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Hunting behind the house this morning (9h). 2 spikes walked past me around 9:00 then at 9:45 this guy walked out. Personal best with the bow! Quartering away shot, got liver and one lung. Wasn’t a pass through so blood trail turned into a grid search. He ran about 300 yards but I was able to see him for most of it because it was a crp field. Very thankful the neighbor didn’t mind me looking around on his property. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

In through the lungs but back a bit out the guts...heading back to stand for a whole before I go any further... As per usual he jumped at the hit then just wandered/wobbled back the way he came...with this heavy settup they have yet to run

Just stuck a nice buck. Not huge but a nice 8. Shot may have been a litte back but looked good. Whooo shaking like crazy.

4 pointer

Hunting partner text me an hour ago, said he saw a big buck trailing a doe, three hundred yards from where I'm set up. Said they were heading my direction. So far, nuttin. Gonna stay till the end of legal light. I know this is a proven, great rut spot! Thick nasties, bordering a doe bedding area. Wind is perfect and steady. Fingers crossed. I'm in the right spot. Just need a little luck today!

Photo at 36. Didn’t want to move and possibly give up stand. Same buck for sure. Phades got him. No doubt in my mind.

Luna was pulled off injured reserve for a 300 yard track this morning of my deer:-) He ran by my camera after the shot.

140 on the scale I'd educated guess 90 net...good 2.5 for this tiny county parcel: story in harvest thread eventually

Live from the shed...son is bugging me for tendies gotta get these chores done Shot was more like an 8c on the chart entered lung exited liver easy track 80 yds I spotted him but the dog deserves the credit to...no blood trail really

Doe for the freezer, another heart shot, went about 100 yards. Those slicks tricks are lethal, always a pass thru with those heads. Gonna fill the freezer fast with these big does.

Wet snow near Cranberry Lake...the blind I built in yesterday’s rain is holding up...so far...

Had another successful day afield in dismal weather. The dog did her job as she always dose and we came home with a bird apiece. Probably could have bagged another bird a piece but my dads knee was getting sore and the rain was getting harder. My cocker got on my bird hard in tall grass and headed it off on the run Turning it back towards me and running down forcing it to take flight when it became pinned about ten feet in front of me cackling with the best of them as the small bird dog leapt after him. After it was well clear of the cocker I Dropped it with one round from the sixteen on a quartering away shot. We finished working the field and moved to the next. Bailey flushed my dads bird for its first short flight out of a cut line in the field he missed with his first shot and the bird landed and ran into the thickets between the field and the swamps. The cocker didn’t show her 9 years of age as she charged in after it and flushed it cackling back out towards the field. His second round from the 12 gauge sportsman 48 dropped the rooster and the flushing wonder retrieved. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I have had a great morning. Have been seeing deer since first light. 8 doe. 2 fawn 2 spikes and a good sized 3 with bumps for brows that really pushed his luck with multiple shot opportunities.

7pt, harassing does after he followed my dragline.

You got me out of bed for this

A few bucks on one camera

The start I hope to some fantastic chili

And then all that snow melted and fell on me. Back at the house with clothes in the dryer. Didn’t see a thing. It was like the woods was having a snow ball fight and I was in the middle of it. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Yep found first 2 bloods 15 and 30 yds from arrow...gonna be a slow track I believe I smell him... Gomna back out get my survey tape and a coffee and prolly a buddy or 2 mihht not be guts might just be lung liver

Chevy is better than Ford? Rage broadheads are overpriced hype? Crossbows will be the end of bow season as we know it? Antler restrictions are ineffective/Communist? Food plots are no better than bags of corn? Take your pick.

I took this pic of my twins at a 200 year old hotel in the poconos Still cracks me up Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

I’m always suspicious when these threads pop up , that my wife joined the forum .... to to answer the question, first have to decide which category this falls in .

Bottom of the climber slipped 5 inches!!!! That will wake you up!

Wait it out Paul. As a distraction, my buddy David used a piece of ratchet strap tied to a limb and small piece of branch on other end to create a licking branch. Darned if it didn’t work. Phade just had this same 2 yr old with a broken g2 working it and a scrape that the deer opened 15yds from his stand. And I made fun of him when I first saw it. Lol

Poor Natalie had some type of allergic reaction and mom is out of country. We will be watching cartoons together this morning. But I will be checking in so good luck folks.

