DIY Arkansas Archery Bear Hunt

[TGKIL]

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[mikey2]

What town did you grow up in?

[TGKIL]

What town did you grow up in?

A little town in southeast Arkansas, moved away in 2002.


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[CEO]

No shots on the deer you saw?

[TGKIL]

No shots on the deer you saw?

Man, if I’d had a gun, I could’ve filled a truck bed! Unfortunately, I had a bow and was extremely humbled! I started to draw on decent 8 point but he busted me, and I let one fly on a doe but didn’t connect.

I watched a doe feed while moving towards me for about 20 minutes after sunset. She finally got within 40 yards with about 5 minutes of legal light left, and when I drew back I realized I had forgotten to turn down the brightness on my fiber optic pins! I wear bifocals in normal life, but have never been able to shoot comfortably with them on so I didn’t have them with me. When I got to full draw with fiber optics on high in the darkening woods, I could barely make out the tail and nose of the doe due to the beaming lights on my sight! I knew I had a clear shot between us and behind her, so I centered up on her body as best as I could, picked the spot in the blaring sight lights as good as I could, and let it fly. I shot WAY under her, and she went home safe and I went home with a dulled broadhead. If I had it to do all over again, I would have let down and either let her walk or scared her off while attempting to turn my sights off.

Great lesson learned!


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[CEO]

Man, if I’d had a gun, I could’ve filled a truck bed! Unfortunately, I had a bow and was extremely humbled! I started to draw on decent 8 point but he busted me, and I let one fly on a doe but didn’t connect.

I watched a doe feed while moving towards me for about 20 minutes after sunset. She finally got within 40 yards with about 5 minutes of legal light left, and when I drew back I realized I had forgotten to turn down the brightness on my fiber optic pins! I wear bifocals in normal life, but have never been able to shoot comfortably with them on so I didn’t have them with me. When I got to full draw with fiber optics on high in the darkening woods, I could barely make out the tail and nose of the doe due to the beaming lights on my sight! I knew I had a clear shot between us and behind her, so I centered up on her body as best as I could, picked the spot in the blaring sight lights as good as I could, and let it fly. I shot WAY under her, and she went home safe and I went home with a dulled broadhead. If I had it to do all over again, I would have let down and either let her walk or scared her off while attempting to turn my sights off.

Great lesson learned!


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That sounds like one of my encounters

Cool adventure even without bringing one home.