2017 success
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From: INbowdude
31-Jan-17
Stand 7, 13 yard shot, 25 yard recovery.
Stand 7, 13 yard shot, 25 yard recovery.
Well, I guess I'll start the thread. Here's a video of a night hunt I did at Shiloh Ranch Jan. 27th. Gun kill with thermal image scope. Don't watch if you don't want to hear the gun go off. https://youtu.be/plVL9nYk8AI
I also took a 70 pound hog the next night with the bow.
From: sticksender
31-Jan-17
Looks like fun to me! The night time video through that scope is surprisingly good.
From: INbowdude
01-Feb-17
Well worth doing at least once. We have a saying at our house, "When was the last time you did something for the first time?" I will say I was happy with the night hunt but really jazzed with the bow kill.
From: INbowdude
12-Mar-17
Somebody shoot and post something!
From: patience2spare
16-Mar-17
Buddy and I stacked up the geese this winter. Does that count?
From: patience2spare
16-Mar-17
Our only hunt with good snow cover... and another friend of course since the limit is 3 each.
From: patience2spare
16-Mar-17
Disclaimer: Those birds are all killed with the shotgun. But it sure is fun to come up out of the layout blind with the Benelli and a flock locked up out front!!! Pete
From: INbowdude
17-Mar-17
Absolutely counts! Congrats!
From: Turpie
20-Mar-17
First shot of the season and fish on
From: Turpie
20-Mar-17
From: sticksender
21-Mar-17
Nice! Looks like it was a bit chilly?
From: Turpie
22-Mar-17
38 degrees when we started. Looks like the temps at going to warm up for the weekend. We will be out again.
From: Turpie
27-Mar-17
A couple of good fish 31# and 28#
From: sticksender
28-Mar-17
Wow.....those are some hawgs!
From: KDC
09-Apr-17
Kansas bow kill
Kansas bow kill
My brother got his Kansas turkey this morning.
From: INbowdude
10-Apr-17
All right! Congrats. Mushroom pics should be flooding in soon.
From: sticksender
11-Apr-17
Congrats to your brother. That alfalfa he's sitting in is sure greening up fast.
From: KDC
11-Apr-17
Late morning gobbler
Late morning gobbler
Got my first bow killed gobbler in Kansas this morning.
From: sticksender
11-Apr-17
Congrats! What broad-heads are you guys using?
From: KDC
11-Apr-17
Chris was using the Spitfire Maxx and I was using the Rage Extreme on this trip.
From: Turpie
12-Apr-17
Nice birds
From: pav
13-Apr-17
Congrats on the gobblers Kevin and Chris!
Thanks for sharing!
From: patience2spare
17-Apr-17
Congrats on the birds - well done! looks like some nice weather and a great hunt! Pete
From: Yttails
20-Apr-17
Second season in Illinois, 4-19!
From: sticksender
20-Apr-17
Congrats Jack and that's a great picture.
From: pav
21-Apr-17
That is a fantastic photo!
Congrats Jack!
From: Yttails
21-Apr-17
Thanks Greg and Paul! I finally remembered to put in for Illinois in January, thought I would take advantage of the earlier hunt dates. It was still tough hunting but better than what we have. I wish the DNR would do away with the fall season and start our spring season earlier.
Good luck on your Bison hunt Greg, it will be here before you know it!
Congrats on the Breaks tags Paul, I see a big bull in your future!
Oh you guys have Turkeys to kill first. Good luck and be safe!!
From: patience2spare
23-Apr-17
Called in this 2 yr old tom for Grace this morning. Finally had beautiful weather for the youth weekend. Love hunting with my little girl!!! Hard to believe only 2 more youth seasons for her... Good luck with your hunts over the next several weeks! Pete
From: KDC
23-Apr-17
Great birds and awesome photos. Congratulations!
From: pav
24-Apr-17
Congrats Grace and Pete on getting it done....again!
From: stick slinger
24-Apr-17
My son got this guy last evening. First turkey. Three toms came in to our jake and hen setup coupled with my mediocre calling. Got two shots into him at about 6-8 yards. Bear apprentice and slick tricks. Beautiful evening to be out.
From: Yttails
24-Apr-17
Congrats Grace!
