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I have been hunting for 4-5 years with a recurve/longbow, and have been practicing for many years beyond that. I have never taken a large animal with any bow before. This year I told my dad that after all these years of practicing, I finally felt that I knew what I was doing with a stick and string.
I want to go ahead and say that I misinterpreted the distance visually, and also the shoulder that I was shooting at, but God blessed me with a humane/quiet kill. The doe didn’t run more than 60 yards.
I had ranged everything I possibly could to my left and in front of me, but never thought I would shoot anything to my right. When the deer stopped, she was on my right. I had this moment of pure confidence that I have never felt before. I remember loosing the arrow and that is it. The distance came out to about 40 yards, and I had a pass through. I have practiced at this distance just to get used to smaller targets visually, but I made a hard rule of no more than 25 yards. I am using mahogany wood shafts with 150 grain woody weights and 155 grain grizzly single-bevel. They made my mistake turn into a clean kill.
I want to thank everyone that has written a post/posted a reply to any of my questions regarding the Ashby way.
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