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The Triax Draws First Blood on its First Shot
The new Mathews Triax helped me fill me drop my first Iowa deer - a doe - just before 10AM today.
The shot was 30 yards and the bow is so quiet, the deer didn’t even flinch until it was hit. The stealth on this thing is amazing. With my old Hoyt, a shot a that distance required a low hold because the deer was assuredly going to start ducking by the time of impact. On this silent morning, a low hold wasn’t needed or desired.
So, the antlerless tag is filled. The best part is that me and my buddy went 2-for-2 on the morning for our antlerless tags.
Now comes the tougher task of trying to kill a buck with my either-sex tag. There’s still plenty of season to do it.
The shot was 30 yards and the bow is so quiet, the deer didn’t even flinch until it was hit. The stealth on this thing is amazing. With my old Hoyt, a shot a that distance required a low hold because the deer was assuredly going to start ducking by the time of impact. On this silent morning, a low hold wasn’t needed or desired.
So, the antlerless tag is filled. The best part is that me and my buddy went 2-for-2 on the morning for our antlerless tags.
Now comes the tougher task of trying to kill a buck with my either-sex tag. There’s still plenty of season to do it.
Accuracy: because white space between bullet holes drives me insane.
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Adam J. McCleod
Healthy looking deer.
Both of us reflected Chiro’s sentiment: the pressure to score is off. Now we can relax and wait for a nicebuck and, if all else fails, simply shoot another doe!
I had a cool encounter with a bobcat that came under my stand, too, which made for a neat little iPhone video that I’ll post later.
Also, I nearly had a heart attack when a doe and a fawn ran directly under my stand while I was standing to stretch my legs. The stand I sat overlooks a meadow but has a hill right next to it. That puts any deer that uses the trail just a few yards under your feet. When the deer ran up, they were oblivious to my presence but only 5 yards from my boots! I was frozen until the finally winded me and boogied for the woods.
Gun control laws make about as much sense as taking ex-lax to cure a cough.
The doe population at this place is weird in that they seem to come in only 2 sizes: small and large. The does are either fawn-sized or the size we shot (and ours were all but identical). Nothing smaller, in-between or larger. I have never seen such a consistent size breakout for deer anywhere else.
"The Un-Tactical"
Sako
Ironically, I led this deer as she grazed, anticipating a hit about 5” back from the aimpoint, but released right at the moment that she decided to stop, making for a hit well forward of the intended impact point. The good news is that it still struck at the perfect elevation, which put it through the chest/neck juncture, severing the pulmonary arteries and the front of the lungs. The 2” blade span shined in this scenario and made one helluva mess.
The deer went about 50 yards up a hill, stood for a bit, bleeding profusely and came tumbling back down in short order.
― Douglas Adams
Life member of the American Legion, the VFW, the NRA and the Masonic Lodge, retired LEO