Awesome photo stick slinger, first turkey and with a bow!!
From: patience2spare
24-Apr-17
Stick Slinger: Tell your son that I am super impressed with his first turkey!!! Great job on getting your boy his first bird. Pete
From: pav
25-Apr-17
Gotta love the bowkill on a first turkey! Not many people can say that. Congrats!
From: sticksender
25-Apr-17
Congrats to the kids getting 'er done!
From: Turpie
26-Apr-17
Congrats, great picture
From: INbowdude
27-Apr-17
Way to go little Hoosier hunters. I took a tom (shotgun) on opening morning. Won't post it because it wasn't a bow kill but the bird didn't seem to mind. Tasty bird. Next up, Porkapalooza.
From: stick slinger
29-Apr-17
The carnage
The carnage
The rest of them on their way in.
The rest of them on their way in.
Got a jake this morning. Used a bullhead, pretty impressive results. I didn't have the patience to wait for a gobbler
From: pav
01-May-17
Gerald Eads - 4/30/17 @ 8:15am
From: KDC
01-May-17
Congratulations Gerald!
From: patience2spare
01-May-17
With heavy rain forecasted for Saturday here in the northern part of the state, I decided to carry the Benelli. Shot this nice tom just as the skies were starting to open up. My hats off to you guys getting it done with the bow this spring!!! Pete
From: sticksender
03-May-17
Congrats to the turkey slayers!
From: INbowdude
05-May-17
Way to go folks!
From: Yttails
07-May-17
Congrats on the turkeys!
From: Yttails
07-May-17
Killed a triple beard jake yesterday at 1:05 pm. Sat through the morning rain and when it stopped around 10:00 am a tom fired up. There was a fence on the south side of the property that he wouldn't cross, he gobbled for close to three hours as close as twenty yards but wouldn't come in. Two jakes came in to the hen decoy and I ended my season. 9 1/8 " of beard!
From: INbowdude
07-May-17
Congrats Yttails! Tripple beard!
From: sticksender
08-May-17
Very nice, congrats!
From: Yttails
09-May-17
Thanks! Kind of kicking myself now, he would have been a really good one in two years.
From: sticksender
09-May-17
Finally ran into a bit of luck myself on an afternoon hunt, and was fortunate to nail this Tom. Took him with a Grim Reaper at close range with a frontal shot while he was in full strut.He weighed in at 23.2 lbs, and had 1-3/8" spurs with an 11" beard.
From: sticksender
09-May-17
Sharp spurs:
From: pav
10-May-17
Congrats Jack and Greg!
From: KDC
10-May-17
Great job on the birds guys!
From: Yttails
10-May-17
Congrats Greg!! Heck of a tom!!
From: INbowdude
11-May-17
Way to go Greg!
From: Turpie
17-May-17
Gary Turpchinoff 72, Bob Schisler 81, are still able to get it done.
From: patience2spare
18-May-17
Nice bird Greg!
I sure hope that I'm out shooting something with my bow when I'm in my 70's!... 80's might be hoping for too much. So cool that they are out having fun with their bows. Those are some big carp!
From: INbowdude
18-May-17
Good job on the carp!
From: JTV
15-Jun-17
I cheated...used the 22-250 ...... shot between 15-225 yds
From: JTV
15-Jun-17
see the above post... these were two days later ...the one on the left was the 225 yds shot, didnt kick once........the other, 130 yds, caught it under the chin looking at me, you can see the damage the 55gr Ballistic tip did on exit....
From: KDC
16-Jun-17
Had a successful hunt in New Brunswick this past week with some old friends and some new ones.
From: pav
16-Jun-17
Happy for you Kevin...congrats!
From: NY Bowman
21-Jun-17
Congratulations Kevin on a beautiful bear!
From: INbowdude
21-Jun-17
Nice bear, congrats!
From: sticksender
24-Jun-17
Got lucky and filled my once-in-a-lifetime Kaibab, Arizona Bison tag with this bull last week.
From: patience2spare
24-Jun-17
Congrats Greg!!!! You always seem to get it done... so the rest of us are not buying the "got lucky" line. You, sir, are a very accomplished bowhunter and while that may occasionally involve some luck - I'm of the opinion that your preparation led to your opportunity.
