So lately I've been hunting whitetails solely from the ground. There just isn't all that many good trees for a stand in the areas I'm hunting, which is mainly cattails and crp type cover. I decided the other day to break out a ghillie suit that I had bought years ago, to do some practice with the bow and see if I'll be able to stand wearing it while hunting. The camo does look amazing and seems like it would really help to break up my outline!
I throw on the ghillie and grab my bow, the ol trusty switchback that I had previously written about in another post...Before even shooting I notice that I need to do some trimming on the arm and chest area for the string to be able to clear the suit. I grab the scissors, trim a bunch and we're (the dogs and I) now ready to head outside to fling some arrows.
I get into position about 40yds out from the block target, clip my release onto my string and then notice the dogs are out in front of me, having themselves a squirrel hunt. Dogs get called over and seated behind me. I draw back for the first shot, paying EXTREMELY close attention to my arm in relation to the bow string. String clears the ghillie just fine, time to settle the pin and let er fly!...THWACK!!!!!! Loudest report I've ever heard from a bow and my string blown to $**t! I stand there, absolutely dumbfounded, trying to figure out the the hell just happened...It took me a good ten seconds or so before I finally realized....All of my arrows are still in the quiver.
I bring the bow into scheels to have them look it over and see what there is for damage, other then the string. Limbs and cams look fine so that's good news! Bad news is that it's an estimated week before I get a new string. Since I'm still in the process of trying to wrap my tag around a buck, I decided that a week is just too long to wait on my bow. I walk out of scheels carrying the new mathews lift. I do have new strings/cables on the way for the switchback and look forward to shooting it alongside the new bow.
So now if any of you fellas get a new bow for Christmas. Or a ghillie suit! ..Let my loss be your gain. Just can't go wrong taking a little extra time to slow down, think things through, and make sure to nock an arrow!!! Haha
Hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas!
I throw on the ghillie and grab my bow, the ol trusty switchback that I had previously written about in another post...Before even shooting I notice that I need to do some trimming on the arm and chest area for the string to be able to clear the suit. I grab the scissors, trim a bunch and we're (the dogs and I) now ready to head outside to fling some arrows.
I get into position about 40yds out from the block target, clip my release onto my string and then notice the dogs are out in front of me, having themselves a squirrel hunt. Dogs get called over and seated behind me. I draw back for the first shot, paying EXTREMELY close attention to my arm in relation to the bow string. String clears the ghillie just fine, time to settle the pin and let er fly!...THWACK!!!!!! Loudest report I've ever heard from a bow and my string blown to $**t! I stand there, absolutely dumbfounded, trying to figure out the the hell just happened...It took me a good ten seconds or so before I finally realized....All of my arrows are still in the quiver.
I bring the bow into scheels to have them look it over and see what there is for damage, other then the string. Limbs and cams look fine so that's good news! Bad news is that it's an estimated week before I get a new string. Since I'm still in the process of trying to wrap my tag around a buck, I decided that a week is just too long to wait on my bow. I walk out of scheels carrying the new mathews lift. I do have new strings/cables on the way for the switchback and look forward to shooting it alongside the new bow.
So now if any of you fellas get a new bow for Christmas. Or a ghillie suit! ..Let my loss be your gain. Just can't go wrong taking a little extra time to slow down, think things through, and make sure to nock an arrow!!! Haha
Hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas!
