I was close to mangling an arrow on Friday. Saturday, not so lucky. I went stump shooting for the first time Saturday morning, armed with some Ace Hex Blunts on my arrows. I shot pretty well, was almost done, and spotted a P&Y rotten tree begging for a few arrows. First shot, good. Second shot, a touch high. Third arrow? Why not, what could go wrong?
I was lucky all I really lost was the nock. The arrow's last 1/8" or so was mushroomed out, but my father in law was able to slice the damaged section off the arrow and it's still flying fine. On a bright note, I did find some more good public land setups to try this fall. Lots of sign, pretty good hike in from the road, I liked what I saw.
I got a trad bow kill on the way back to the car. I stalked within range of a 20oz Aquafina bottle and let fly. Gut shot, but it went down in sight.
Yesterday I shot really well. This was my last grouping at a beagle-sized deer.