Your adventures inspire me to prep for my next wishlist adventure. Thanks! Pete
From: pav
25-Jun-17
Congrats Greg! I'll echo Pete's post...not surprised you filled the tag!
Bowhunting in Arizona during June....that had to be a scorcher!
From: sticksender
25-Jun-17
June and July are said to be the best time to hunt them.....the rut is starting. On the Kaibab plateau, where this hunt takes place, the elevation is 8500-9000 feet. So at least the mornings were cool (ish), with temps rising into the upper 80's by mid-day. My biggest concern with this hunt was making a poor shot, knowing that bison have the reputation for being very tough to put down (even by rifle hunters). So I wanted to get in close for a chance at perfect shot placement. I saw no animals on the first 3 days, while hunting from dawn to dusk. Had a close call on the morning of day 4. On the 5th day, I was able to stalk to within 20 yards of a small herd. Had him broadside and hit him good and tight to the shoulder. The broadhead passed through the heart and broke the far foreleg, and he only went about 15 yards before tipping over. Let there be no doubt.......these things are b-i-g. I'll be cutting and wrapping meat for a couple more days yet ;-)
From: Yttails
25-Jun-17
Congrats Kevin!! Good looking bear.
From: Yttails
25-Jun-17
Great picture Greg!! Way to make your dreams come true! As Pete said, you always get it done, happy for you!
Pete that was the best congratulation and complement I have read on here and it's all true!
You are up next Paul, it won't be long and you will be in the Breaks!
From: INbowdude
25-Jun-17
Awesome Greg! Well done and very cool to hear about your success.
From: INbowdude
25-Jun-17
1 of 2 hogs I shot with my bow in Oklahoma during the Porkapalooza.
From: pav
26-Jun-17
Congrats Mike! Followed your live hunt report on the main forum. Sounded like lots of fun resulting in plenty of pork in the freezer.
From: sticksender
26-Jun-17
Nice Mike....that's a purty one!
From: KDC
26-Jun-17
Great job Greg and Mike! Congrats!
From: INbowdude
14-Jul-17
Anybody shooting carp yet? All this rain has just buggered up the lakes and stream systems, I'm sure.
From: NY Bowman
21-Aug-17
Went to Florida last week and shot gar, armored catfish, and a couple alligators.
From: KDC
21-Aug-17
Looks like an awesome time Terry!
From: pav
23-Aug-17
Excellent!
From: sticksender
23-Aug-17
Very cool. I'd never heard of armored catfish....very interesting.
From: INbowdude
25-Aug-17
How do the catfish taste?
From: patience2spare
05-Sep-17
As I recall the armored catfish are actually plecostomus cats that people released after they got too big for their aquaria... so many invasive species down there in FL!!!
From: spikebow
09-Sep-17
My first elk, Colorado public land
From: pav
09-Sep-17
Congrats spikebow...nicely done!
From: sticksender
09-Sep-17
Outstanding man....congratulations on your first!
From: patience2spare
11-Sep-17
Congrats on your first elk!!! Love that devil point on the right!!! Pete
From: patience2spare
11-Sep-17
Congrats on your first elk!!! Love that devil point on the right!!! Pete
From: INbowdude
11-Sep-17
Congrats! Nice bull.
From: sticksender
25-Sep-17
Had some good fortune in northern Quebec last week.Sadly, it looks like this is the last year caribou hunting will be allowed in that province.Also posted some of the hunt details and more pics over on the hoosierhunting.com website.
From: Yttails
25-Sep-17
Congrats Greg! You are having another great year! Good luck on the whitetails next week.
From: INbowdude
26-Sep-17
Way to go Greg!
From: patience2spare
26-Sep-17
Congrats, Greg! That's a beautiful trophy... do you expect the antler color to fade to brown over time? Just curious as I've never killed anything so freshly out of velvet. Pete
From: sticksender
27-Sep-17
Thanks guys. Pete me neither, but I'm planning to leave the antlers as-is for a while and see how they end up looking. They're starting to get a little brown color already.
From: KDC
29-Sep-17
Kentucky doe
Kentucky doe
Congratulations Greg. Another great animal. Got lucky on this Kentucky doe Thursday evening.
