Miss HOPE and FAITH from Black River

That's not what I wanted to hear Danny!!!! I'm out of town, but let me know on Tuesday if you still don't have it, and I'll see I can find out on this end!

Bisch

[CRM_95]

Hopefully it'll make it soon!! For whatever reason when something headed to or from east Texas goes through Houston, there seems to be problems. Last year I overnighted a big check to our landowner for everybody's lease dues. It never made it and I had to stop payment and drive a check over to her!!

I may not get to hunt this weekend, my son's birthday is today and then my granddaughter's birthday is tomorrow and we'll have her for the weekend. But, I'm off next week and if the weather holds out Faith and I will be headed to San Angelo to hunt the Twin Buttes WMA. Can kill a buck or doe there and turkeys of either sex, and I've never killed a turkey, so I'm hoping everything works out!! If all goes as planned I'll be on the road early Monday morning. I'm shooting this bow really well so hoping I can get a chance at something.

[South MS Bowhunter]

Good luck everybody, looking to see some new kill pic's after these next couple weeks!

[huntingarcher]

Bisch,great news Hope showed up to day!Still well packaged and in perfect condition.Now to see what she likes in my way to large arrow collection.It will be a couple weeks before I get back to the lease.I am thinking she will be more than ready to fill a couple tags I have left just for her.

[CRM_95]

Originally posted by huntingarcher:
Bisch,great news Hope showed up to day!Still well packaged and in perfect condition.Now to see what she likes in my way to large arrow collection.It will be a couple weeks before I get back to the lease.I am thinking she will be more than ready to fill a couple tags I have left just for her.

Glad she made it!! Good luck!!

I'm relieved to hear you got her Danny! Good luck with her!

Bisch

[CRM_95]

I'm not hunting this weekend, because I'm buying groceries and packing and getting all my camping gear together. Everything fell into place and looks like we will be headed out early Monday morning for West Texas. It'll be about a 6 hour drive to the WMA, then we'll set up camp, find some spots, hunt Monday evening, all day Tuesday, and Wednesday morning then head home. Weather is looking good, supposed to be clear with lows in the upper 30's and highs in the mid 60's. I've talked to several folks who have hunted this WMA and got some good advice.

Another cool thing, my son started shooting a recurve last summer after going to a 3D shoot with me. He's practiced quite a bit and this will be his first hunt with trad gear other than 2 or 3 sits here at home. Hopefully we will bring something back, if not Faith will get to hunt some new areas and we'll have a good time anyway. I'll make sure to take lots of pics!!

[CRM_95]

So this turned out pretty cool also I thought. Another bowhunting forum I'm on has a traditional archery challenge every week. Last week the challenge was 3 arrows, one at 17 yards, one at 13, and one at 11. Scoring was based on the boxes in the middle of the paper with closest to the bullseye being the tiebreaker if scores were the same. Faith and I won the challenge and got to pick the challenge for next week. This was my first shot at 17 yards.

Then my second shot at 13

Then my 3rd shot at 11.

And a pic of my 3 shot group overall.

I'm really enjoying my time with Faith and shooting this bow really well. Tomorrow morning we'll be on the road at 5 a.m. headed to west Texas. I may not post while I'm on the hunt, but I'll take pics and update when we get back. The weather is looking good so hopefully the critters will cooperate!!

Good luck Ryan, to both you and Faith, and to your son too!

Bisch

[CRM_95]

Well we're back from our trip. It went great, even though we didn't kill anything. My son saw a nice buck, but he has a self imposed limit of 10 yards for now, and this one was a little further than that, so he passed. I was proud of the restraint. I had a buck come in well within range, but he caught me off guard and caught a little movement when I was trying to get my bow in position and took off.

We ended up renting a small cabin at a marina just down the road instead of tent camping, and overnight temps were in the high 20's and low 30's so I'm glad we did that. Tons of deer and turkeys in the park where we stayed, and they were pretty much tame. We did a little stump shooting at mid day both days and overall it was a great trip.

[CRM_95]

Well it's not a deer, but got a kill with Faith this morning.

Congrats on the tree rat, Ryan!

Bisch

[twitchstick]

Congrats!

[mangonboat]

Squirrels are hard to hit, as they don't hold still long and they have quick reflexes..good hunting!

[CRM_95]

Well I won another first shot challenge with Faith last week. The upside down "V" represents the pocket where you would aim on a deer, and it was one shot seated from 15 yards. Closest to the tip of the V wins. I was right at an inch.

[CRM_95]

Also, if any of you other lefty's want to sign up there is nobody else on the list until April. If anybody wants her next month email Terry and I'll get her headed your way right after Christmas.

[huntingarcher]

Leaving early in the mourning,my dad and I are heading to the lease.Going for the rest of the week.I saved a couple whitetail tags just for Hope and the axis and sika will be on the menu as well.Not sure about the hogs,have not seen any the last couple trips.We really hammered the hogs before deer season so we will see.

Hey, Danny, if you want to meet up at Simon Bros for lunch one day, let me know, and I'll drive over there!

Good Luck!

Bisch

[huntingarcher]

Hey Bisch,I just now checked in and saw your message.I have not left the ranch since we got here Tuesday.Would like to meet up with you but may not happen this trip,I would like to get you over here to hunt with me sometime.Been hunting hard trying to get Hope a chance to shine.Well this mourning we have drawn blood not once but twice.

[South MS Bowhunter]