Several years ago I switched to a longbow from a compound bow. It was a rough first year but once it started to click, it's been the most enjoyable hunting years since I started hunting. Special thanks to Chuck (Two Tracks) for helping me in this journey. The goal the last couple years is to videotape these hunts so I can share the enjoyment of traditional hunting with others. Last year I had a great hunt and managed to get it all on camera while self taping (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSrdHRGxcoM). I wasn't sure that it would ever come together like that again.
Well, the other day I found a buck that just read the script... almost perfectly. I had seen a bunch of activity throughout the evening and had a nice 8pt in to about 30yds but just wouldn't come out into the open or come closer. I was grunting at him lightly to see if I couldn't coax another 10yds out of him to get a shot when this buck came into the picture. When the larger racked buck saw him come into the woods, he turned and immediately started walking away. I was looking for something a little bigger as I taped this buck coming in but as he got closer, I noticed that he was much larger bodied than the one I was hoping to get a shot at.
With the good footage I was getting, I thought that I'd better try to shoot him. I grabbed the bow when he was at about 20yds and he stopped at about 18yds perfectly. I took the shot and was very surprised when I hit him high and dropped him. I put another one in him quickly. Come to find out, he really dropped quite aways. It made me feel a little better about my first shot.
After walking up on him, I saw that he was huge for our area. In our group of 15+ bowhunters in Shiawassee area, we've never weighed a buck that hit the 200lb mark field dressed. This one was right on that mark! My biggest bodied Michigan deer.
Here's the video- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xD4ilt-SOvQ
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Congrats looks like a brute
Great deer and Vid!! Bill
Congrats sir...
,,Sam,,
Good job!!! :thumbsup:
Nice one. Congrats !
Awesome buck!
Congrats,
Bisch
That second shot was perfect congrats.
Great Footage and Buck. Congrats!
Great job and awesome job on the video footage!
Great video. Congrats. Nov 7 was a hot day around here too.
Nice buck and enjoyed the video.....
Congrats on the nice buck! Awesome video too!
Congratulations!
Darren
Congrats!! nice video..enjoyed it!
Enjoyed the video. Congrats on a truly nice buck.
Nice buck congrats Brother
Great buck, congrats!
Great deer!
Congrats on a fine beast!
Very nice, congrats!
Very nice indeed, congrats!
Incredible video!
Your first shot was spot on man, he just ducked. Great follow up shot as well. Congrats and thanks for sharing with us
Great job Gabe. Enjoyed watching the hunt on MI Out of doors. I have a question: Where are you getting your supplies for trad bow hunting here in MI? I was using Blackdog Outfitters in Rockford but they shut down. Thanks for any info.
Congrats!
Great Video, congrats on the harvest.
:thumbsup:
Great buck!
Great video! What a hunt.
Great video Gvan,Great buck also :clapper: :clapper:
Great buck. Ive seen some of your other vids and they helped me get motivated for the transition to traditional archery.
Chad