely love it! This to me represents what traditional archery is truly all about!
Keep the faith brother...
Kris
That is impressive!!!
Thanks guys!
GREAT JOB!!!
Looks like possibly a 2 1/2 yr old buck, good one to kill.
Just goes to show it ain`t just a fork that will kill ya`!
Impressive. I love all of the homemade gear.
Little! Are you kidding me. . . homemade gear, pounded spoon broadhead??? You should be on MI Outdoors and you should do some special mount of that deer- at least a Euro mount!!
I am more than impressed!!
Dan in KS (a homegrown Michigander)
Great job. Congratulations
That's awesome. The personal touch adds so much too it. Congrats. Thanks for sharing.
Congratulations Lee, well done!
Wow. A lot of well deserved respect on your kill. Nice work!
Great work on all the equipment and the hunt. Well deserved, congrats!
Thanks for the kind words guys! A lot of luck ran my way at the right time. But like they say its better to be lucky than good! Dan, where did you live in Michigan?
REALLY cool! Congrats Brother.