A zone archery success

[wmidbrook]

Well, I missed a 4x4 by underestimating it's distance...shot over it's back and a huntin' buddy nailed a 4x4 at 30 yds. ###I also caught a hog blacktail on film. ###I bet he was around 25 inches wide and also tall but the video didn't turn out very well...captured some shots off the video and posted below.


http://www.hunting-pictures.com/members/wmidbrook/mitch02.jpg

The big one...not the best pics but he was about 200 yds away from me and I wasn't holding the camera very still...biggest blacktail I've seen in my life.

http://www.hunting-pictures.com/members/wmidbrook/bb2.jpg

http://www.hunting-pictures.com/members/wmidbrook/bb3.jpg

[StringShooter]

Great job wmidbrook!

That second one does have a nice spread for sure. You got a dandy too.

[Speckmisser]

Sounds like ya'll had a good weekend, Bill. ###

Was this up at your friend's place? ###I'm getting stoked all over for the B-zone opener! ###

[wmidbrook]

Hey Speckmisser, ###yes, that was at my friend's ranch where rifle hunting isn't a challenge...we saw quite a few pig and deer over the weekend. ###I had an unsuccessfull stalk on what I thought was 5 bucks feeding...climbed up a mountain after spotting them, then snuck down behind a ridgeline with the wind in my favor and stuck towards them...then I got a 71 yd reading on a smaller forky in the bunch. ###He moved uphill a bit and so I decided to try to intercept the bachelor group. ###I went up and around. ###As I slowly approached a wall of greasebrush, 5 bucks exploded from the other side of it down the canyon and up the other side of a hill. ###I then said 'shoot' and proceeded to walk normally out of there...as I rounded the corner of the 'hedge', 2 more bucks including a dandy 3x3 darned near bowled me over....live and learn...

(Edited by wmidbrook at 11:05 am on July 15, 2002)


(Edited by wmidbrook at 11:06 am on July 15, 2002)

[Speckmisser]

Yupp, that's one I'm still learning... can't quit hunting until game's on the ground. ###

More than once I got mad because I got busted or jumped my game, then walked right into more animals without being prepared. ###That's probably cost me more shots than anything else. ###

You heading back up soon?

[wmidbrook]

I won't make it back up there for a couple of weeks since my wife's birthday is next weekend. ###If my wife were a hunter, my priorities would definately be different...

Anywho, noone's hunting the place with a rifle and only up to 2 more bucks will be harvested off the place this year. ###The filmed bruiser is offlimits since he's seeding great genetics...already more 4x4s this year than last.

[snoopdogg]

wmidbrook,

Congratulations! ###Mighty fine looking animal you got there and I'm jealous as hell. ###I can't wait to chase them.

[sdbowyer]

So it begins then, congradulations!