18 years in the makiing......

Littlefeather · October 21, 2007, 02:15:00 PM

Alright Jeff! Glad to see you got a nice one ta boot! I like the new chin wiskers. See you at T-Sweat. CK

Randy Morin · October 21, 2007, 03:24:00 PM

Way to go Jeff, nice buck!

Montyc · October 21, 2007, 03:55:00 PM

Jeff,
Congrats on a fine buck. The atlers are plenty big enough for me to shoot.

mqqse · October 21, 2007, 04:53:00 PM

Good one neighbor!

yellow bow · October 21, 2007, 07:42:00 PM

thats a fine buck you have there jeff,congrats.

Wulomac · October 21, 2007, 08:38:00 PM

Good job!! Persistence pays!!!

Dano · October 21, 2007, 09:05:00 PM

As Mr. Otto said, "You da man".

Jake · October 21, 2007, 10:52:00 PM

Good one. Congrats!

Crooked Stic · October 21, 2007, 11:09:00 PM

Them horns look fine to me. Never hunted for horns. Nice job!

Hawkeye · October 22, 2007, 01:03:00 AM

WAY TO GO JEFF!! Congrats on making the time away from all your responsibilities to make it out into the woods. From now on, you'll always KNOW you can do this. I predict the next one won't take quite as long!

Daryl

fisheye47 · October 22, 2007, 01:19:00 AM

Beautiful buck,good job!A memory that will last a lifetime. CAM

Bobby Urban · October 22, 2007, 06:41:00 AM

Nice Buck - How come you bring them home w/o gutting thee first?

JC · October 22, 2007, 08:00:00 AM

Way to stay with it Jeff. Hearty congrats!

vermonster13 · October 22, 2007, 08:02:00 AM

Nice deer there! Congrats!

Tom Leemans · October 22, 2007, 08:17:00 AM

That'll do Jeff...That'll do...

Jeff Strubberg · October 22, 2007, 10:45:00 AM

Thanks all for the well wishes.

Bobby, we telecheck our deer here in Missouri now, so there's no need to take 'em off the farm. I didn't open the body cavity at all on this one. Just slit the hide and peeled it back, took the four quarters off, cut out the tenderloins (took two gallon ziplocs for those) and trimmed out a bunch of neck meat for jerky.

I'm no craftsman of the written word. The shot was about 15 yards, total time between realizing there was a deer on it's way in and the shot was maybe seven or eight seconds. The shot was a bit far back, but took out both lungs. The arrow dropped out on the far side. Tracking job was surprisingly long, about 200 yards straight downhill and into the thick stuff. We used a Gator and a rope to get him out of the brushpile he died in.

The bow is a 57#@29" Thunderstick MOAB that Jim finished up for me in August. Arrows are CX250's weighing about 550 grains. I used Zephyr broadheads. Gotta say, those things sharpen up to a scalpels edge. I get jumpy pulling one out of the quiver.

hunt it · October 22, 2007, 11:06:00 AM

Congrats Jeff!!!

Glad to see your gonna make the sweat.

John Krause · October 22, 2007, 07:21:00 PM

Way to go Jeff! I would love to hear about the trials and tribulations of 18 years of trying to get one with a stickbow. Tell us aabout it....

Dianne B. Lotz · October 22, 2007, 08:52:00 PM

Awesome Jeff, just awesome. Real happy for ya man!

Ferret in Wisconsin

DW Long · October 22, 2007, 09:05:00 PM

Congrats from the far north Jeff!