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<blockquote data-quote="Tom264" data-source="post: 449626" data-attributes="member: 17742"><p>Oct 4th I shot a doe, a nice start to my archery hunting season. (always nice to get the first one under the belt early in the season)</p><p></p><p>I decided this year to buy a new bow and I sold my Matthews Switchback XT and bought a totally blacked out Matthews Z7...holy crap!! I love that bow..that thing is scary quiet and fast zinging my 417 grain arrows at 309 fps.</p><p></p><p>Also this year I am shooting Slicktricks for my first time and have to say I'm quite impressed...I'll be sticking with them for a while.</p><p></p><p>Anyway my doe I shot at 18 yds.</p><p></p><p> <img src="http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q247/masterhunter1/Mobile%20Uploads/1004101845.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </p><p>Gotta love that X through the lungs. </p><p> <img src="http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q247/masterhunter1/Mobile%20Uploads/1004101856.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </p><p></p><p>I have always struggled to kill a buck that scores better than 135", now I do have one that would score 141" but he has a busted eyeguard making him score less than my 135" mark..anyway I blew that away just yesterday.</p><p></p><p>I found a bucks little honeyhole that had about 8-9 scrapes and lotsa rubs, some about the size of my calf in a 25 yd circle in a thicket near a field edge...it was his home.</p><p></p><p>The previuos night it rained overnight and I knew this buck would be coming around during the day to freshen up his scrapes after the rain quit so I sat on the downwind side of his home.</p><p></p><p>At this time I wasnt sure just how big he was but knew he was worth a look at least by the size of those rubs.</p><p></p><p>Sure enough about 10:10 am he comes strolling through freshening up his scrapes and making new rubs.</p><p></p><p>I saw he was a shooter and decided I was going to shoot him given the chance.</p><p></p><p>Well he did 24 yds perfectly broadside...I had to stop him twice the first time his vitals were behind a small sapling and I didnt want to risk that shot.</p><p></p><p>The next time he stops hes in the clear, I release the arrow and to my suprise I hit him squarely in the shoulder...(surely didnt intend to) he spun and ran and I was shocked! how did I do that??!! (in replaying it all in my memory I remember thinking I hit my sleeve on my jacket...one I have never worn before) anyway he had about 10-11 inches of arrow stuck in him and I figured that should be good enough to do the trick.</p><p></p><p>I gave him exactly 1 hour and got down and started the tracking job....not much blood but enough to track.</p><p></p><p>I found the arrow about 5 yds from where I hit him snapped in half and knew the other half was still in him.</p><p></p><p>I found him 50 yds from where I shot him!!!</p><p></p><p>I was pumped!! I finally beat my 135" mark!</p><p></p><p>I took all the measurements got on the B&C website and plugged in the #"s</p><p></p><p>It kicked back 155 5/8 nontyp and 140 7/8 typ.</p><p></p><p>Definately my biggest!! and with my bow no less!</p><p></p><p> <img src="http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q247/masterhunter1/DSCF0340.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </p><p> <img src="http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q247/masterhunter1/DSCF0337.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </p><p> <img src="http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q247/masterhunter1/DSCF0339.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </p><p> <img src="http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q247/masterhunter1/DSCF0332.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tom264, post: 449626, member: 17742"] Oct 4th I shot a doe, a nice start to my archery hunting season. (always nice to get the first one under the belt early in the season) I decided this year to buy a new bow and I sold my Matthews Switchback XT and bought a totally blacked out Matthews Z7...holy crap!! I love that bow..that thing is scary quiet and fast zinging my 417 grain arrows at 309 fps. Also this year I am shooting Slicktricks for my first time and have to say I'm quite impressed...I'll be sticking with them for a while. Anyway my doe I shot at 18 yds. [IMG]http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q247/masterhunter1/Mobile%20Uploads/1004101845.jpg[/IMG] Gotta love that X through the lungs. [IMG]http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q247/masterhunter1/Mobile%20Uploads/1004101856.jpg[/IMG] I have always struggled to kill a buck that scores better than 135", now I do have one that would score 141" but he has a busted eyeguard making him score less than my 135" mark..anyway I blew that away just yesterday. I found a bucks little honeyhole that had about 8-9 scrapes and lotsa rubs, some about the size of my calf in a 25 yd circle in a thicket near a field edge...it was his home. The previuos night it rained overnight and I knew this buck would be coming around during the day to freshen up his scrapes after the rain quit so I sat on the downwind side of his home. At this time I wasnt sure just how big he was but knew he was worth a look at least by the size of those rubs. Sure enough about 10:10 am he comes strolling through freshening up his scrapes and making new rubs. I saw he was a shooter and decided I was going to shoot him given the chance. Well he did 24 yds perfectly broadside...I had to stop him twice the first time his vitals were behind a small sapling and I didnt want to risk that shot. The next time he stops hes in the clear, I release the arrow and to my suprise I hit him squarely in the shoulder...(surely didnt intend to) he spun and ran and I was shocked! how did I do that??!! (in replaying it all in my memory I remember thinking I hit my sleeve on my jacket...one I have never worn before) anyway he had about 10-11 inches of arrow stuck in him and I figured that should be good enough to do the trick. I gave him exactly 1 hour and got down and started the tracking job....not much blood but enough to track. I found the arrow about 5 yds from where I hit him snapped in half and knew the other half was still in him. I found him 50 yds from where I shot him!!! I was pumped!! I finally beat my 135" mark! I took all the measurements got on the B&C website and plugged in the #"s It kicked back 155 5/8 nontyp and 140 7/8 typ. Definately my biggest!! and with my bow no less! [IMG]http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q247/masterhunter1/DSCF0340.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q247/masterhunter1/DSCF0337.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q247/masterhunter1/DSCF0339.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q247/masterhunter1/DSCF0332.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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