Maryland CROSSBOW Hunt--with Bunjie OR Bunjie, Jr.?!?!

This one has a doozie of a shot in it, at least by Death by Bunjie standards. Is the start of something new? What does this mean for the future of Bunjie? Food for thought between this video and next week's video, wrapping up the 2020 Crossbow Season.
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This channel is about my love of the crossbow, hunting, and the outdoors. I hunt almost exclusively with the crossbow. I love it and I aim to help you love it, too!
Bunjie is a 2010 Excalibur Axiom Crossbow. After a decade of killing deer, hogs, squirrels--you name it!--with the "stock" 20" Easton Firebolt arrows, Bunjie experimented with heavy arrows during 2020 but has since decided to hunt with 20" ProFlight arrows from Easton, for a total arrow weight of just under 400 grains when tipped with a 100 grain Rage Crossbow Hypodermic Broadhead. This keeps old Bunjie around 300fps.
Bunjie, Jr., is my daughter Genevieve's crossbow, an Excalibur Micro Suppressor 355. She also shoots ProFlights (16.5" variety) with a 150 grain Rage Trypan Crossbow Broadhead, for a total arrow weight around 415 grains.
This channel is about my love of the crossbow, hunting, and the outdoors. I hunt exclusively with the crossbow. I love it. Sure, like a lot of kids, I started hunting with a good ol' Model '94 Winchester .30-30 back in the 80's, but drifted away from hunting when I went off to college, law school, and started a family. As my daughter got older, I regained my interest in the outdoors, and I consider myself lucky to hunt on the same property today that I hunted on as a kid. I got the Excalibur Axiom crossbow in 2010 and I haven't looked back. This channel is the result of combining my interest in filming and hunting...
...and music, too! My related channel, Yankee Militia, showcases my music. Some of the music is hunting-related, so check that out, too! The soundtrack for this channel is provided by my band, so the two are intertwined. The albums "Live Free or Kill" and "Zombies Gotta Eat, Too!" are available on Amazon.com and elsewhere. A third album is in the works.
All Hail Bunjie!
--Rich Wilson, Death by Bunjie

[@ProfKSE]

Ol' Bungie's gonna get hung up on the wall with all the other trophies....

[@geralddill7677]

I learned a lot that video. thank you. My Axiom will stick with fixed blades

[@douglasborgaro6801]

This is a very good and interesting story. Hunters in general are very particular about equipment and the choices we make with what equipment we use. None of us are real big at taking chances when the moment of truth presents itself. Just let that equipment fail once when we need it and that may be the last time we ever use it. In that spirit, it may be difficult to try different or modern technology without the intimate hands on experience. Sometimes when we try things while still using reasonable sense we can make important discoveries. That’s truly a great gift and all about growth and evolution. All hail Bunjie!

[@ieatcaribou7852]

I love the way you and your daughter tell these stories. P.S. the memes were awesome. 😂😂😂

[@waynepatton689]

Rich. Great video!! Great shot too. I have struggled with the limb width in crossbows starting with my Equinox and even now with my Micro 335. Sadly two weeks ago the limb on the Micro split while hanging from the wall. I heard it go while I was watching TV. She wasn’t cocked or dry fired and that was that. I called Excalibur and they are excellent folks but as luck would have it, they were out of limbs and wouldn’t be able to get me a set delivered for about another month. So I had to get another bow as I was dead in the middle of the rut. I bought a new TenPoint. I love how narrow it is. Something like 8” wide AtoA when it’s cocked. So now I have two bows. Each with its pros and cons. I do like the narrow limbs and extra speed. I took two does pretty easy.

[@Deathbybunjie]

Man that's crazy about the limbs! Glad you recovered nicely, congratulations!

[@markcoulter48]

Rich, Excalibur should sponsor you for sticking with their crossbows all these years, that's a great advert right there. Maybe you should persue that avenue. It's the least they can do. I have the swat xp and it's amazing I can only shoot targets here as its illeagle to use a crossbow in Scotland for hunting. But I love going to my property and setting up my range and shooting at different ranges. My max distance is 40yrds shooting as when I come over to the US I will NOT be shooting anything further than that. I have seen people shooting targets at 100yrds and my crossbow could probably do that but I don't see the point. If I want to shoot at a 100yrds I will use my rifle.

