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My husband took this buck last Thurs night

Got em...big 8. Will post details later.

Well archery season has come to a close for me. Tonight was my last bow hunt of the year. With a packed schedule between work and personal and knowing I was not going to get out again before leaving for camp Friday for the gun opener weekend. So I decided what ever presented the perfect opportunity I would take. It has been a long and slow archery season for me. Did not see a whole lot of deer and or action. My trail camera's said else wise hence the reason I was holding out till the end but just did not connect. Perhaps during the gun season. Either way he came in at 4:00pm giving me a perfect 15yd broadside shot. Drilled him through the heart ran about 60yds and expired. Nice little basket 8pt. Exciting hunt, no tracking, easy drag, freezer stocked, & a fine memory of the hunt what its all about. No trophy for the wall but a memorable one

obviously not a buck or even a brute of a doe but man was i excited to put down my first ever deer with the bow after a 2 years of hard hunting. finally got it done yesterday on the island with a 20 yard shot. This is what i found after about a 60 yard blood trail.

The giant.... It's been an incredibly tough 3, buckless seasons !!! Letting them go and watching them grow is tough, and for me it's even tougher to continuously get nocturnal giants on the cams and barely ever have sightings. I have in the past 5 years of leasing this property, seen some of the biggest deer of my life, mainly on camera, or past or before legal light. So this year was no different. Couple monsters on the cams, always at night. My birthday was November 1st, hunted all day and didn't see much. Sunday my parents wanted me to come over for dinner, which anybody, including them that know me, know I'm hard to commit to anything during daylight hours, October to january especially during the rut. Well, I commited, and went out sun morning and saw nothing but a fawn. got back to the house around 1130 and decided to hang my new cuddy back near a stand I hadn't used yet this year. As I drove the 4 wheeler back to the house I found myself 50 yards and face to face with a giant. I kept driving and he kept watching. I got about 150yards away and stopped to investigate ( and wipe the drool from my mouth) . I noticed he had a doe locked down in some thick stuff. So I headed back to the house to devise a plan. Unfortunately I could barely think let alone concentrate on the perfect kill plan. Either way, j was going to have to decide, family dinner or kill a giant. I'm a new father, and it does have me thinking differently, so I decided I would go to dinner. On our way to my parents I was taking a slow drive and glaring in the woods, and of course, who do I see trying to cross the road but the giant ! I quickly hopped out of the truck and scared him back into the woods. I could barely keep myself together. Since then I have been a wreck. One thing on my mind, the giant. We have all been there ! Had Wednesday off and was in the woods all day except a 30 min crap n sangwich break.... only saw 2 small bucks all day. Hanging my head and thinking I lost my one shot at the giant I still kept my fire and was in the stand this am by 530. Saw nothing but a button buck all day, till 920, when I caught a flash of brown followed by a chunk of antlers. he was on a mission, head down through the golden rod, making his own trail as he went. I really only had one small window to shoot, so I drew back and by the time I was ready to stop him he was hidden under 6' of swamp weeds... let down the bow... he kept coming but slowly heading for the thick stuff and into never ever land...I picked out a spot under some apple trees that would be my hail mary spot... he kept coming... I stopped him...let the rage extreme fly...lumenok glowing I saw the arrow hit him center mass, good height. Ugh. Oh no. i could not tell you what was happening to me for the next half hour. I decided to wait in the stand. Marginal shot, maybe, but was hoping for liver and hoping that nasty extreme would do work on him. so after an episode of tremors and shaking like a Crack head, 30 min had passed. So I got down.....blood !!! The giant had an arrow threw him !! Found a huge spray of blood on impact and could see blood at least 10 yrds up the run he took. Being cautious I decided to give him 2 hours. I did, when I started tracking I could not believe the blood trail. He went a total of 80 yards and piled up. It was a liver/ gut shot, but it worked, and I am one happy hunter. The best part is that after all the exciment calmed down I realized he's not even the big guy I have on the trail cam !! I will be greatful for him but my goodness what a great season I could have with both !! Who knows, who cares. The giant is dead and I am still in disbelief!!! If you just read all of this, thanks, and good luck to you !! Let em go and watch em grow !! 19.5" inside. 10.5" g2 that's 2.25" thick, great mass, just an aweome deer. Feel free to score from pics !

