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Started by Wary Buck, September 23, 2008, 12:30:00 PM

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Wary Buck

I don't think I've seen a success thread here this fall and I always enjoy everyone's successes.  So the rest of you pile right on with your harvests!  (And if I've overlooked such a thread and the mods want to pull this one, that's fine.).
 
I'll start with this Nebraska buck taken on our third day of the season, 9/17/08, on a night with temps in the 80s and a full moon.  I was on the Platte River bottom in the eastern part of the state.  I've got one shed antler from this buck in each of the last two seasons, and actually passed him up on the last day of the 07 season (very tough decision).  10 yard heart shot with Woodsman head, 55# Pronghorn Takedown Longbow.  

"Here's a picture of me when I was younger."
"Heck, every picture is of you when you were younger."
--from Again to Carthage, John L. Parker, Jr.

Wary Buck

And a second photo to share.  This one three days later, 9/20/08, on the same property when I filled one of our antlerless tags on a Saturday morning which allowed for an opportunity for me to get my girls out on a blood trail and also all the other tasks that follow a successful 15-yard heart/lung shot with the same equipment as before.  Looking forward to all your tales of success as well.
"Here's a picture of me when I was younger."
"Heck, every picture is of you when you were younger."
--from Again to Carthage, John L. Parker, Jr.

Wary Buck

Might help if I include the photo, eh?

"Here's a picture of me when I was younger."
"Heck, every picture is of you when you were younger."
--from Again to Carthage, John L. Parker, Jr.

leatherneck

Congrats!! Nice buck and doe.
"I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying"

Proud shareholder of MK,LLC

koger

Great Job! Way to go, get the kids into it.
samuel koger

PA Bones

Congratulations Bryce on the buck and the doe.  I like seeing kids in the photos also.  Enjoyed reading your stories on your hunts with your daughter.
Bill

bohuntr

Very cool Bryce!!! Neat that you had some history with that buck and neat that you have your kids involved in hunting with you!!!  :thumbsup:
To me, the ultimate challenge in bowhunting is not how far away you can succesfully make a killing shot but rather how close you can get to the animal before shooting.

Benny Nganabbarru

TGMM - Family of the Bow

Chris O

congrats on two really nice deer!  I hope I can add to this thread once October hits.

sendero25

Great Job Wary Buck!
Big congrats!
My opening day was this past Saturday the 20th,
and I beat you my friend, you only killed two, I killed about 30,000............mosquitos!
The woods I hunt are finally drying up from the summer rain, but my thermacell, ok, both thermacells, worked overtime just keeping me in my blind!
Seriously, no luck this past weekend, no one in my camp shot anything and very few deer or hogs were even seen. Who knows why, maybe the moon phase, heat...etc
It is finally cooling off this week and I will be out there this weekend from Thursday until Sunday.
With a little luck...who knows? If all goes well, I will post pics.
Again, great job Wary Buck!
John
"I'm not very smart but I can lift heavy things"

"I'm not as smart as I look"

quotes by my good friend Clay Miller from Valentine, TX

sendero25

As a side note,
I did catch a rare Gulf Hammock Rat Snake in a friends cabin.
I have never seen one before and it was a chore getting the other guys to sleep in there Saturday night!
I released the snake unharmed but it was cool to see such a rare snake.
John
"I'm not very smart but I can lift heavy things"

"I'm not as smart as I look"

quotes by my good friend Clay Miller from Valentine, TX

Bryan Burkhardt

Bryce,

Great pics and great buck!  Congrats and best wishes for continued success.
You can increase your wealth by counting your blessings

RightTrailWrongTime

Way to go Bryce! You've done it again- saw you at the NTA rendevous. If you happen to talk to your brother Kevin, let him know I said hello and good luck this year he is/was a great mentor to me at Scheels. I'm heading out west myself to the Broken Bow area(moving) I figure I've got at least another 25 years of good hunting left in me and out west would be a great place to spend it.
ONLY IN THE WOODS AND FIELDS DO I FEEL ALIVE, LIKE A HUNTER FROM TIMES PAST, ALTHOUGH THE HISS OF MY ARROW GOES FORTH, I AM TAKEN BACK, IT IS MY ESCAPE...

Fletcher

Congrats on some real dandys, Bryce!  You're gonna need to start another book.
Good judgement comes from experience.  Experience comes from bad judgement.

"The next best thing to playing and winning is playing and losing."

"An archer doesn't have to be a bowhunter, but a bowhunter should be an archer."

Alex.B

nice deer, both of them, congratulations   :clapper:
tgmm, tanj, compton, bha

Dave Lay



8 pt killed 9-17  60lb widow PGA 2216 XX75 Zwickey Delta.  had a mile haul,  and it was about 80 degrees as ya can see by the sweat !!
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Gary Logsdon

Congrats Bryce.  Glad to see someone's finding the game.  Mike Mitten and myself just returned from Colorado where the elk pretty much kicked our butts:^(
Gary Logsdon

Killdeer

I went squirrel hunting last week. Caught one, but it was too small so I threw it back.

Killdeer (Is this what you were looking for, WB?  :)  )

Long, long afterward, in an oak I found the arrow, still unbroke;
And the song, from beginning to end, I found again in the heart of a friend.

~Longfellow

TGMM Family Of The Bow

mrgreenhead


mjc


This is a fat little 7 pointer I took last night just before dark. I love bow hunting.

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