 Welcome back to Outdoor Greatness everybody. We're here at the lease again on our third full day out here. Few videos into this series now and just to catch you guys up to speed I've been trying to go after a deer with my self-bow. I know this is gonna probably disappoint some of you But I have decided to put down the self-bow for now. I've got two more sets We've got tonight and we got tomorrow morning So we're going to take the compound if you guys miss my my bow build video actually built two bows for this year And I built this one specifically for hunting in low light Crammed conditions so for most of us that means a ground blind I think a lot of you ground blind hunters would really like this bow, but having no peep site Going just with that feel I'm taking some of the some of the things that I've learned shooting traditional archery and Applying it to using it in this compound. I guess it's not gonna hurt to take a few practice shots with this thing especially switching from Traditional going to here, but it's a big difference switching gears big time Those arrows right there seemed like they were in slow motion going towards that deer this morning Compared to watching watching these flies. It's just crazy how fast these things are now But I'm gonna switch to broadhead now put that iron wheel on here and ideally we want it to hit in the same spot So if it doesn't then we've got problems I mean it could have been me on the shot, but if it is shooting an inch lower at 20 yards I'm I'm okay with that Just because this deer is probably gonna duck a little bit Well guys We may need to call an audible. Oh This is a buck that I saw last year that He just escaped me, but he is coming in in the evenings here. Oh, that's late though Here he's at 530 430. Oh my gosh. That's like in two hours. What in the world? It's coming to the feeder where I've killed Buck before Now I'm torn Do I go back to a deer that I shot at twice this morning a deer that I Mean, it's a great management buck that needs to go I said I wasn't gonna gonna care about trophy trophy deer this year There was a lot of opportunities there with not just that buck. I Ignored that stand because when I was scouting I saw a doe and a fawn there And I thought well I'm not gonna mess with that. You know, I don't want to kill that doe I can see the the fawn laying in the grass and I kind of left it alone But I just pulled that car today just to kind of check and it's got mega hogs in the evenings. I might risk it for the biscuit here If I get a shot at that buck Okay, we're going right now We're gonna go see if there's lanes It's middle of the day Man scramble I went and did that because Like the tree had grown up a little bit now. I've got multiple lane options I'm gonna get a couple of fresh fleshed arrows out of here I shot through the target a couple of times and I kind of messed up my fledgings and I wasn't really happy with the the fletching jobs I got a new fletching jig and Did a couple of fresh ones before we came out here. So I'm gonna shoot them I'm gonna get up on our our rifle tower. I just want to stand up shoot down. Just make sure everything's flying good You know, we're we're dotting the tees and crossing the ice That's probably why I missed this morning. I did find a turkey feather though Pretty cool future fletching I've never shot this pack on so I want to make sure nothing's getting in the way That was a bad shot. It's kind of scary. Damn, what is going on? Those both those arrows hit like eight inches to the right I mean, how could my bow be that far off with the fletchings be that big of a deal Guess we're about to find out with this shot It's 100 a wind issue We're definitely gonna have to deal with this wind. There's no question. It's pushing my arrow six to eight inches Hoping I don't sweat my rear end off. I'm trying to time this right It's like hottest part of the day right now starting to fade off Hopefully that north wind comes in a little bit I've been spraying scent killer All over my gear like every time I come back. I only wear it hunting. I spray it down again. I let it air dry So hopefully that helps But we shall see Little breeze right here. I'm just gonna take a little 20-yard Plink Rusky make sure The booger button's working with our shirt we got on But this wind they may come made the gamble the gamble did not pay off But I left my bow in the stand Obviously these more mature bucks They're just more elusive. They eluded me last year, you know, every time I'd be like, oh, yes They're showing up on camera. I'd go there. They wouldn't be there. They go to another spot It's like this whack-a-bowl thing. They're great at it. He's pretty daggers. I'm smart He's made it this long and that other there's a seven point. That's just Long times. He's he's mature too so Those two deer man, they're walking around together. I've seen them together again last year They're on that buddy system right now. I just I just need them to come one last chance Mornings have been good So I think we'll see at least something but I hope one of these bucks messes up and comes in so Let's get in the atv of the troll out there. We're gonna be about an hour early getting into the stand It's gonna be uh, it's really calm right now. So I'm gonna be stealthy You know park the atv my normal path walking a long ways And uh, just go light in there. We've got most of the stuff already up there. I'm just carrying the camera equipment in So I'm mic'd up again. Hopefully I'll be able to talk to you guys if there's a little bit of wind But if there's no wind, I just gotta be dead dead silent. So fingers crossed Let's get it done Well guys, it was a crazy opener. I'll give it that So there was a lot eyeballs out there this morning and that big buck You know, he was following the the doe's lead. I thought that He would hang with that other buck and we'd see more of that action and usually when there's A couple bucks together they go straight in and they start eating and the doze They were sketchy from the get-go. They came in right under my stand And I could hear like leaves crunching behind me for like five minutes Then I was scared to even turn my head Because I knew they were they were probably checking me out. They they smelled something. They didn't like it You know, they did a circle came back and when they started doing that, it's like man, they're just They're just not down with the program. I had a chance at a doe I was gonna give it five minutes And if the if the doze were still there and I hadn't seen the buck Then I was gonna go ahead and take the shot but that buck started to come back And as soon as I said buck, I don't know if the if the doe saw the buck about to come in And she kind of got sketchy because normally when the big buck gets in there everything kind of leaves Or she heard me say buck I was like buck up and she looked up and And then she put her tail up and then he followed suit and it was just like We were this close we were this close to having an opportunity That's the challenge of bow hunting This whole trip down here has been awesome though hunting with the trad bow the primitive bow I haven't forgotten about that six point either. I'm gonna check the camera and see if he's still there He's he's definitely on on the list, but got lots of doze running around too. It looks like a little too many so We got opportunities on the table So I'll come back and I'll be a little less picky Let me tell you something this hammock right here I love sleeping in this thing in this weather like I've normally slept in the truck When I'm truck camping, but I backed my truck up against The this little tree here kind of gave it, you know about 12 foot or so And man, it's perfect. It is really perfect, especially under this oak tree I get a little cover from the dampness Look at the stars at night just a little fleece blanket I got the program if you guys ever want a hammock camp hammock sleep um Little pillow you kind of get this weird like your elbows get crunched in you just put that pillow right here Just put it right there rest your arms on it Your head's already elevated It's the deal. I don't know why I gave a random camping tip right there, but I just love this hammock Thank you guys for being here. Go ahead smash that like button for hunting in the great outdoors And um, I hope your arrows are flying true and I'll see you guys soon on the next one