[@dwallich56]

A grin on my face, my head is nodding - great story from you both.. What a team ! More videos like that, please. All hail the Bunjie clan !!

[@Deathbybunjie]

More to come! thanks!

[@huntnfishnuts5880]

Improvise , overcome and adapt well done to you both

[@larryperez4789]

Time For a New crossbow time to change.

[@joshallen2852]

I wish you were able to put out a vid everyday!! I wait for this. Great job the both of u

[@lucashallenbeck6729]

Another great video, and this one even had some great laughs tossed in lol. Congrats on the deer and keep the videos coming.

[@glorybound6983]

FYI - I can't watch your videos without smiling the whole time. Thank you and God Bless.

[@DanielGarcia-zw8nx]

Looks like dad needs a faster smaller new bungie if Genevieve wouldn't have been there you wouldn't have gotten a doe LoL great shot👍

[@chrismayer7762]

I hit my buck right where you drilled yours. I was 17' in a tree stand it was quartering toward me. Hit the the top left lung. Complete pass through... 40 yards on the dot with a micro 335 shooting black eagle arrows with 150 gr boltcutters. Destroyed the tip of the bolt cutter. However I don't know if it was ruined from bone or where it buried in the ground. The buck ran 550 yards before piling up. Very little blood with the shot so high. The buck scored 152" my second pope and young in 2 years. The stand is 25 yards from my house. The next day my buddies wife shot a 125" whitetail and thanksgiving morning I watch my buddy arrow a 130"... All farm the same stand

[@Deathbybunjie]

Thats awesome congrats!

[@leveraction767]

Your right! Here comes the heavy arrow guy! LOL I am sorry buddy but you know I have to speak to this...Right? ;) The offside that stopped that arrow?.... You have 10 years of quartering to shots that sprang to mind :D Had the arrow hit hard bone on the entrance rather than the exit, you would have been unlikely to have ever retrieved that deer ;) Thats what I'm on about :D You have to give me that.

[@cross4480]

In the process of reading your book Rich. We are about the same age so I can relate to your experiences and stories. Grew up in rural Northeast Alabama. We had an old Jeep for hauling wood and my grandfather was a deerslayer. God Bless!!

[@undercoverninja3384]

I love you and your daughters video's. Keep up the great work.

[@roberthagemann7253]

Congratulations, glad you found it

[@useryggfdcc]

Man , I learned so much from your videos. My very first time out with a crossbow a doe came within 40meters from me in a treestand. I could not take a shot since I only have a buck tag at the time but what an experience! Excellent time with your daughter, I'm is only 10 years now but she is very interested in joining me.

[@scottstengele904]

Very entertaining video. I love the back and forth between you and Genevieve. On most hunting shows the hunters hit the gym so they can hike tall mountains for long hours in pursuit of their game. The gym also pays off so that you can fit through the window of the hunting blind. :):)

[@Deathbybunjie]

😆

[@scottstengele904]

@@Deathbybunjie I had a real belly laugh at the line "Technically he wasn't in the blind".

[@dualthreatoutdoors]

Very nice! I love the new archery technology with compounds and crossbows!

[@sammyc314]

Great hunt! Helluva SHOT! Good job guys ! Love the memes btw 👍

[@philiplang1361]

Good job. Both overcome tough shots in Maryland this year. My hunting mentor switched to the suppressor last year and highly recommends it.

[@markcoulter48]

Well done rich, maybe it's time to put Bunjie up on the wall and get yourself a new smaller crossbow, don't retire Bunjie if you still own your old property keep him for that and get the smaller crossbow for Maryland or bear hunting.

[@frederickbierweiler8020]

dont know how i missed this one but great video

[@cherokee8647]

Good job Bunjie jr!!! Glad you both had fun. 👍👍👍👍🧡

[@CenterX6.5]

Another great video. Thanks for sharing. Poor ol bungie's days may be numbered. 🤔

[@ProfKSE]

Uh-oh. TIME FOR A GIVEAWAY and a Bunjie upgrade.