Spent a little over Two hours out with Flushing Bailey Lynn of Rose Cottage today. Made contact with five birds total. The first was a runner that looked like a race horse trotting across the cut field after it broke out of the rough. Called the dog off and continued to work the hedge line. I saw one duck from the cut line into the thickets and the dog was on him. A short chase ensued and with a single cluck two birds took flight out of the brush. I dropped the one cutting right but could not get a bead on the second going left. The cocker snatched him up to the field and set him down the moment he stopped twitching. She seems to think once they are dead and dad can see them it’s time to find the next. About another two hundred yards down the hedge/swamp line we had our second runner break into the field dog right behind. She turned back towards the thick stuff but a doe jumped up and I whistled the command to recall. She doesn’t seem to pay deer any attention but I gave that rooster a pass any how. We worked our way back to the truck against a cut line pond bank but flushed no roosters. Along the drainage for the pond the dog got on the last rooster for the day working him hard in the brush/cattails his cackles giving clues to his flush point as she worked him. He finally flushed but had decided his best bet was to go deeper into the cattails. I held my fire to give my hard working dog a break and as she returned I got the glare of a disappointed hunting partner. As when made the truck the rain started so we called it a day. Teddy was more than excited to hold the bird for today’s picture. And wants to know when he can go.... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Well i got found my arrow about 75 yards after the shot. Just as i got to it he stood up 10 yards ahead and walked off. Definitely crushed the liver. Back in the house waiting till 830 to go back out. Hoping the yotes keep away from him.

I will say that while i was sitting this morning there is still alot of green still in the woods for the end of october.

Good luck Zeek hopefully I will see a recovery pic soon Sent from my XT1650 using Tapatalk

Just got into my acorn flat blind. My trusty ole 8pt came Friday where I was sitting. 5 hours after I left. I pissed in that scrape at 630pm on my way out and he came again to check it out. Hopefully tonight he comes earlier. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Out of anybody here you know the shot the best. How it looked and felt. If you think you need to track it go slow. Like you are still hunting slow. If you can wait it out give him another hour or 2. It's a hard wait. If the shot was a little back and hit the lungs and guts you most likely got the liver too. Dead deer just don't push it.

Ill go crossbows are the work of the devil for $500 alex.

I know I tell everyone else that now I'm panicked ha!

This is the worst part...no one ever accused me of being patient. Came in quick right out of the thick stuff nose to the ground on my prepped trail I shot him 5 yards before he hit the mock scrape I made yesterday antler ice is not a joke

If you can get past the smell , you got it licked.

Super session #7 For Cousin Eddie !

Shot my first ever bow deer tonight. 5 points, with one little nub trying to be a 6. 135 pounds dressed weight. Had dinner reservations for my wifes birthday, which were promptly cancelled! She understood, but tomorrow's dinner locale is getting upgraded! Two things to celebrate now Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk

Finally got my dog out for his first hunt. He has been training very hard all summer and today was for him to put that to the test . Conditions were lousy and only managed to get 2 groups of birds to work the spread, not much for flights. Cooper held very steady in his blind for a 18 month old. Around 8:30 had a hen and drake wood duck cup perfectly and a 1 shot at the back drake send him down. Cooper waited to be released and then launched out of his blind like a track star. He didn’t take the straightest of line To get to him but I won’t beat him up for his first. Anyway I was able to get pics and a video of his first retrieve and taking the Woodie to the taxidermist as I have my other dogs first bird done when she was alive .

Going to make one mamba jamba grilled tuna and grilled cheese sammich Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Do these still work after the shot

Getting ready to call it a morning here in a few minutes back to mostly rain now. Picked up another Tree stand at Walmart last night a 15 ft ladder stand for $35 couldn't pass it up Sent from my XT1650 using Tapatalk

Or stuff like this. Looks like I was just a few minutes behind the one who made the last " Wet Spot". Camera on it now. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Looks like daylight showed up a long time ago. Oh you said sunrise. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I have developed serious infections twice from dressing game without without gloves, once from cleaning squirrels and once from butchering a caribou....The one from the caribou would have ended my last Alaska hunting trip prematurely if one of my partners had not brought a bottle cipro just in case...Since then I carry a Ziploc full of cheap latex gloves in my vest or my pack, and use them every time I dress, skin or butcher anything....

Property taxes, tractor parts, and implements, fuel, seed, 4 new hub blinds, 5 trail cams, crossbow broad heads, two boxes Federal Nosler BTs, tons of reloading stuff, a pair of lightweight bowhunting gloves, Under Armor pants, Eddie Bower camo mid weight shirt.....And I'm sure I forgot something. Thousands....... $$ But worth every penny. Even if I don't kill a deer.

Haven't we all