Went into this sit after a big 8 with a tall caramel rack which was to be my last sit for bow.... Saw 2 other bucks and a doe n 2 fawns ... Didn't see the big 8 n was about to call it quits n hit the can a few times , couple minutes later here he comes trottin to me nose to the ground trying to figure out where his girl is... Not the biggest I've seen from the stand but he'll do ... Been a tough bow season for me , saw a lot of deer but for one reason or another never came together... Hadn't gotten my usual doe this year so I'm happy to have some meat in the freezer! Big boys need watch out next Saturday! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I sat watching all the turkeys wakeing around me...learned alot this morning...was trying to decide whether to shoot one when they dropped down when I heard foot steps behind me...checked the watch and it was just 6:58 I got the bow ready and in slipped a rack....to my rt...perfect...I'm lft handed.... he was moving through the trees and I was following him with the scope at around 17 yards a turkey putted in the trees and he stopped..I squeezed off the shot and he took two bounds and stopped to look around...dang I thought I missed! then his knees went together and the hip swayed...he tried a wobbly walk but 20yrds after the hit he tipped over...it was a perfect hit...I actually tried to recock the bow but it wouldn't catch???I have to check it out later...I was going to sit and see what the turkeys did...they weren't upset until I started gathering gear to leave then what a racket..lol great morning and out of old faithful stand...all it took was a corn cutting to put them back on track...OMG he stinks...all rutted up...

SZ hunt at a friends camp - 6pnt 25 yards.

Again tonight! 40 yard heart shot!

shot this mature doe Saturday at 1pm, walking to the blind we see a small basket 6 bedded 40 yards away knock an arrow he takes off. get to my blind to see a spike and a 4 point sparring it out for about 5 mins while a doe sat there and watched. I spooked them away so I could get into my blind. not 30 minutes later this doe and another smaller one come into 20 yards to feed on a small food plot I have, waited for what seemed like an hour for her to turn broadside but she never did. took a shot as she was quartering toward me whack saw her jump and the arrow exit a little back, thought it was a good hit cuz she was wobbling and moving very slow. waited an hour and went to see what kind of blood and what arrow looked like, I had good blood on the arrow and ground. I tracked her about 50 yards from where I shot and kicked her up out of her bed she was moving super slow so I knew she wasn't going far, kicked her up a second time and this time I backed out to wait a little longer and get my bow. at 4 I went back in at the last place I kicked her up with my buddy, we walk about 30 yards to see her bedded on property line, had to knock another arrow and finish her off before I lost her for good, second arrow did the trick, turns out my first arrow hit a little far back and broke the hip upon exiting. first kill with the bow and I got a little doe fever can't wait to get out there and take down a buck now.

Got this six pointer Saturday morning at 11am. Drove through the night from Long Island for a one-day hunt. Had a doe come right to me at 7:30, passed. Saw a few more deer in the distance around 9am; and a bunch of turkeys. Then, this guy came up the main trail headed toward the corn. If he turns left, he'll come right to me. He turns right. I let an arrow go and miss low- I guessed 30 yards, he was 36. He jumps into the hedge row and mills around for a few minutes. He then crosses the main trail and heads in my direction along a rub line I'm set up over. I knocked another arrow. He gives me a broadside chance at about 30 yards and I let it fly. Felt like a good shot. But, the deer doesn't react at all. He stood still for a few seconds. At this point, I'm confused. I was pretty sure I made a decent shot. He starts to turn back and head slowly down the ridge. I knock a third arrow and notice his rear end starts to dip a bit- not sure if he was gonna pee in a scrape or just tip over. He gives me a quartering away shot at 40 yards and I let the arrow fly. WHAM, the arrow sticks in the back shoulder and the deer jumps in the air. Waited a few minutes and tracked him about 75 yards and jump him- find a pool of blood and my second bloody arrow. Back out and wait another half hour, track another 75 yards and find him piled up. Best part was that he ran almost directly back to my truck. Never heard of a deer sticking around to take a second arrow. This was only my third time hunting my new land and I couldn't be more thrilled with the action so far. Turns out that the first arrow was a decent hit, just a few inches back. The second shot stuck in the back shoulder and was laying in the blood pool at the spot where I jumped him.

My son's deer, 23 yard shot right through the heart. Very little tracking job. Nice size frame on this animal. Had been shot, just below the spine some weeks ago.

For those of you who do your own butchering, try taking your game cameras and putting one on the remains. Here are some samples. Some of these are sheep butchering remains and some are deer. The results are the same.

Ever get that chill down you spine and the little voice in your head whispers, "This never ends well"?

Sorry for the delay, just got tap talk so I can upload photos from phone.... Taken yesterday morning at 9:15 ... Stay positive guys , came into a can call, grunt, n rattle sequence.... Good luck guys n gals! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Was a great day for me yesterday. Got a coyote in the AM and my first ever deer in the PM with my Barnett Ghost 410

My son got his first deer!

