Summertime fun, I know what your thinking, a week at the beach or hanging out with friends at the lake for a weekend. And yes, these things are fun, but what I'm talking about is a weekend of chasing animal through the wood. That's right, we just got back from our weekend of hunting in Texas.It was a extremely hot weekend, 102 degrees in the shade with only a slight breeze every now and then. When you've got that hunting bug, it doesn't matter if it's 150 degrees, you got to feed the beast! This was a different hunt, with times being tight on the bank account. We had a "economic" hunt. Although every animal taken with a bow is a trophy, these trophies were going to be smaller than normal.
Here's our bow setups. I was shooting a Bowtech Guardian set on 62 pounds. I have a Spot-Hogg Seven deadly pins sight. My arrows are Goldtip 5575 tipped with 100 grain Slicktrick broadheads. Bear was shooting a Hoyt Rintech set on 41 pounds. He has a Vital Bow Gear movable single pin sight. His arrows are Easton LightSpeed 500 tipped with 100 grain slicktrick broadheads.
We were going to hunt two ways, spot and stalk and stand hunting. The setup was great for stalking. We had sandy soils that were quiet for walking and crawling in and we had high grass that made it easy to hide in.
We looked around for a while and found a few animals the look good and got us excited. My first stand was a good choice and I got lucky. We were there for a couple hours and had some rams working our way. In the group of rams was a Corsican ram that I had spotted earlier and had on my list. The rams kept coming and got inside 20 yards but they stayed bunched up and I couldn't shoot, in fear of hitting more than one animal. After about 30 minutes they separated enough to slip an arrow into my ram. Smoked, the ram made it 30 yards and piled up. Perfect shot, straight up the leg, right in the triangle. I like starting a hunt that way.
The next morning Bear was eager to get after a ram. We knew the rams would 
be around the feeder that were set up. We spotted a Texas Dall ram that
Bear wanted to take a closer look at. The group of rams were headed to a feeder. The stalk was on! This was a perfect setup. The wind was right, we had a creek bottom we could move in, and the grass beside the creek was high. It took about an hour to crawl up the creek and get close. After looking the ram over, Bear decided he like the ram and wanted to shoot. We moved to within 15 yards. It was looking really good. Dang it, one of the rams spotted us. We stayed still and after a few minute the ram settled down and eased off. Now all we were waiting on was a quartering away shot. Finally, 18 yards, quartering away....aim and squeeeezzze.... Perfect! Bear smoked his ram. I wish I had what he's got. 9 years old and he shoots like a machine! We have both bagged our animals.
be around the feeder that were set up. We spotted a Texas Dall ram that
Bear wanted to take a closer look at. The group of rams were headed to a feeder. The stalk was on! This was a perfect setup. The wind was right, we had a creek bottom we could move in, and the grass beside the creek was high. It took about an hour to crawl up the creek and get close. After looking the ram over, Bear decided he like the ram and wanted to shoot. We moved to within 15 yards. It was looking really good. Dang it, one of the rams spotted us. We stayed still and after a few minute the ram settled down and eased off. Now all we were waiting on was a quartering away shot. Finally, 18 yards, quartering away....aim and squeeeezzze.... Perfect! Bear smoked his ram. I wish I had what he's got. 9 years old and he shoots like a machine! We have both bagged our animals.
We have both taken bigger and better animals but for whatever reason, this was one of the most fun hunts I have been on. Maybe it just because it has been so long since we have been able to hunt anything in many many moons. Hopefully it will hold us out until later this fall when hunting season open again.
