alh09
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On the afternoon of the 12th I went out at 2:00. I didn’t see anything but squirrels and turkeys until after sundown when I seen a deer walk out of a grove about 200yds out. I glassed the deer and seen that it was a buck. I did not look like a big deer, but with cut corn as the background color antlers almost blend in. I decided I was going to try to call him in to my buck decoy. I grunted and wheezed, but the 25 MPH winds were too much for him to hear it. I grabbed my rattling antlers and banged them together good and loud for 30 seconds. When I picked up my binoculars I was pleased to see the buck running straight at me. And I was even more pleased to see that he was wider than the ears and fairly tall tined. I then grabbed my bow and put on my game face. He and two does came in at a fast walk. He came in downwind of the decoy, and started walking on the field edge. As he approached my first shooting lane at 15 yards I drew my bow. I let out a “meep” but he did not stop. I then moved my sights to the second and final shooting lane before the decoy. Before the buck entered my shooting lane, my arrow fell out. I was petrified. I let my bow down and scrambled to re-nock the arrow. But the knock was not even in the arrow. So I looked on my string… And it was not on there either! Meanwhile my decoy took a beating and was scattered out in 3 pieces. The angry 150 class 10 point was on a rampage and was determined to find the other deer that was in the mock fight I had simulated. He walked out of the field into the trees right below my stand. And at that time I had just nocked my second arrow. He was now just behind me. I leaned around the tree and drew my bow. At full draw, I angled down and was about to find a spot to shoot when my arrow fell out just like the first one had done. I was furious and began to let my bow down when I accidentally hit the trigger of my release. I dry-fired my bow from nearly full draw. And the big sexy cams I love so much on my Mathew Monster 7.0 bit me in the @ss. My lower cam hit my tree stand. It caved in the string channel and made a deep gouge in my cam. The buck didn’t like all that noise and fled the scene.
I am sick. This beautiful buck came in to a great decoy strategy. Everything went as planned, but my nocks failed. Has anyone experienced nock failure similar to this? I have yet to find one of the failed nocks. I will tear the area apart after the season and try to get one to analyze. Opinions and possible causes of failure would be appreciated. After this happened I checked my third arrow in the quiver and it fit tight on the arrow and string. I am shooting Carbon express Mayhem arrows, I purchased the arrows in august of 2010. The temperature was 25 degrees at the time of the incident.
Check your nocks!!
I am sick. This beautiful buck came in to a great decoy strategy. Everything went as planned, but my nocks failed. Has anyone experienced nock failure similar to this? I have yet to find one of the failed nocks. I will tear the area apart after the season and try to get one to analyze. Opinions and possible causes of failure would be appreciated. After this happened I checked my third arrow in the quiver and it fit tight on the arrow and string. I am shooting Carbon express Mayhem arrows, I purchased the arrows in august of 2010. The temperature was 25 degrees at the time of the incident.
Check your nocks!!