Hunting the wiley dink buck...or how I killed the smallest buck of the year

[Charlie Lamb]

I got to thinkin' a while back that it had been a while since I shared a story here. I'd hurt my back a few years back and it really slowed me down. The Dr's finally came up with a partial solution and I am without pain for the first time in a long time. That has meant more scouting and more time in the stand which adds up to more deer seen.  Given the change over to the new system.  I thought I'd share a little of this years hunt.

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I've gotta run to the store so I'll be back in a bit.

[Hermon]

 

[Cyclic-Rivers]

 
Glad yer feeling a lil better Charlie

[kennym]

Better get a coffee while yer out. You know so you can go ahead with the story and not have to go back out! LOL 

[Bowhunter4life]

I'm in Charlie!  Love your stories!

[arrow30]

[4dogs]

 

[Duker]

 

[stik&string]

 

[wooddamon1]

Same ol' Mr. Lamb...

[23feetupandhappy]

Glad your feeling better Charlie but I see you havnt changed your writing style........

Hook us and walk away........




I'm still in and ready for your tale, no matter how long it takes

[Sockrsblur]

Ha well this is fun... but how does it work guys? Do we get a chapter a night? Was that a chapter all ready ?
   

Any story Mr Lamb tells is worth the wait to me!

[ron w]

  Where is the store......St Louis?

[Roy from Pa]

Charlie fell asleep...

[Car54]

Think his truck broke down......

[Charlie Lamb]

Some of you may have read the story of my first deer and how I got my buddy to come help me track it. That buddy and I developed quite a history as we matured. He is a few years younger than I but we still managed to hang out through the college/police action years. We even played hippie for a while... mostly to get girls.

As with a lot of the friends of our youth we slowly went in different directions. Fast forward fifty years and he contacted me out of the blue. His sister had bought one of my books and gifted it to him for his birthday or something and it piqued his curiosity.

Before you can count to five we were hanging around at the duck club he belonged to and chasing deer in the area. He was back in for shooting the bow again and I was able to fix him up with a great little recurve made by KennyM.

Things were slow for me. The farm that I hunted near home had really slowed down as far as deer numbers were concerned. My back was just about taking me out of the game completely. Not only did it limit the distance I could walk but it also affected the draw weight of the bows I was shooting.

[Charlie Lamb]

The  bows I was use to shooting in the 55-60# range had become "unruly" to say the least. My favorite recurve, "Curly" a Bacote and Osage beauty that I had some checkering done to has been sitting collecting dust.
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I finally broke down and built myself a sweet little 50# number. The myrtle with black actionwood riser looks really good. I'll have to get a picture of it and post it up. I've gotten away from the clear class trend over the years and used black for the face and back. It makes for a nice contrast with the lighter color of the myrtle.

Of course the drop in bow weight meant new arrows. I don't mess around with a lot of different shafts. Aluminum has always given me good service so picking the correct spine for what I wanted to do was easy. I chose the 2018 size tipped with 150 grain Magnus Stingers. No bells and whistles. Just my usual 4 3/4 yellow parabolic fletch in 75x105.

Sometimes guys worry about the durability of the aluminum arrow. My stumping arrows are aluminum. As a matter of fact I've got a Judo on an old, old, 24SRTX shaft. Damn soft compared to todays xx75 material. After 2 years of pretty rough treatment it's just as straight as the first day I shot it at a stump... I'm pretty careful of my targets when shooting it though.

[Charlie Lamb]

Hate to do this, but I'm turning in. I'll get a good start in the morning with a fresh pot of coffee.

[Sockrsblur]

    

[23feetupandhappy]