First-light

First time I hunted Thanksgiving. I can remember my buddies saying its like opening day all over. I heard Maybe 5 shots all day. Not good.

We have several bucks chasing does right now.

Wow couldn't say it better.

Hey great news!!!! So we backed out tracking that doe for the second time. Thought was let her lay and die and we would go back to last spot and start again. We called up an overhead shot online and made a plan upon the last blood. We did sleep in and got out there at 8am. Don't you know our cameras blew up with two chases and that same food plot had 8 doe in it at 7:45! Hunt the storms! So we started at a point that would lead us to last blood. We were 30 yards apart and after 5 minutes my brother whistles I found her. She was about 40 yards bedded under a tree. The shot entered her mid section quartering to and exited out the the back leg. Caught the guts. Shot was high my Brother was lucky to get her. I'm glad we didn't push her last night. Learn from this but it was a gut shot but the shot was high and drove through and exited the backside. We didn't know she was gut shot even at that first blood bed. No evidence of stomach waste in blood. I say she is 140-150 mature doe. A Thanksgiving blessing for sure!

Have a great Thanksgiving. Just spending it with my Brother at my house. Be safe driving all!

Just don't know where she is hit. A lot of blood in bed but when she moves just a spot hear and there. I was on my hands and knees looking.

Hey gang we went back and found her bed. Thoughts? Plenty of dark blood. Tracked for another 50 yards just a spot here and there nothing great. We decided to stop and pick it up in the am. Now I know we are expecting snow but these are giant pines she is in and the snow wont make it to the pine floor.

Don't get any more live than this! Reveal camera caught the Doe my brother shot at 4:58. She came into the food plot with two fawns. Found blood and hair. Tracked across the field into thick pines. Heard her trying to move breaking branches so we backed out. Going back in an hour or so. Shot was in the shoulder but could of been a little low.

Hunted my new box blind. 7:45 a parade of Does come in and the really huge doe was with them. Had my chance at 80 yards and missed her. It was all me not the gun. Looked pretty hard for sign at impact zone nothing. She lives on.

Have a great Birthday!

From the article I read breeding should be happening again right after Thanksgiving week. That would mean some chasing this weekend. Let's report back.

Hoffmans all the way!!!! Best dog in town!

Love the body size!

You give them 6 lbs of venison and will get back 20 hot dogs. Buddy just had this done.

Stupid bullshit. They want the deer dead.

Quiet night. Few shots but nothing here.

Driving back from Ohio I saw a buck chasing a doe! lol Those boys have some real nice blinds sitting not far off the highway! Hunted with my brother when I got home nothing doing. We will be hunting hard Wed-Sun.

So cool!

Hunted tonight before the storm. They were moving for sure. Heard about 17 shots from 4:00 until 5:10. Neighbor next door shot a nice 8 has yet to share picture. Other neighbors son took a decent 5 point. I had three big Doe come in around 4:55. They were about 40 yards out. I let them walk it was just about too dark to shoot and I had a lot of packing to do tonight.

Rem 1187 auto loader. Lightfield slug 2 3/4. Zaps the life out of them just by the impact. Placement 3 inches from bottom of neck.

243 great gun but I have heard stories of hitting a deer and no blood or very little. I have a State Trooper and a County Detective that hunt with me. They both missed 4 deer this year. 3 no blood 1 very little. They just plain missed. It happens. Shoot the gun again at target to be sure you are on. GL

So this was the first two years we had out 3 Reveal cameras. They did a great job showing us what was around but you could never time a buck with them. The lease property had them my property had the old kind. I don't mind them but real time picts can screw with your mind where to hunt. Not a big fan about them but you have to say you get some really nice pictures at times. If tomorrow they were outlawed no big deal I would hunt the same way as I always would looking for sign.

Didn't hunt today. Sick went to urgent care then moved wood for the stove. I'm in Ohio Friday - Sunday my brother is watching my dogs. We might have 8" of snow Thursday night.

Yes I believe they are. Have taken a few and with a gun the die right there.

Last few time I bought ammo I had to wait three hours. Now I left and came back the next day but that doesn't work for some people.