From: sticksender
30-Sep-17
Way to kick it off KDC. Looks like a big ol' mature doe.
From: INbowdude
01-Oct-17
First Indiana turkey with archery equipment. Opening day of the fall season. Shot a little low but still got the job done.
From: sticksender
01-Oct-17
Wow nice.....you didn't waste any time! Fall birds are tough with archery gear....congrats!
From: spikebow
01-Oct-17
Very nice, congrats!
From: patience2spare
04-Oct-17
Congrats on the fall turkey, Mike! How is the Hamstring coming along? PT getting you back in shape to shoot a ram in WY I hope!!! Pete
From: pav
05-Oct-17
For Mike....just a little extra motivation / incentive from Montana! Got within 25 yards of these two rams and would have given just about anything to have a tag in my pocket.
From: INbowdude
07-Oct-17
Thanks guys. Rehab is going well and I'll be back up on the mountains on the 15th. Rifle this time but I'm going to give it another round. I heard there was a lot of snow in area 3 in Wyoming so hopefully the rams are lower and a bit easier to get to. Great pic. Wish you had a tag too! I'll let you all know how it goes. Appreciate the encouragement.
From: bas
14-Oct-17
Mature Doe 35 yards double lung 10/7/17. A week late I know but finally remembered to post while sitting in the stand tonight.
From: patience2spare
14-Oct-17
Congrats! Some great table fare as a reward for your good shot!
From: varmint101
15-Oct-17
Nice doe Thursday morning at 30yds or so from my turkey seat. She didn’t go 40 yards. Made a good shot quartering away. First time using a Grave Digger extreme broadhead. Did very well out of my 62# Hoyt Defiant 34. She came down with three other does sucking up acorns. Checked her stomach and she must have fed on acorns all night. My intent was to take a turkey, but they had roosted somewhere else apparently. I’ll take it!
From: sticksender
16-Oct-17
Way to get er done guys!
From: INbowdude
29-Oct-17
Revenge doe for not getting a sheep in Wyoming.
From: patience2spare
29-Oct-17
My Dad killed his biggest whitetail ever on Saturday evening at the age of 71! He thought that he had killed a non-typical but when we found the deer it was a buck I had pictures of except it was now sporting about 50ft of someone's livestock hotwire! I was super excited for Dad. He started whitetail hunting in 1979, killing his first buck that year with a Bear Recurve. I don't know how many deer Dad has taken in 38 years, but he sure was excited about this buck which made my season!!! Pete
From: patience2spare
29-Oct-17
Another view of Dad's heavy buck.
From: patience2spare
29-Oct-17
Dad shoots 55lbs and wanted to try my Rocket steelheads this season. I have come to be a huge fan of 125gr steelheads, having killed about 20whitetails, 5 pronghorn and 2 elk with them.
If I hadn't seen firsthand, I might not have believed that an arrow from his setup could penetrate the spine on the scapula of a 5.5 or 6.5 yr old buck. His arrow literally blew through the thickest part of the scapula at 15yds and lodged in the offside shoulder. Looking at the picture, you can see that the arrow went through the spine on the scapula then passed on through the flatter portion that most people think of as the shoulder blade.
From: sticksender
30-Oct-17
Way to go Mike!Congrats to your dad Pete....what a unique trophy!
From: INbowdude
30-Oct-17
Pete, tell you pops congrats! Cool pics. Thanks Greg
From: Arrowone
30-Oct-17
Awesome for you and your Dad. Congrats on a real bruiser.
From: pav
31-Oct-17
Congrats fellas!
Special day there Pete!
From: stick slinger
31-Oct-17
Nice dear!! Very cool.
From: patience2spare
01-Nov-17
Thanks guys! Dad topped his weekend off by landing a nice 11lb steelhead Monday morning. It was fun watching him have so much fun and success this weekend!!!
From: INbowdude
02-Nov-17
Another doe! Now where are those bucks? Quartering away shot, ran only 40 yards and piled up next to the tree I was in the week before. Broadhead passed through the body cavity, and in and out the offside shoulder. Deer did break my arrow.
From: JTV
06-Nov-17
no pics, but I killed a nice fat 115lb Doe this past Friday... 27 yds shot, I watched her go down ... Vacation #2 starts this coming Fri. 11-10 ....
