Life is good

[Pappy]

Friday ,off 3 days,opening weekend of Deer season,this is hard to beat. :)37 opening days for me this year  Headed to the cabin as soon as I can get away, :)got a few little details to get finished up and then some shooting and tradition of sharpping broad heads. Got some deer roast laid out and Jimmy gave me some fresh backstrap yesterday,been home 48 hours from a 9 month deployment and already got deer in the freezer,I told you that boy love to hunt, [Hickory selfbow]and is pretty good at it also. I might add he has a very understanding wife. Got the snake skins on Kevin's bow day before yesterday and started sealing it yesterday,hope to get it sealed up and headed home next week,I got one caost of sealer on my Mullberry bow,hope to finish it up in the next few day and try and get it blooded this season. Hope yall have a good weekend,mine is shapping up so far to be a pretty good one.
 Life is Good.
 Pappy

[Gsulfridge]

I expect harvest photos on Monday morning.  I'll be thinking about missed opportunities while I'm at work all weekend

[Pappy]

Off Monday Greg  so it will be Tuesday. I hate it for ya.
  Pappy

[GlennM]

Good luck this season Pappy.  Bad news for me.  My season is done before it started.  I broke my ankle last Sunday at the gun club.  I've been in limbo all this week getting xrays, cat scans, and an MRI.  I meet with the ortho on Monday to find out about surgery.  Dang it!  Oh well.  There must be a plan for me that I dont know about.  I try and have faith.

Glad you are home safe Jimmy.  Good luck to all of the other Twin Oaks guys and be safe.  Somebody push that 7 pointer to Pappy stand this year.  We are rooting for him up here.

Glenn

[Pappy]

Sorry to hear that Glenn,hope it heals quick,at least by late Dec.
  Pappy

[Pat B]

Good luck this weekend, Pappy. I'm heading to Chris Cade's for a weekend hunt. Lets have bunches of pics of dead deer on Monday(Tuesday for you). We can't let Jimmy show us up. 

[mullet]

Yep, looking forward to the pictures of dead deer.

Sorry about your season, Glenn, I know how you feel.

[Gsulfridge]

Well it's about 10 minutes after daylight on opening morning.  I suspect the deer herd around Twin Oaks is considerably thinned by now.  Hope Pappy got that 7 pointer he's been after.  I haven't seen anything yet here at work.

[Pappy]

Real time 12:15 I am setting 18 yards from what I think is my 7 point, shot him 6:50 this morning , hit to far back , gave him 4 hours and now I have walked up on him and my bow is at the cabin, so I am just setting and looking Pappy

[Ranger B]

[/URLOn Wed. I made a very good shot on a big buck. He went 15 yards and I could see the arrow up to the feathers in him, right behind the shoulder. He twitched his tail then ran across an open field. I saw where he went so I let him bed, but he was hit perfect. I could not believe he was not down. I went later and jumped him. The arrow passed all the way through. He ran like he had not even been hit and no blood. I searched and search. I found the arrow but no deer. I was devastated. Today after my hunt I saw buzzards. I went there and found him. He had gone 300-350 yards with a perfect shot right behind the shoulder. How that deer didn't die I do not know.
I hate that I lost him....sick. Massive rack for a deer around here. I would guess that he was close to 200 lbs.

Hickory selfbow 47# - shot through him.

[_Jon_]

In the tree stand now.  Been a slow day for me. 

Nice rack Jimmy!

[Badly Bent]

Man Jimmy that is a nice big rack. Good that you found him even it it was the following day, not knowing the fate on a hit deer is agonizing.  Its amazing how they can sometimes survive that long after a perfectly placed pass thru shot, but somehow it happens on occasion. The thing about selfbows is you know a good shot at impact, arrows not moving 350 fps so you can see the hit, just shear determination on that deers part to survive.

[koan]

Any news on the 7 pointer Pappy?

[MWirwicki]

tick, tock, tick, tock......

[Gsulfridge]

Come on Pappy! Your killing us. I hope for news of your success soon.