The Adventure of Hope and Faith 2009/2010

Travisc406 · October 24, 2009, 10:26:00 PM

form pic...

I almost forgot about this little critter...

Good trail lot of tracks including human...

Ground attack...

recurve_shooter · October 24, 2009, 10:28:00 PM

Great job on the doe,Jim. Good luck with her Travis, keep the good mojo going.

I won't get to hunt with her until March, so hopefully she will make meat several times between now and then!

By the way, what types of arrows does she seem to like?

Travisc406 · October 24, 2009, 10:33:00 PM

These guys were jealous of the Porcupine...

This guy is a 6x7 and was bucking and kicking all the way out into the sugar beet field...(I took these 2 pictures through my 8x44 binos with my digital camera.)

So tomorrow morning I will give her heck with Faith and then I have to wait till next weekend. ARGGHHH work

Travisc406 · October 24, 2009, 10:41:00 PM

Iam shooting 29 inch Goldtip 3555 with 4 fletch and a 100 grain insert and 150 grain bear razorhead broadhead. It weighs total 500 grains and shoots well. I still have a point in a tree I shot at 35 yards. Good hit, I am gonna go try to pick up the sap trail tomorrow morning.

recurve_shooter · October 24, 2009, 10:54:00 PM

Good idea on giving that tree all night. I bet it will lay up and you'll find it not too far from where you hit it!

swp · October 25, 2009, 06:26:00 AM

Now that is FUNNY recurve_shooter!

LITTLEBIGMAN · October 25, 2009, 10:27:00 AM

recurve shooter i was shooting CX 150 cut to 28 inches with a 100 grain brass adapter and 125 points

Rick Wiltshire · October 25, 2009, 02:21:00 PM

Any word on Miss Hope??

Travisc406 · October 25, 2009, 03:27:00 PM

Hangin out in the sun, Lewis and Clark looked over this place on the yellowstone. the hillbehind Faith is right across the river from Pompeys Pillar...

Making the other wood jealous...

Today was unsuccesful. I sat near a field edge in a park amongst some russian olives. I had to try the ground attack. I seen a skunk and a couple of gun hunters shot at something way to close to me in the trees so I vacated. I tried this spot and there were a few to many birdhunters. So I sat out the end of the trees they were pushing and waited but nothing came out. That is all til next weekend. Is Hope still in circulation?

Guru · October 28, 2009, 06:10:00 AM

Stay with it Travis, looks like it's just a matter of time in Montana!

Miss Hope is en-route to Rick Wiltshire as I type....should have it by the weekend.

Wow, the rut is coming and one bow is in Montana, and one is in Illinois....doesn't get much better than that.

Hoping for lot's of stories and pix

soopernate · October 29, 2009, 02:03:00 PM

I thought that looked familiar Travis. I hunt those hills around the Circle R (now the WMA) ranch quite frequently. Spent Monday all over those hills lookin for deer but only saw other hunter's footprints. Maybe Saturday with my boy.

Travisc406 · October 31, 2009, 09:13:00 PM

A fellow Montana guy. I have neverbeen on the Circle R yet. I thought Iwould wait a few years and let the dust settle. Monday I get to take Faith down to the yellowstone to a private place just by luck(caught the Rancher at a great time). I am boiling with excitement. Last time I sat there had 20 some deer come round me. Details to follow with Pix.

wingnut · November 02, 2009, 08:28:00 AM

Ok, where are you guys?

Need a fix of bowhunting. Spent the weekend working and nursing a broke toe.

Mike

Rick Wiltshire · November 02, 2009, 09:06:00 AM

I have a long weekend hunt set for this weekend. Hope to get Hope in time to shoot her and take her along.

Rick

Terry Green · November 02, 2009, 04:10:00 PM

Matt did tell me he sent the bow out last week. Can't remember what day it was sent(maybe Wed)....but I know he sent it.

Rick Wiltshire · November 02, 2009, 05:13:00 PM

I am sure it will get here in time for the hunt.

Travisc406 · November 02, 2009, 09:34:00 PM

Well the first picture is looking behind me into the field Where the deer go and the second is where they come from. And the third one is the luckies shot I have ever seen. The story goes, this doe walks in front of me at 20 yards and I follow her with my bow and mew to stop her. She took a few more steps than I anticipated and I undershot her(25 yards). She then ran over to my dad and was broadside looking over her shoulder to me and my dad shot too high and dropped her in her tracks. Are stands are about 50 yards apart and when she dropped we both looked at each other like " Whoa what happened?!! " I don't even know what to say but thank god for a potentially catastrophic shot working out. The mule deer bucks are chasing the does pretty hard today!

Rick Wiltshire · November 03, 2009, 02:59:00 PM

I got Hope today. Will do my best to make meat this weekend.

wingnut · November 03, 2009, 05:19:00 PM

Rick,

I hope you have one tied up. Hope has fallen behind the lefty crowd. We gotta keep up the right hand dominance. . .ya know.

LOL

Mike

Rick Wiltshire · November 04, 2009, 04:09:00 PM

Well, I almost made meat this afternoon - squirrel meat that is. I was out just stump shooting with field points, came up on a squirrel and promptly put the arrow through its lower front leg. I was able to catch up to the squirrel and pull the arrow out of the leg so the squirrel could go scamper off into a tree. It will be sore for a while and if I see a limping squirrel out in the woods I will know why.