[@ProfKSE]

I once shot a buck behind me, left handed, with the rifle sideways across my right arm/shoulder and the stock firmly in the crook of my left elbow. (My back was really hurting me that year and I could hardly get out of my chair without putting the gun down first. ) Luckily the buck was only forty yards away and giving his full attention to rubbing a tree. His antlers adorn my wall now.

[@MrPanchoak]

It is really so kool that you can take your daughter with you. My daughter's wouldnt like that at all.

[@joshblainer4950]

So happy you both got to go. Impressive shot rich!

[@carlpowers6040]

Ok, you made the shot. I expect you to put up a practice situation on the range like that. You must become proficient at the half-way out window, angled and in the rain (at dark) shot!

[@Deathbybunjie]

Gives new meaning to 3D shooting lol

[@jeremybolen6037]

Loved the commentary with Genevieve, best addition to the show since Bungie!

[@kieronbevan7489]

Nice shot Rich. Despite the assault course you got one in. I'd feel very nervous in this sort of situation but it seems the arrow did its job despite bone eh

[@chucksmith5002]

Glad to see Genevie is still hanging in there . Nice Deer

[@twooldguyswithcrossbows5170]

Great shot great video! I myself may have exited the blind and shot from the outside but hey then again maybe not whatever works and it worked! I somehow missed your bear hunt tho! Don’t know how but could you shoot me the link or wait post me the link don’t shoot lmao 🤣

[@Deathbybunjie]

Never did kill a bear but sure tried... kzbin.info/www/bejne/rYfQdYN9Zbubna8

[@twooldguyswithcrossbows5170]

@@Deathbybunjie also if you’re considering an upgrade I recommend a nice Excalibur Assassin I have the 360 model with built in crank system shoots the quill bolts I love it and yes did get a bear with mine lol just ribbing you a bit but yes love bear meat and hopefully will be getting another one or two this coming season! Tip a 200 lb bear taste much better than a 350 + lb bear. Also you can check with Bear Master Outfitters in Manitoba great outfitter very reasonable price and close to US boarder so you can drive there easily!

[@iHustleLXXXI]

Time to upgrade bunjie! Get yourself a faster crossbow but don’t quit on Excalibur’s

[@briansupermag3918]

Great times with your daughter. I took my daughter when she was like 9 or 10 to just sit in the blind with me. I enjoyed it so much but she didnt take to hunting as I hoped. Cherish these times. Your a lucky man. Yes I agree it maybe time for a second more narrow bow. I have 2 crossbows a Excalibur a scorpyd and tomorrow my 10 pt Vapor rs470 arrives.

[@Deathbybunjie]

Thanks, you like that scorpyd?

[@briansupermag3918]

@@Deathbybunjie yes sir i do! Their first run of bows were on the big side but its crazy accurate. Easliy sub 1" groups at 60 is boring. I am now looking to round out my fleet of bows with a narrow one a la 10 pt vapor rs470. But scorpyd is fantastic but i just wish they would narrow it up a bit.

[@raymercenilli1400]

i love ur videos ur a good man my friend!!!!

[@leveraction767]

I took my 40 yard shot (this year) with a 280 fps bow (770 grain arrow) and buried it 1/2 way in the ground on the other side. ;) Now with that said.... That shot was ridiculous and ignorant to take in the first place...no matter the outcome. BUT .... LOL I got excited...like you :D

[@Deathbybunjie]

So let me get this straight. MY deer at 40 yards and 350 fps ducked and was coming back up, unlike YOURS at 40 yards 280fps?

[@leveraction767]

@@Deathbybunjie No... Mine was coming back up. was fully up. Maybe yours was going down. Point is... My deer was fully in motion and just caught it. Lucky me. Yours could have been going up, down...who knows. Your shot might have just been high. Hard to tell at 40 but easy to assume LOL

[@teamcrooks6913]

Everyone should check out "Fletching Noise and Animals Jumping the String" by Ranch Fairy. Almost as though shooting PAPER at forty yards you should use your forty yard pin, but shooting deer or pigs at forty yards maybe the thirty-five yard "pin" OR aim a touch low? Very interesting video. Hunt safely, my Friends!

[@leveraction767]

@@teamcrooks6913 Saw it and agreed before I saw it. I shot feathers for decades and I saw what he saw even when shots were 10 yards.

