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Since we don't have a "live from the creek thread". But the creek is in the woods, so does this count?

Well my daughters birthday today so we are gonna check traps together and we are bringing her cousin so hopefully the trapping gods gave me some fur to show them ...enjoy your day yalllllll Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

Here he is, so glad we got him..Sent from my XT1254 using Tapatalk

So true , i can't even tell you guys how absolutely sick to my stomach i was after that day , i lost sleep for days reliving the moment i released on him just saying over and over again to aim a couple inches higher, the highlight of my season was seeing him on the trail camera again and not even being able to see where the arrow hit.

This is what it's about shoot or not what a beautiful day in the woods Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk

Sure he wants the antlers, but he didn't seal the deal did he? He came up way short and didn't really earn them. The guy who found them wants the antlers too, and has more right to them as far as I am concerned. The first guy lost his claim when he turned around and went home. After that, the whole carcass, antlers and all, became just another remnant laying in the woods rotting, to be found and claimed by whoever comes along.

Shot a doe at 15 yards with crossbow and 100 grain Slicktrick. She dropped within sight at 30 yards. The short blood trail was four feet wide and in spots, four feet high! Complete passthrough.

Mine very similar but I think the fixed broadhead was the difference. Only type of hit that concerns me regarding mechanical heads. Good luck with that buck next yrSent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

No more fancy pants broad-heads for me. Carbon express do great budget heads. I brought a 10 point down with their native head. 3 heads for $15 And the result:

The G5 sliced nicely, maybe I'll one day get to see how they cut through a deer

Less than 9 and a half months until bow season. Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

My coworker owns a hunting camp in Northern Stubben Co. He hasn't been happy all bow or gun season. Not seeing anything, wanting to give up. We talked him into buying a smoke pole last week. Sighted it in and he invited a couple of us to his camp this weekend, Hunted a little yesterday and saw some tails. This morning mother nature gave us what we've all been asking for with some good snow cover. We made plans for the morning and went out a first light. As I was heading to a stand down at the bottom of a hill I kicked up some deer heading to the new smoke pole owner. After about 5 minutes I heard the shot and I will just say he was one happy hunter with a nice 1.5 yr doe. I kept telling him the season isn't over with till the sunset on the closing day of what ever season you are hunting. Don't ever give up.

behaved nicely in the quiver. No shot this year.

I shot a small, ahem...very small, button buck with a rage 2 blade 100 gr head last month. Looked like a 2 lung shot but turned out to be liver and edge of gut. Just missed near lung. Shot was very slightly quartering towards. 13 yards. Deer went about 80 yards. But without much of a blood trail. Usually I've seen better blood with this broad head. To me this just goes to show that every hit is different. You just never know what you will get with a blood trail until you take up the track. But with any head, if you make a good enough shot, you should be fine.

Man did I lose some lb's trompin around up some pretty steep mountains .... Perfect amount of snow , windy as hell though ... Lots of fresh tracks from last night , a few from this morning .... Met up with two guys that had just seen a group of 8 deer run off .... We pushed a couple areas , and spread out n walked the ridges , only one other fresh pair of boot tracks we came across ... Also came up on a drag in the snow and then a guy pile with yote tracks everywhere ... We must have bumped them off it as we came through .... Beautiful day in the finally snowy woods , met some nice fellas , but no deer, gonna try again tomorrow ... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Egg sack. Honey hole!

IMO you're not going to lure squirrels into an area this late in the season. Their already going to be where they're going to be. You'll only be feeding the ones already there. Make a peanut butter n jelly sammich for yourself and plunk down next to a big old oak . Better use of the PB

Ramcats worked great once again. Pass through on a doe at 15 yds, pass through on a 9pt at 32 yds. The ramcat went through the shoulder blade and still exited the last rib on opposite side on 9pt.. Sent from my XT907 using Tapatalk

Ps..Kindle thinks I use thunderbirds...but I actually use thunderheads

Deer fat, like pork, does not freeze as well as the meat, and it will turn rancid and give the meat a stronger taste, even while in the freezer I will continue to trim ALL the fat, silverskin and connective tissue from my venison. It's a PITA, but makes for better tasting meat, IMHO.

I use their Torrid mech, have been for a lot of years and they are awesome. Big COC head and three blades. Two does this year one down in sight the other under 100 yards and heard her go down in a creek.I get them after the season sometimes for $9 a pack

Horrible, 3 blade rage ,never again. This big boy is thankful though. I haven't told anyone except for my dad who helped me track the 200 yard blood trail til it dried up. I hit him at 7:30 in the first days of archery,walked straight lines for hundreds of yards the rest of the day from the last blood spot ,we ended up getting pics of him on the trail camera a few weeks later which really set me at ease. It must have been a solid shoulder ball hit because it only entered the depth of the broadhead. Sick to my stomach for weeks until we saw him again perfectly fine.

I shoot 100 grain slick tricks. 1 bear no pass through. Went 60 yards. 1 doe went 40 yards. 1 buck went 20 yards. Glad I went back to them. May not leave a blood trail lick rage but get great penitration. If you hit them right you will find them.

Hilary Clinton....

