Liv4Rut
Active Member
Had a good time in Nebraska over the weekend. Very tough hunting with quite a bit of pressure with muzzleloader hunting but we managed to take 3 goats out of 7 guys. The numbers seemed to be way down from previous years and the drought was horrible out there this year. Talked to a guy that got 3200 round bales of hay last year and this year he only got 54.
Saturday night I decided I would shoot anything that came in and figured I could spend the rest of the trip sitting in the blind with buddies. Right at last light a doe and fawn started heading into the water hole I was sitting on. They came in fast and I forgot to shut the window behind me. When they got to the water at 60 yards I pulled back and the doe saw me and spooked. She bolted and stopped about 100 yards away blowing at me. I wasn't too upset since I still had a day and a half left.
A couple minutes later I see this big black thing running at them. I looked in the binos and it was a big skunk with his tail up. The skunk got their attention and it seemed like they forgot about me. I closed the window and here they came again. It was super dark in my blind at the time. She got about 10 yards off the water and I ranged her at 78 yards. I had practiced this summer out to 80 so I drew back but could not see my pins well due to the blind. I let down and turned on my sight light.
I pulled back again and settled in on the sweet spot. Everything felt good and I released and followed through. 2 seconds later I heard the huge thump signalling a solid hit. She ran up on the hill about 100 yards away and stood there about 10 seconds and all the sudden flipped over backwards. I was pumped!!
My buddy Shep (Deernut on here) Shot this goat at 62 yards out of the same blind I shot my doe about 4 hours before I did. It was a great shot and he smoked him. He had 13.5 inch horns.
My brother inlaw Josh also shot a great buck. This story is kind of crazy. Two weeks ago he had never shot a bow before. He found out we were going and he said he wanted to go. We all thought it was a little crazy but my cousin gave him a bow and he bought some arrows and started shooting. He was a natural shot and shot very well. This buck came in to 42 yards and he smoked him. It was awesome!! It had 13 inch horns.
Saturday night I decided I would shoot anything that came in and figured I could spend the rest of the trip sitting in the blind with buddies. Right at last light a doe and fawn started heading into the water hole I was sitting on. They came in fast and I forgot to shut the window behind me. When they got to the water at 60 yards I pulled back and the doe saw me and spooked. She bolted and stopped about 100 yards away blowing at me. I wasn't too upset since I still had a day and a half left.
A couple minutes later I see this big black thing running at them. I looked in the binos and it was a big skunk with his tail up. The skunk got their attention and it seemed like they forgot about me. I closed the window and here they came again. It was super dark in my blind at the time. She got about 10 yards off the water and I ranged her at 78 yards. I had practiced this summer out to 80 so I drew back but could not see my pins well due to the blind. I let down and turned on my sight light.
I pulled back again and settled in on the sweet spot. Everything felt good and I released and followed through. 2 seconds later I heard the huge thump signalling a solid hit. She ran up on the hill about 100 yards away and stood there about 10 seconds and all the sudden flipped over backwards. I was pumped!!
My buddy Shep (Deernut on here) Shot this goat at 62 yards out of the same blind I shot my doe about 4 hours before I did. It was a great shot and he smoked him. He had 13.5 inch horns.
My brother inlaw Josh also shot a great buck. This story is kind of crazy. Two weeks ago he had never shot a bow before. He found out we were going and he said he wanted to go. We all thought it was a little crazy but my cousin gave him a bow and he bought some arrows and started shooting. He was a natural shot and shot very well. This buck came in to 42 yards and he smoked him. It was awesome!! It had 13 inch horns.
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