Well he is down at the eldely gentlemans home and He looked at me and said...you have no idea what a life saver this is for me...I actually could see it...he had another young couple there to help hang and skin him so he can cut it up... You guys know I pass young buck and have eaten tag soup..... but I can tell you as of now this is the best deer of my life...I have absolutley no regrets shooting that 6pt to donate this morning....he had tears in his eyes when we left...best day in the woods ever...and what a sigh of releif.......but man I need to go soak my knee ...WOW

I love hunting with a full moon, it saves the batteries in my spotlight. I am kidding.

They sent you an extra bar as they didn't include a tree

Got good blood, I am gonna give him time. Go get my kids so they can experience tracking and recovery.

Just a quick little background I live down in Southeast Pennsylvania and my parents own some property in Lvingston County NY. My dad and I try and hunt as much as possible up in NY and we also try and do some deer management even though it seems to be difficult in our area. We spend a lot of time and money planting food plots and trying to create better habitat Last year was a difficult year for me and I did not get any deer, as nothing worked out. I did have a couple of opportunities to shoot some smaller buck but chose to pass on them because we are practicing deer management. We were up last weekend and the first 2 days I passed up a little spike and a young 7 pointer. On Monday morning I had the first buck picture walk up to me after first light at 26 yards. He stopped in the middle of my shooting lane I let my rage 2 blade chisel point fly. I didn't hear or see it him, he took off tale up in the air, and ran out of sight. I thought I might have missed him. I only waited 15 minutes and had to get down and check my arrow. When I got to my arrow all 3 fletching's had blood on it and when I picked it up blood came off the arrow onto my fingers. That made me feel better and I decided to just check the first 30 yards for blood. I had blood instantly and it was spraying about 4 ft on either side as I walked the blood trail. I stopped after 30 yards and decided to wait since I didn't see impact, didn't see him fall or hear him crash since it was so wet, plus my dad was hunting so I figured we would give him some time to bleed out and let my dad hunt since it was early. We started trailing him 4 hours later and followed a great blood trail. It was so good that I thought I heart shot him and he wouldn't make it 100 yards. Well after 100 yards I was beginning to get worried and after 200 yards we lost the blood trail, which made me very discouraged. We found a little spot here and a little spot there where he must have ran. Finally he started walking again and blood picked again. I looked up and there he was bedded down about 25 yards away, all I could see was his front shoulder back and it didn't look like he was moving he was down for the count. man was I pumped. He was bedded down his head on the ground looking the way he came from. He went 250 yards and in the second pic you can see where I hit. My rage 2 blade went in vertical right along the side of the rib and just took the tiniest sliver out of the back of his heart. I could not believe how far he made it. He did not have that much blood left inside when I gutted him. It just goes to show you how tough deer really are. I learned a valuable lesson and that is unless you see or hear them fall give the deer time to bleed out. If they are hit hard they will not go to far He was an 8 pt with a 14 inch inside spread and 16 inch outside spread. He weighed 165 pds dressed. Now fast forward to Friday morning in southeast Pa. I started off seeing a small buck right after light a little 7 pointer. About 15 minutes later I see a big deer on the same trail. I put my binoculars up and saw right away it was a nice buck. I got my doe can call out and made 4 bleats that I don't think he heard. I lost him in some brush and finally saw a deer coming towards me it was a big doe. She came through 23 yards away and stopped and was looking around I thought I was cooked but she just continued on. A little one came through then another big doe . I couldn't believe none of them saw me. I figured at that point he would come to the same spot. I look up and here he comes on a leash right to where the doe were. I pulled back grunted and he stopped facing me dead on. I couldn't believe it thankfully he was looking back for the buck he thought grunted and not at me in the tree stand. I held my pin on his shoulder figuring as soon as he turned I would let it fly. It felt like a minute but probably was only 30 seconds. He opened up his right side and I let a 3 blade rage fly and he took off and I could see my arrow going up and down as he ran 80 yards. He stopped and his tail was flickering a hundred mph then he walked off, and I lost him. Of course now a million replays were going through my head and I was worried about penetration and where exactly I hit him but I felt confident and was hoping he was laying close to where I last saw him. I waited an hr and started tracking him with my dad and we didn't have blood for about 25 yards then we started getting some what looked like lung blood. We kept sneaking quietly and there he laid about 30 yards from where I last saw him. It was a double lung shot through his shoulder. He was a very symmetrical 10 pt with a 14 inch inside spread and weighed 142 pds dressed. I shot him within 5 minutes of the one on Monday and I used the same arrow from Monday with a new broad head. Unfortunately this buck broke that arrow but it sure was a lucky one this week. God has certainly blessed me this week with two great deer and I couldn't be more happier. The only thing that would make it better would be if my dad could shoot a nice one up in NY this week as he is hunting up there. Thanks for reading! And good luck hunting!