[@rongarofalo3482]

Nice shot Rich

[@jamesbajcar1689]

Great video and nice shot! My son won't hunt with me, he only helps eat the meat.

[@Deathbybunjie]

Thats a start!

[@endlesshorizons1970]

Awesome... Glad to see you both hunting over AG fields... The only way Bungie is going to get on the board is from that climber. wiNk

[@Deathbybunjie]

We'll see next week... lol

[@CalvinsCorner72]

Aww come on now you know it’s called a BOLT 😆 congratulations

[@locksbog4270]

Great stuff for sure 👍😃✌️

[@leveraction767]

Holy hell! She ducked pretty solidly! Bet she was coming back up when you hit her....at 40 yards ;)

[@rextex4222]

Yea! Rich broke his dry streak!

[@matthewlyness8161]

Great shot!!!

[@yeehaw2720]

I've watch alot of your videos and this one is say was the best. Alot of things y'all hade laughing at and then hanging out that window lol hey gotta do what ya gotta do right lol..

[@Deathbybunjie]

😆

[@BackyardBroadheads]

Good video 👍

[@oldgrumpyhunter]

Congratulations.

[@tuck5829]

"are you going to shoot her?" .... yyyup! Hilarious

[@ProfKSE]

Hahahahaaa! Shot a deer hanging out the window of the blind! Hahahaaa. With my luck the blind would have tipped over. It's good to show off now and then. Makes the kids think Dad's smarter than he looks and can do magic. My kids still think Dad can FIX anything. I once stopped my car from overheating with a stick of Wrigley's gum at 2AM one rainy night. The car was overheating and I noticed the radiator fan wasn't turning on. Well, I didn't have any tools with me and only service station for miles was closed. The teenager in charge at this Mobil station said the shop was locked up and he didn't have access to any tools or even a piece of wire. So I asked him if he had any Wrigley's chewing gum. Wrigley's gum has a tinfoil wrapper. (It's the only stick gum now that doesn't use a paper wrapper.) "You hungry?" he asked. "No", I said "I'm going to fix my car with it." He followed me out to the car saying, "You're going to fix an overheating car with a stick of gum??! This I gotta see!" The gum I ate, but the tinfoil wrapper allowed me to short the radiator fan sensor leads to hotwire the fan on. The fan kicked on, running continuously, and the car cooled down. My daughter thinks the plot for MacGyver came from my exploits. I might have had something to do with her believing that.

[@Deathbybunjie]

The thought DID run through my mind lol

[@danielfrechette2938]

Just stopping but from the great white north got my best buck this year at just shy of 200 first year crossbow hunting wish I could post pictures and took my moose with her this year too shooting 543 grains at 340 good Sharpe Broadhead and that loose didn't stand a chance you know it was a rage hypodermic 👌

[@Deathbybunjie]

Sweet! Congratulations!

[@boomerrangerron]

Okay, I'm going to weigh in and guess, that you Rich, shot your deer with Bunjie Jr! And that's before I actually watched this video! Smaller, lighter and faster than Bunjie, so I'm thinking you couldn't resist shooting Bunjie Jr.! But hey, that's just my hunch! Now to find out by watching this video! And Genevieve, the new Rock Star of crossbow hunting is still batting 1000! She's three for three!

[@Deathbybunjie]

Lol thanks Ron, hope all is good, saw you got stuff going on, thanks for watching this one, Boomer Ranger!

[@larryperez4789]

You need a budgie 2.0 sir time for retirement 🙌 🙏

[@Deathbybunjie]

Funny that was a name we've joked about

[@moderndaydrifter4672]

Does this mean there's a micro going to be bought in the future, and possibly a gym membership?

[@Deathbybunjie]

😆 both possible

[@moderndaydrifter4672]

@@Deathbybunjie LOL!!

[@thomasmagness3743]

What is your total grain count on your arrows? I have been thinking about going to a lighter arrow.

[@Deathbybunjie]

Bunjie, Jr. shoots 265 grain ProFlights (16.5 inch) with a 150 grain Rage Trypan, for a total of 415 grains or so. It's what the manufacturer recommends, so hard to go wrong with that LOL.

