bow hunting so far

[bronco2]

well, i didn't get to go bow hunting until Tuesday morning. i saw a fairly sized 7 point and a small 4 that morning. i had my compound with me and didn't want to shoot them with it. so i took my recurve back with me that evening and saw a spike but never got a shot ...so, Wednesday morning i took my recurve bow back. i saw a spike and a doe but, never could get a shot. then the fun begin. i has a 150 pound black bear go in. he went almost all around me. smelled where i cross the ridge and he shot right up a tree. that was amazing to watch them climb a tree. even more when he was no more than 15 yards away doing. i was so, excited i couldn't even get a shot. arrow kept coming off my rest where i was gripping the string so tight. and i didn't clear all my shooting area before hand. and i kept hitting my tree stand and tree limbs with my recurve and never could get a clean draw. so, when he came back down the tree i still couldn't get a shot off and when he got to the bottom of the tree over the hill he went and was gone.`but, never got a shot but. it is something i will never forget and only being out in the great outdoors can you get this kind of excitement. what a fun season so far. thanks all and now you can laugh at me....lol

thanks, denny

[pghrich]

Nice story, been there done that with the arm hitting tree, limbs, can happen with compounds heck even crossbows, first thing i do after i get settled in is try to draw my bow to see where my restrictions are. Nice season where you can deer hunt and bear hunt at same time, rich

[bronco2]

thanks, yes we have a nice season. we can shoot anything that moves as they say...lol

[Arkie]

My Deer hunting has been very slow with little Deer movement. I think the warm temps and abundent acorns has muted the movement. Mosquito's are out in force.