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| Members Stories & Photos |
| Michael Sellers |
The last Saturday of September started off like any other hunting day. I woke and went
through my ritual of preparations with no idea of the follies that would ensue. Excited and
ready for the day, I am walking into the woods an hour before sunrise with my climbing
treestand on my back. I am not 15 feet into the woods when my treestand gets caught on a
vine. I tried to untangle the vine from my stand as quietly as possible, but to of no avail. I
end up pulling 10 feet of this vine down from the tree, and I still have 10 feet of vine stuck to
my treestand. Frustrated with my noisy entrance I pause for a few minutes imagining that I
made the same amount of noise as driving my truck to my hunting spot.
After allowing the woods to go silent for a few minutes I proceed to the hunting spot and
locate a suitable tree to stand in. My last step of preparation before I ascend the tree is to
kneel down and tie one end of a rope to my treestand and the other end to my bow. I tie a
second rope to my stand for my backpack. As my series of mishaps continues, I chose a tree
with very loud crackly bark and I made a tremendous racket as I ascend. After reaching a
suitable height I reach for the rope to pull up my back pack and much to my surprise there
was nothing attached. Now, I am within a few minutes of shooting time, so I decide to pull
up my bow.
through my ritual of preparations with no idea of the follies that would ensue. Excited and
ready for the day, I am walking into the woods an hour before sunrise with my climbing
treestand on my back. I am not 15 feet into the woods when my treestand gets caught on a
vine. I tried to untangle the vine from my stand as quietly as possible, but to of no avail. I
end up pulling 10 feet of this vine down from the tree, and I still have 10 feet of vine stuck to
my treestand. Frustrated with my noisy entrance I pause for a few minutes imagining that I
made the same amount of noise as driving my truck to my hunting spot.
After allowing the woods to go silent for a few minutes I proceed to the hunting spot and
locate a suitable tree to stand in. My last step of preparation before I ascend the tree is to
kneel down and tie one end of a rope to my treestand and the other end to my bow. I tie a
second rope to my stand for my backpack. As my series of mishaps continues, I chose a tree
with very loud crackly bark and I made a tremendous racket as I ascend. After reaching a
suitable height I reach for the rope to pull up my back pack and much to my surprise there
was nothing attached. Now, I am within a few minutes of shooting time, so I decide to pull
up my bow.
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I reach for the rope to pull up my bow up it gets stuck on a branch, and I can not free it. My frustration builds as I can’t
imagine what else can go wrong. I am forced to climb back down the noisy tree and free my bow from captivity. As I descend
the tree, the foot rest on my climbing stand gets caught on the branch, and I quickly learn what else can go wrong. I fight the
branch to free my stand and continue my descent to free my bow and retrieve my backpack. I begin my second noisy climb up
the tree aware fully aware of the fact that legal shooting time has arrived and I do not have my treestand set. I finally have my
treestand and I have wasted the first 30 minutes of my hunt.
At 7:15 AM I see a large bodied buck with 5 visible points walks a trail parallel to my stand. I stand and draw my bow to take
aim at the buck and the arrow come un-nocked. The arrow slowly slides down the bowstring. Gently, I let down the
bowstring and this action causes the arrow to rattle against the riser. The arrow rattling against the riser creates enough noise to
make the buck to stop and look. When I drew the bow to shoot I noticed that my pep didn't rotate fully when I was at full
draw. I waited for the buck to disappear into the brush to slide the loop around on my bowstring to get the pep to rotate
properly at full draw. This requires me to draw my bow five or six times to get it right. It only seemed fitting that I add a little
serving of extra motion to accompany the large portion of noise I served up to announce my arrival.
imagine what else can go wrong. I am forced to climb back down the noisy tree and free my bow from captivity. As I descend
the tree, the foot rest on my climbing stand gets caught on the branch, and I quickly learn what else can go wrong. I fight the
branch to free my stand and continue my descent to free my bow and retrieve my backpack. I begin my second noisy climb up
the tree aware fully aware of the fact that legal shooting time has arrived and I do not have my treestand set. I finally have my
treestand and I have wasted the first 30 minutes of my hunt.
At 7:15 AM I see a large bodied buck with 5 visible points walks a trail parallel to my stand. I stand and draw my bow to take
aim at the buck and the arrow come un-nocked. The arrow slowly slides down the bowstring. Gently, I let down the
bowstring and this action causes the arrow to rattle against the riser. The arrow rattling against the riser creates enough noise to
make the buck to stop and look. When I drew the bow to shoot I noticed that my pep didn't rotate fully when I was at full
draw. I waited for the buck to disappear into the brush to slide the loop around on my bowstring to get the pep to rotate
properly at full draw. This requires me to draw my bow five or six times to get it right. It only seemed fitting that I add a little
serving of extra motion to accompany the large portion of noise I served up to announce my arrival.
Much to my surprise, the buck that walked past
me 15 minutes earlier returned walking the same
trail. He was already within shooting range when
I heard his approach. With only a few seconds
to prepare, slowly I stood and readied my bow.
When he stepped behind some brush I drew my
bow, took aim and waited for him to step out.
At this point it seemed the frustration of the day
would continue when the buck paused before
stepping out from behind the brush to survey the
area. After several minutes of waiting at full
draw I couldn't hold the bow back any longer
and I had to let down. After a few a minute wait
the buck steps out and is almost thru my
shooting window before I draw and take aim.
He was walking directly away from me and I
was about to let down when he turned and
provided me a quartering shot. I made a bleating
sound with my mouth and the buck stopped.
me 15 minutes earlier returned walking the same
trail. He was already within shooting range when
I heard his approach. With only a few seconds
to prepare, slowly I stood and readied my bow.
When he stepped behind some brush I drew my
bow, took aim and waited for him to step out.
At this point it seemed the frustration of the day
would continue when the buck paused before
stepping out from behind the brush to survey the
area. After several minutes of waiting at full
draw I couldn't hold the bow back any longer
and I had to let down. After a few a minute wait
the buck steps out and is almost thru my
shooting window before I draw and take aim.
He was walking directly away from me and I
was about to let down when he turned and
provided me a quartering shot. I made a bleating
sound with my mouth and the buck stopped.
off. He went about 40 yards before dropping. I used the new Carbon Express F-15 Dual Blade Fixed Broadheads with my new
off. He went about 40 yards before dropping. I used the new Carbon Express F-15 Dual Blade Fixed Broadheads with my new
Gold Tip "Ted Nugent" arrows and achieved excellent results from both. After all the noise, frustration and comedic follies I
tried to maintain a positive attitude. Even though the hunt deifies all logic I didn’t give in to the frustrations and that lead to success and recovering the buck gives my story a happy ending.
success and recovering the buck gives my story a happy ending.