Traditional Deer Hunt - Bump and Dump

[@mikebourke2498]

The footage on the camera is some of the clearest and crisp on youtube. Excellent job

[@brianlooney3032]

Tough break Garrett, going old school cost you on that one. At least you got a clean miss. Real hunting from a REAL HUNTER !

[@Hackmo72]

Early September hunts are the toughest in my opinion.

[@andychanhnguyen]

That's why they call it the struggle stick! Keep at it Garrett.

[@charlesleblanc6638]

A Buck stare just before your ready to release can certainly mess you up ! Great hunt no matter what.

[@josephtreadlightly5686]

U don't get many opportunities of spotting the same deer twice in 24 hours. The buzzing flies made me think about how bad the bugs where here last spring & summer in MN. I wasnt expecting to see a gocky & large dark/brown thing on this video 😳 .

[@cdp50359]

Brother, I hate that happened. But I really appreciate you sharing your video.

[@Jake-ky9ed]

The strugglestik strike again! lol love my recurves though. What state is that you have a cow elk and northern lights! Great vid, watched your vids for a long time and you really have done awesome, appreciate you doing the vids man Cheers

[@DIYSportsman]

Thank you! This is ND

[@PBAdventures146]

Well no wonder, your bow was upside down.. or was that just your quiver😂. You've scared me.. I've been really getting into trad hunting lately, and now you've made me doubt myself! 😊 I'm just kidding. That was a great video, and hopefully, next time you get em. Everything else was perfect!

[@DIYSportsman]

The upside down quiver balances really great. The bow just jumps straight forward at the shot. But definitely a little goofy looking 😂. I knew there'd be this type of risk with traditional for sure. What I look at for myself in review is shot quality. Left/Right was good, and the mental process was strong. I just held too high, which is always a risk without sights. On my next opportunity I made a stronger effort to acknowledge arrow tip while pulling through on a doe and hit her perfectly.

[@PBAdventures146]

@DIYSportsman are you aiming or instinctive? I'm torn between the 3 methods of gap, string walking or instinctive. Leaning towards a mix of string walking and gap. But haven't really committed 100% to one way yet. Which do you think is best?

[@DIYSportsman]

Sort of gapstinctive. I learn my gap initially and then set it during my shot process by look (I don't mentally measure 12", I just put it where 12" should be by memory if that makes sense) then switch focus to executing the shot. Fixed crawl is a compromise. Aiming is easier but I find tuning to be more finicky, and it's tough to make the bow ultra quiet. And it's tough to tame the vertical nock travel so I see both vertical and horizontal flex in slow motion. 3 under is tougher to aim but easier to tune and quieter once tuned for me. On this particular shot, I set my aim and moved to execution, but lost subconscious awareness of where that aim was. So it drifted up during my shot execution. When I later shot my longbow doe on another video, I set my aim and switched to the execution, but was still aware of the point hanging out down by the deer's knee through release.

[@PBAdventures146]

@@DIYSportsman that makes sense. Thanks for the explanation! I appreciate it!

[@gillihu4236]

neuer tag neues glück nur nicht aufgeben

[@Arkie_Outdoors]

What bow and arrow set up is that? I checked your gear list, but only saw your compound set up. Thanks.

[@DIYSportsman]

It's a Backwoods Composites HIT19 and MOAC 2.0 limbs, 42# @ 28". The arrows I was shooting at the time were a customized rip xv to get a long length for tune, but I've since switched the arrow setup to a full length 300 spine Daysix HD with 335 up front. Though I may try next year to get a 350 spine setup going so I can leverage my pile of 125gr heads and end up close to the 160-170fps range. I was shooting faster than that here but slower currently.

[@RoadLifePursuits]

The elk was cool...Too bad on the shot...what state has elk AND oak trees?

[@DIYSportsman]

I think to my knowledge ND, MN, and WI all have that mix in certain parts of the state but not sure of any others.

[@RoadLifePursuits]

So you were in ND or WI :)@@DIYSportsman

[@DIYSportsman]

This was ND

[@greiner7414]

MI and maybe PA and maybe KY?

[@DIYSportsman]

Yea good point I forgot about those and how many states east of the Mississippi have small herds.

[@wpmissourioutdoors7071]

Dang that was a really nice buck😢 good try 👍🏼