[@dylanharris4249]

Try a Killer instinct lethal 405 crossbow package

[@dan-leepruneau8744]

Great vids love it Do the move and go for a micro serie of excalibur those are the evolution 50 is not that far now Go whit the 400fps more opportunities at deer

[@teamcrooks6913]

Remember to check the laws wherever you plan to hunt. Some states have maximum fps laws. Like 340 fps in Michigan. Hunt safely, my Friends!

[@lewiscaison2291]

Time to come to Michigan lol

[@bradnat05]

Will Bunjie’s eventual replacement also be a recurve?

[@Deathbybunjie]

time will tell!

[@ForgetU]

Nice shooting Tex...

[@Deathbybunjie]

Lol thanks Hoss

[@ForgetU]

@@Deathbybunjie It was also acrobatic, too bad there was not a camera on the outside of the blind pointing at you.

[@danielvrana9444]

That’s a great memory for you both. It just might be a sign to retire Senior for a smaller faster bow. You owe your sport, deer and viewers of your show to have the correct equipment. I’m not saying your a bow seller or you bow the star 🌟 can’t continue as is. It just might a sine from above (Fred Bear). Lol I enjoyed the post as always. That was a great shot!!! 40 yards (in the RAIN HALF OUT A WINDOW) with a crossbow I’m impressed!

[@teamcrooks6913]

Gotta disagree respectfully with you, Daniel Vrana. There is no "correct equipment" as long as the bow meets the legal requirements. Longbows, recurves, compounds, crossbows all have their limitations. Know the limitations of your chosen bow and work within them. Also note that, by far, most deer jump the string. At 40 yards that may mean that your shot hits a foot high when the deer ducks (and usually spins!)! Maybe make some great videos showing the ethical side of hunting by NOT taking questionable shots in the dark. It's not as if your survival depends on it. DbB got lucky with this one, and I applaud his luck. Remember, whenever you loose an arrow at a living creature, you owe it to that creature to make a clean, quick kill. One of three things is going to happen, and two of them are bad. Be sure (as you can be) of your shot. IMNSHO. Hunt safely, my Friends!

[@gramps5157]

Now I know why they call it a Blind. You could hardly see out the windows. lol

[@Deathbybunjie]

Lol

[@ferrari1228]

“Yup” haha

[@danshort10]

What app is that your using with the deercast

[@Deathbybunjie]

Deer cast, yeppers

[@larrygrover257]

We need to hunt sometime in Maryland together do you ever hunt public

[@Deathbybunjie]

Not in Maryland but I have started hunting Public ground in pa

[@renneroutdoorsunedited4458]

Did I miss the video of your Big buck??

[@Deathbybunjie]

You did not, that will be up next week! Probably Thanksgiving eve

[@renneroutdoorsunedited4458]

@@Deathbybunjie can not wait!!!!!!! Super pumped for it!!!!!

[@jameskevintaylor1655]

Yeah look like for the cost of the hunt they should have had better ground blinds. But thats my opinion u know the saying of opinions.

[@Deathbybunjie]

Its not really a crossbow blind, in fact in 8 seasons there its the first time we have hunted out of a blind. We made it work but yeah, not my favorite setup.

[@jameskevintaylor1655]

@@Deathbybunjie yeah I seen that.

[@austinberry7920]

Hey so my crossbow limb came out of place how can I fix that?

[@Deathbybunjie]

Allen wrenches? Doesn't sound good...

[@leveraction767]

And...This starting something new... Lets hope it's a smaller bow and historical shot distances and not throwing the baby out with the bath water. Scared.

[@Deathbybunjie]

You took a 40 yard shot this year, too. So much for historical shot distances. ;)

[@leveraction767]

@@Deathbybunjie LOL! Yeah...we are weak when deer just stand there :D

[@Deathbybunjie]

Lol I hear that! Don't worry, future unwritten... ;)

[@terrybarcus9011]

Hello from ohio.

[@douglasguenter9982]

Oh rich please tell me you aren’t going to retire bungy at the very least let him do commentary.

[@Deathbybunjie]

Commentary lol

[@tracey38999]

LMAO!!!

[@rextex4222]

1st !