Nothing much to report.....

[Britsmoothy]

.....compared to you guys and all the deer your taking just now except this double I just acquired is good for wing shooting!

Wet and cold filthy Jess is all washed up and resting now.
It's been a wet weekend here.

B.

 

[tenngun]

Good job. :thumbsup: the truth is we are in some sort of hidden location deer are pretty big and mostly standing still when we shoot. We have to guesstimate the range-and work at odd angles sometimes and we may have to deal with wet and cold, but, ... it’s aimed shot done with deliberation.
Shooting the flying is a while talent in its self. Odd angles and sudden shots with instant calculation of the lead is a lot more then a derrslayer needs do. :hatsoff: toyou, good job. Or should I say in my best American imitation English ”˜jolly good old man’ :wink:

 

[Britsmoothy]

Good job. :thumbsup: the truth is we are in some sort of hidden location deer are pretty big and mostly standing still when we shoot. We have to guesstimate the range-and work at odd angles sometimes and we may have to deal with wet and cold, but, ... it’s aimed shot done with deliberation.
Shooting the flying is a while talent in its self. Odd angles and sudden shots with instant calculation of the lead is a lot more then a derrslayer needs do. :hatsoff: toyou, good job. Or should I say in my best American imitation English ”˜jolly good old man’ :wink:

:hatsoff: your very kind :hatsoff:

 

[rushlake1]

Good job Brit's...
Willing to bet you spend way more time afield than most here..and you get to do it with a dog..Bonus!

Enjoy every minute of it.

Keep the pictures coming.

The more I small game hunt the more I want to.

Wing shooting with black powder is fun..

ducks geese grouse and doves here.

Would need to travel for pheasants.

Forgot to ask..How did you do in the snow?

 

[Wes/Tex]

.....compared to you guys and all the deer your taking just now except this double I just acquired is good for wing shooting!
B.

Guess you'd have to poach the Queen's stag in the Royal Forest...damn, what a pity! :wink: :rotf:

 

[Britsmoothy]

I was at work mostly during our week of snow, yes one week of it and it has gone! Did get a fox in it. That's temperate climbs for you. :hatsoff:

B.

 

[Britsmoothy]

.....compared to you guys and all the deer your taking just now except this double I just acquired is good for wing shooting!
B.

Guess you'd have to poach the Queen's stag in the Royal Forest...damn, what a pity! :wink: :rotf:

Not at all, shot plenty of deer, it's something I don't pursue any more. I don't fancy the traveling and paying to help someone out with Thier deer problem when small game is all around me and easier to haul and clean :hatsoff:

B.

 

[Brokennock]

22 degrees Fahrenheit and windy,

And yes, those 2 deer have me pegged at 209 yards, 45 minutes before end of legal shooting light.

 

[Britsmoothy]

22 degrees Fahrenheit and windy,

And yes, those 2 deer have me pegged at 209 yards, 45 minutes before end of legal shooting light.

:hatsoff:

 

[rushlake1]

I was at work mostly during our week of snow, yes one week of it and it has gone! Did get a fox in it. That's temperate climbs for you. :hatsoff:

B.

P.C here in USA is "Global Warming"the ice caps are melting..".We are all gonna Die! "

First week of November this year..Minnesota bow deer...November snows are normal.

Brits I think you got it right...I encounter much more small game than big.
And if you are the only one hunting it..Awesome.

 

[Wes/Tex]

Brits I think you got it right...I encounter much more small game than big.
And if you are the only one hunting it..Awesome.

Bingo! It's nice to have a freezer full of venison but the same freezer full of small game is just as good eating. I smiled at the post 22foul just put up remembering an article I saw many years ago in which some guy was making up all kinds of survival loads for a .444 marlin. Making his own black powder, scraping match heads of rebuild his primers and discussing how supper might just be an unwary cat! Perhaps a touch too "survivalist" for most of us, but his point was you can live by taking even small critters. Nothing is off limits if your hungry enough! :wink:

 

[Ames]

I'm not scraping match heads anytime soon. This guy sounds like an argument to go vegan.
You only have to shoot the oversized turnips. Or leave them for the zombies he seems to believe in. :haha:

 

[Britsmoothy]

I'm not scraping match heads anytime soon. This guy sounds like an argument to go vegan.
You only have to shoot the oversized turnips. Or leave them for the zombies he seems to believe in. :haha:

:rotf: :bow: :thumbsup:

 

[Stumpkiller]

22 degrees Fahrenheit and windy,

And yes, those 2 deer have me pegged at 209 yards, 45 minutes before end of legal shooting light.

Well sure, there ain't no cover betwixt you and them. They probably picked you out even before then. ;-)

Tuck in where they can only see 10 yards and you'll get closer shots.

Here's the view of the opening from my bow stand. The other 270° around it has cover. ;-)

 

[Britsmoothy]

Tut tut, trad front stuffers only :grin:
No, I am just envious. I can't make the broadhead out? It's not a mechanical thing is it?!

B.

 

[Spikebuck]

Tut tut, trad front stuffers only :grin:

Never tried loading an arrow onto the string from the back. :hmm: So I guess the picture is a traditional front-stuffer! :wink: :grin:

 

[Renegade Dan]

Congrats Britsmoothy! :thumbsup:

 

[Stumpkiller]

Tut tut, trad front stuffers only :grin:
No, I am just envious. I can't make the broadhead out? It's not a mechanical thing is it?!

B.

Heaven forbid. I think it is a STOS in that image (two-edge single blade). This year I was using a Mowoc Dot that was made in 1960.

But I do hunt my muzzleloaders (from the ground, always) the way I would a bow . . . but with three or four times the range and much less movement needed. I get myself in the cover near a natural funnel and ambush the deer. If I can't find a blow-down or a stump to fashion a partial blind (to break up my silhouette against the background) I may drag in a piece of log "pre-season" for a seat.

In Brokennock's image I am kind of drawn to that cover behind the deer where it might be swampy. Is there a trail through that? Sit downwind 10 yards off that trail. ;-)

 

[Wes/Tex]

Tut tut, trad front stuffers only :grin:
No, I am just envious. I can't make the broadhead out? It's not a mechanical thing is it?!

B.

Go real traditional...long bow from Brit's homeland. Point choices are amazing! :wink:
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