From: bas
08-Nov-17
Lone doe with no bucks around so I took the opportunity to take my second archery doe for this season. First doe off our lease by Vevay. Now I have done my part and took a doe off each of our leases. Ready for a big buck now!
From: bas
08-Nov-17
Congrats to your dad Pete! Looks like we had the same idea Jeff and Mike. Good shooting guys!
From: patience2spare
10-Nov-17
Saw that the wind was going to be right yesterday so took a personal business day and wrote some sub plans. Had the best day of deer hunting that I have ever experienced!!! The chase was on! Tons of action in close and shot this mature buck at 15yds as he followed a doe past my stand. (Picture shows the exit) My best buck with a bow! Still riding a high!!! Good luck to all of you - get out there if you can as it was ON yesterday. Pete
From: patience2spare
10-Nov-17
Split brow and a little kicker off his left G2 made for 12pts. Hope I get to experience action like that again someday!!! Pete
From: KDC
10-Nov-17
State ground deer
State ground deer
Put a good shot on this state ground deer the other day. Not seeing any bucks yet.
From: INbowdude
11-Nov-17
Congrats guys! I am a weak man and when I grunted this buck in and he just had to go broadside, the arrow was on it's way before I could reason out what was happening. I've not taken that many bucks with a bow so I"m still in the learning curve.
From: sticksender
11-Nov-17
Way to go guys. You gotta love this time of year.
From: varmint101
12-Nov-17
Doe #2 for season
Doe #2 for season
Took a nice doe Thursday 11/9 morning with my 60# Hoyt Defiant 34 and a Slick Trick Standard. She came in at maybe 15 yards, but behind the only branch she could’ve. Got a bit squirrelly and doubled back, but stopped when I grunted in a perfect small opening at 30 estimated yards. Made a perfect quartering away shot taking top of heart, lung and exited out the off shoulder breaking it! Arrow was held in by the fletch and broken while running. What a little head is that Slick Trick! That is the only deer in stand I’d seen in 3 days off. They are hiding in the cornfield I swear.
From: Bou'bound
12-Nov-17
From: INbowdude
13-Nov-17
Grant, I see 2 bloody arrows. Second deer or follow up shot or bad eyes on my part?
From: Bou'bound
16-Nov-17
I am not an optometrist so I can't speak to your vision, but, one shot, 60 yard run heard him crash, but it would not matter if it took 6 ............he's tagged
From: Bou'bound
16-Nov-17
I am not an optometrist so I can't speak to your vision, but, one shot, 60 yard run heard him crash, but it would not matter if it took 6 ............he's tagged
Actually my arrows are fletch different color vanes but all the same color on each arrow. one was chartreuse and two were orange fletched.........
From: INbowdude
16-Nov-17
Ah, it was the orange fletch that threw me off. Congrats!
From: stick slinger
18-Nov-17
Nice to see some deer on here. It's been slow for me. Happy to see you guys are getting it done.
From: INbowdude
19-Nov-17
Another doe down but with the shotgun so I won't post a pic. Really cold and windy today.
From: INbowdude
06-Dec-17
Did I kill the thread? I took another doe but with the rifle so I won't post it here on Nov. 25th. Focusing on a younger deer and then the mature doe sauntered by in bow range. Landowner wants deer off so I obliged. Huge 8 pointer was trailing her by 30 yards. Cool to see. C'mon guys. Post something up. I've never shot a deer with my bow in December, so I that's my goal. Good luck
From: stick slinger
22-Dec-17
Trophy photo
Trophy photo
Entry hole
Entry hole
We finally managed to get one. Changed things up last night and went with some camo netting on the ground to get closer to their field entry point. 25 yrd shot. Not a high odds shot with the angle, but it worked out. Went about 200-250 yards. First one with the bow for him. Pretty happy.
From: stick slinger
22-Dec-17
Clipped the heart on the way back into the gut.
Clipped the heart on the way back into the gut.
From: sticksender
24-Dec-17
Heart shot.....very nice! Congrats to your son.
From: INbowdude
27-Dec-17
Alright! Congrats!
From: pav
27-Dec-17
Congrats to the young bowhunter!
Man, I missed alot of success photos in November. Congrats guys!