Success Tonight! Horton crossbow NAP 100 grain kill zone broadhead

Biggest to date... gonna fit right in on the wall ! Story to follow

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This should be fun. That is all i got ti say about that

beans?

We hunted differently this year picking two 5 day hunts. one for bow and a combo bow opening day. We will be up wed night through Tuesday, nice looking forecast!!!

In 7h went from nothing, to Holy crap! I got fresh rubs and scrapes 50 yds from the stand,,,,,come on Saturday!

The ladder section on the right I see a bar mounting point. Are there any others? Possibly 2nd bar for diff stand

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i got a primos triger stick really nice

Shot this wide 8 pt yesterday not long after getting in the stand around 9:30am. He was grunting and following a group of does. He walked into a clear lane at 30yds and I let a 125gr Sonic head fly, hitting him right behind the shoulder with a complete pass through. He gave a slow short run before stopping and falling over. This wasnt his 1st time having an arrow flung at him as you can see the huge gash along his left side belly, took a nice chunk outta his rt leg too. Didnt slow him down a bit. Hes now my best buck to date with any weapon as he beats my 2010 bucks 18" inside width by over an 1" The sharp rear molars tell me hes most likey 2.5 yo. Local: Rockland co. Bow: Martin Nemesis 35

Just heard the "thwack" of an arrow hitting a deer about 75 yards away! Looks like my neighbor was out also!

Looks good. Not overly cold and comfortable enough to sit all day. Will be up Friday thru Monday.

Don't think there are any "woods" friendly smelling foods IMO. I'll pack whatever I have as snacks and in the fridge. All about the wind

a good 1/2 or poor 2 1/2 looks to me. Depending on where you are.

I hunted the Keeney Swamp state forest 2 years a go on Thanksgiving day and my son and I had the whole place to are selves when we left there at 12noon their were no cars on any of the roads. We saw plenty of deer and no hunters. Now I didn't hunt there on opening day and i'm sure there were guys there but I can't say how many. If you look most guys are shot by someone in there own hunting party then by a stranger.

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Actually, it's pretty easy...the reciept number is written on a tag that gets affixed to the animal's rear leg. That leg/tag stays with the animal through the entire process, and the tag is put in the box with your meat. The tag# is then written on the box. I have butchered 200 deer per season for 20 years now, and have never mixed up any deer. That's my system, but I can't speak for how others do it. Personally, I think hunters are overly paranoid that thier deer is going to be switched with another somehow...like I said, if you have a decent system, it's all good.

I own Fins to Feathers. I am the one you spoke to...I process about 200 deer per season, and all my regular customers leave deer at any time back by the garage. I can't possibly be home at all hours between October 1st and January 31, so if you need to drop off a deer and I'm not there at the time, just make sure you leave your phone # with the animal so I can call you when it's ready, usually same day or next. Not alot of processers on the island, be careful where you take your deer. Just because somebody has a big shop filled with mounts bought at estate auctions doesn't mean he is trustworthy...Good Hunting...Rich

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They don't necessarily lick the branch. They are rubbing their preorbital, nasal, and forehead glands on the branch to leave as much scent on it as possible. During this process there mouth is often open and saliva will get on the branch as well.

No the one in the box was wood. The guy had two. My son elected to take this one because he was able to eek another $100 cash in the job by foregoing the engraving. He didn't care about engraving in the end. Didn't know that was happening until it landed in the house. Not sure if it was a bait and switch but he did well in the end both ways. We Lock Tited the base down like y'all recommended. His girlfriends dad has land in PA that backs upto to state game land so I think he's gonna do well with the pump gun. He's taking it to the range on Fri to zero it in. Nothing like last minute. But he's working hard so I can't complain too much. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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Nice .... neat idea .

Burt, are you sure you didn't photoshop OUT of the picture the tongue that this buck was sticking out at you?? That 8 pointer you missed told him you don't shoot too good, so he probably came over to tease you a bit. The big buck came over to the camera to say "nah nah nah nah nahhhhh, you'll never shoot me!" LOL

OMG!!!