4 coyotes off the farm in 8g. 3 in the first week (dirt hole) and the fourth tonight on a pee post Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Man, don't you guys EVER work????????

Perfectly said, but you left one out that not many would admit, "Deer snuck up on me while I was on my phone.". Good season = getting out there - Bonus is filling a tag. Bad season = not getting out there.

All done and boy did his head get smashed lol that was a task but it all was fine no rips or tears and went out and put the carcass in my garbage pile set on my back 30... and the glands I got one off without hitting it then the other one I nicked a little bit so I used vons makeup sponges he gave me to soak up the secretion and boy did the sponges stink so I also snuck in a pocket set on my back ditch that runs from the golf course and the other sponge went down a dirt hole so I'll have some action for sure on one of those freshen ups .. Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

I own 340 acres in the town of Annsville (area 6K), mostly crop fields, some woods, some wetlands. I am looking for someone in Area 7F to trade hunting with. I am willing to do this on a one day for one day kind of swap or I am also interested in helping with chores, property maintenance, QDMA, etc,or any other ideas you may have. I am not a person to just come to your property just to hunt...I want to contribute and I expect the same from you. Swapping days is an option as well. PM me to discuss this further.

I have been discussing hunting in Germany with my Brother-in-law from Canada who visited Germany a while back, and it piqued my interest as to how other countries handle some of the problems that we face in hunting and game management. Doing a bit of internet research, I came across an article that lays out a strange system that is way different from anything that I could even imagine. Yes it's a rather lengthy article, but amazing in the description of a system of hunting in Bavaria where hunters do the game management and actually have some pretty heavy legal responsibilities in doing so. You all might want to have a peek at it. Who knows, it may be something that we will see here someday. http://fwp.mt.gov/mtoutdoors/HTML/articles/2003/HuntingGermany.htm

Maybe you should flip your camera over. The world is upside down. Or, you could flip the photos over.

Yea I have some shopping to do,I want to get some rifles n my hands and see what I like best.I love my 7600 so I am assuming the 7500's would be really close.I may just get a 7400 and have my smith go through it he has a really good track record for getting them to run like a top when they jam up

I got a new bow this year and decided to try a different broadhead. I read alot of reviews and I went with NAP killzones.i had always shot NAP Thunderheads and they always worked great. I ended up shooting a little guy at 15 yards, arrow clipped a twig a few yards before him and it hit his spine. The broadhead opened completely and completely passed through the spine. It severed the spine, no bent blades, tip still sharp. So I will b getting more next year, 100 grain 2 blade.

Great reports. Keep them coming.

Thats cool that you saw him alive and well again. No head is going through that spot

Woo.hoo!! One last weekend at Letchworth. Sitting 50 yds from a fresh scrape in the snow

Hunting in 4W, woke up to snow and 25 degrees. This is last day for me this year. Good luck and good hunting.

One shot, when she's close, will get her attention, and remind her that it's deer season and that there's hunters out there. Now, if she's pasted in orange, she knows, she doesn't care. These people exist.

250 grain 100 gr powder. it would have been like throwing a rock at it.... a pointy one

I killed eight point buck with viper trick, arrow went right through, hit liver... He went 300 yards barely any blood,, we ended up following tracks through a soy field, and found him... I'm switching back to grim reaper mechanical.... Better blood trail..hope you have better luck.Sent from my XT1254 using Tapatalk

This has worked the best for me

Mine (Slick Tricks 100gr Magnums) worked great but I've made a change regardless. I killed a doe and a buck with them this fall, the doe was uneventful and the head performed perfectly. The buck I killed was about 17 yards and although I had an entrance (duh) and exit the exit only consisted of a poke through, the broadhead and about 6" of shaft stayed in the Bucks chest. I center punched the heart and I would have expected the arrow to go all the way through. Not too big a deal as the results were good but left me wondering.........so, after a number of years of use and probably 10 deer kills I decided to look a little deeper. After reading more about the Slick Trick Viper Tricks I ordered two packages. They are supposed to penetrate better than the standard or magnum ST heads. We'll see...............

Mine worked fine . Fit in the quiver quite well . Didn't have a bow shot at any deer this season .

Finally! The last hour in my stand tonite brought the first real snow of the year! It's 8:30 now and there is about an inch and a half on the deck. I can't wait until morning. Some of my favorite stands require snow in order to have half a chance to spot deer moving in the thick brush. Can't wait!

You can look at these: http://www.scopemonster.com/search.php?Cat=91&Key=Silver The Leupold VX-1 should fit the bill.

Tonawanda Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I would say maybe the same thing. Talking about this compared to the other issues mentioned is more fun then talking about speeding and other things..Don't ya think?

After hunting most of the day today, I finally see a buck late this afternoon. Couldn't get a good shot-heavy brush at first, then only an opening for a couple of seconds. Grunted him still, but when he stopped he was in heavy brush again. Then disappeared. Just good to see one. Got one with the bow, but this is first buck I've seen after bow season. I've had too many disturbances at my spot. A woman keeps bringing her dang dogs for a walk all over the woods. She was out there this afternoon at 2.

Great offer.

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