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Swing and a miss

Mike

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I tried the Montana Decoy tonight. I saw a nice 8 pt with a herd of does feeding in the winter wheat field Friday night, so I thought I'd try and pull him in this evening. He came out with the does like clock work. I tried grunting and then aggressive grunting and snort wheezing, but he got all cautious and rounded the does back into the woods. A bit later the does came back out and fed and he refused to come back out. The does would not cross the path of the decoy. Finally a doe came in from behind me and that's what you'll see in the video. A nice encounter and a clean miss. Make sure you watch in the background after the shot. I don't care, it was awesome. I need to pick a spot, something I can't seem to do on a live animal (this longbow shit is hard).
[video=youtube;93Q9lHE48jA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93Q9lHE48jA[/video]
 
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hickslawns

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What a rush that must have been! How many were in the background Mike? I couldn't tell. Looked like 4-6 maybe?

Keep after them brother. Rooting for you to get it done trad style!
 

Mike

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Zoom in. That's as close as the buck got. uploadfromtaptalk1446426991932.jpg
 

Jamie

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hang in there, Mike. that last arrow doesn't matter now, only the next one. you will get it done.
 

"J"

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Now that you got your miss outta the way, it's all going too be good for you.... Like stated earlier.... Pick a spot and release buddy.....