2B Early Season Archery.

every one misses  ive done my fair share.  havent gotten out yet ive had some bow problems that i hope i finaly got worked out  i wont be out for another 2 weeks to shoot non living deer  to make sure im back on target.   ive got my stand up here in moon and ive seen a couple of legal bucks 2 weeks ago and a couple more yearlings also. this year will be good in 2b  good numbers of deer and many of them are wearing crowns  good luck to you

ORIGINAL: 16506fish

why would you go out if your not sighted in and not confident in your shots? got any morals? lookn to just wound em or? Your not going to stalk up to an open field, they are going to see you or spook and then your screwed and just educating deer, if you think your going to, your high. glad this is what i have to look forward to running into this year in the woods.... sounds like the only thing you should be doing is going and buying a target and doing lots and lots of pratice....

Sorry we didn't all emerge from the womb being able to shoot like Ted Nugent. I guess bowhunting should be left to the experts, like you. Maybe someone will fall out of their tree stand and have to eat crow... Doosh.

Best wishes Deadbolt. I hope you are succesful.

ORIGINAL: 16506fish

why would you go out if your not sighted in and not confident in your shots? got any morals? lookn to just wound em or? Your not going to stalk up to an open field, they are going to see you or spook and then your screwed and just educating deer, if you think your going to, your high. glad this is what i have to look forward to running into this year in the woods.... sounds like the only thing you should be doing is going and buying a target and doing lots and lots of pratice....

Oh no!? But I thought everyone had the innate ability just shoot perfectly. I thought we were born with it? Guess not. Kinda like the grammar and punctuation ability most have. You must have been born with out it. Looks like we're in the same boat.

How's this, you and I, (When I'm not high, because that's what I do when I hunt) go into the woods together, you can shoot the deer, because you have that ability remember, you were born with it. And I'll fill out the tag. Because you don't have that simple ability. Sound good?

Before you answer 16506, make it good, I have work until 11 tonight, so leave me something to get excited about.

Anyone else going out?

I agree practice is a must, but I did not see where deadbolt said he didn't practice. I'm sure he/she has. It is completely different when the real thing is standing 10 or 15 yards from you. I will never forget the first deer I harvested, In fact I will not forget the last deer I harvested. Everyone of those animals will be life long memories. I wish you alot of luck this archery season and for future archery seasons. I've hunted for 25 years now and archery for most of them and I still kiss one every now and then. I would rather miss than wound one but sometimes that happens also. I've looked for countless hours for deer that I took a bad shot on. Last season I shot a doe out of my stand, wide open, 20-25yards, what I considered a done deal and never found her. Arrow passed through, covered in bubbley blood and no blood trail. I looked and circled the area for hours only to come up empty haded. We did find her across the street along the creek where I stopped looking 100 yards away. It happens nobody can say any different. I've practiced and still do, hit the target 30 yards out touching arrows but the target doesn't move when it heres the bow string or arrow hitting a weed, and the target doesn't have instincts like a deer. Keep your head high and hopes up, start over this afternoon or tomorrow, take your time and focus on your shot, if it's not perfect wait, the perfect shot will come. Try not to let the excitement get you!
The only part of your post deadbolt I thought was not good was  "a 6 point came to within 45 yards, and bedded down and decided he wanted to watch me climb. Nothing worse than an annoying, stupid 6 point. You can't do anything to them." Thats not sportsmanlike thinking, that stupid 6 point is likely going to grow and turn into a trophy someday. What about the 8 or 12 year old with a crossbow this year hunting when that young buck comes through? That will make them hunters forever. My first buck was a scrubby 3 point and I was the happiest kid alive! I don't know how much you've hunted, but again I'm an my 25th. year and killin' isn't what it's all about. I'm fortunate I get to hunt many hours in archery season and I enjoy watching the animals more thn killin' them.
 
As far as getting out, not yet. Have spotted many at night with the family. There are some real beauty's out there this year. It's a little to warm for me, I like to wait a couple more weeks. Good luck, Hope you get a Pope and Young buck! 

Wayniac: I didn't mean the 6 point is completely useless. Just annoying when they're the only deer around, and they bug you.  Last year during rifle season, I had a 4 pt block a shot on a doe. Like a meatshield.

Drake: This guy is obviously an idiot. So I treated him like one, he's realized nothing he can say will save face, so my guess is he ignores this post.


I'll be heading out tomorrow evening, and don't worry. I'm only taking shots at doe that are well within my range.

Deadbolt Keep your head up and you'll be fine, 16506 your wrong about being able to stalk up on deer in a field I have shot a few deer that way on the way out. Just because the woods were to dark BUT WAS STILL LEGAL SHOOTING TIME  And I'm sure I will  do it again.

I'm staying out of the woods until the bucks are legal.  Too hot for me to enjoy it anyway.  Good luck to you guys that do venture out.
 
About Deadbolts original comment, I think it was just misinterpreted, at least I hope so.  As ethical sportsman, we owe it to the animals we hunt to be as proficient as humanly possible with our weapons before we head out to hunt.  Being a "poor shot" when a deer comes in on you (buck fever) is different than being a "poor shot" on the archery range.  If you are a poor shot on the range, you shouldn't be out there hunting until you get better.  As long as he is confident in his maximum range and limits himself to those shots, there isn't much more you can do than to calm down and hope for the best when the next opportunity comes.  Hopefully that next opportunity comes sooner rather than later and it is more successful. 

ORIGINAL: DanesDad

It's funny, but I live in 2B and have two stands up, but I never even considered going hunting. Weird.

 
Me too!!
 
I have a decent buck patterened pretty well (I think) and I would hate to mess that up with only a week or so left to wait.  There is plenty of time to harvest a doe in 2B if I choose to, actually there is an absurd amount of time.

I will not venture to my sets where I have a few bucks located till they are legal.  Just have to bump em once and game over.
 
I have two sets specifically for doe in a different area but the wind just will not give me a break.  It is supposed to clear this afternoon with a wind change.  If it does I will be in one of them.