First-light

Belo, Tree stand 15 fett up. Yup tough shot for sure.

Hey, he's wearing my freaken shirt, the little runt.

Let's not forget last year so quickly, 2/3 with the bow last year! We don't have the kid this year to make us look good....then again, it will take more than Zach shooting a deer every year to make us look good.

Yes he was that close.

Wow, bought one last year. That sucks-thanks for the info though.

Right before the shot is was in the "nut" phase and couldn't believe he was so close. After the shot I went through the "seeking" phase, that lasted 3 hours. Just about done with the "mourning" phase so have at it!!!!!!! lol

Yea I think he will. Arrow was fully recovered. Again it happened so quick the distance and angle I bet it went right through the left side high up.

Foot rests are great! Gorilla stands are pretty good, I have a couple.

Your right it was so close and the angle, stand is up at least 15 feet.

Phade and Sam I think you might be right. Hair was short and light brown brown, no white hairs. The impact noise was odd, like smacking a wooded hollow tube with another piece of wood. Hard to explain but that is what it sounded like. I had his tracks in the leaves for a good 30 yards and found nothing. We continued looking for 3 hours, nothing except for the impact area.

Shot a real nice one yesterday. Coming to me at 3-5 yards had a slight quartering to me and let the shot got. Heard impact deer ran off tail between legs. Arrow had fat all the way along it and some grey hair on the ground, not white. We looked for 3 hours no blood at all. I think I may of hit neck??? It all happened real quick, maybe a bad shot but he was so close and thought I was going to get busted any moment. I'll play this one over a 100 times in my head, it sucks.

Just reporting back on conditions and deer sightings. Thursday night cloud cover Friday sun and clouds 55. We saw 7 deer from 3pm until dark. Friday night was again cloudy and we saw 1 deer 7am on saturday. Saturday night was cloudy Sunday morning cool partly sunny we see 2 bucks. The bucks we saw all responded to calling From a little 4 pt to a giant. Not many rubs or scrapes were found. Neighbor killed an 8 pt Friday that came into a doe bleat. I thought the weekend was pretty good and the two of us both had our chances.

Just got with some news I wish were different. Saturday I saw nothing but my brother had a small 4 pt come in but was busted by him at full draw. He has it all on film and is pretty cool. We go out this morning for the last hunt. My brother goes to the bottom of the property and I stay up top. At about 7 he does some doe bleats and catches a monster of a buck heading his way about 50 yards. Deer decides to turn and head for the bedding area and that was it. There are a couple three bruisers in the area and he was one of them all well over 130. This is where I come in. It was about 8:40 and I do some doe bleats and buck grunts. I was getting out of the stand by 9 so I gave the calls a try. Nothing for ten minutes so I'm just about ready to get down and I see a deer coming right at me at 20 yards. It is a really tall buck lost count on points looked like a 2.5 year old. He doesn't slow down one bit, I grab my bow and in one motion I go to full draw. He is now at 10 yards still coming, I have no shot straight on, he is now at 5 yards and turns slightly exposing more shoulder. This all happened so fast Its hard to recall the shot placement. Had my 10 yard pin low on the shoulder and I released. I hear the arrow make an impact sound the deer whirls around and runs off tail between its legs. Deer was not bounding but at a fast trot. I give him a few minutes and I get down. Arrow is in the ground, little bit of gray hair no blood. I look at the arrow at it has fat from the broadhead to the nock all around. Slightly colored red on one fletching. My brother comes up and we start looking and find nothing. Followed his tracks and saw no sign of blood. We did this for 3 hours and came up empty handed. I'm thinking I hit the side of the deer penetrating the body cavity but hitting nothing vital. I probably should of not taken the shot. He was so close and the thought of getting busted at any moment had me shooting. If I played it over again I should of waited and not chance a bad shot. That is something I will have to live with. Hopefully I'll get him on one of my cams or maybe even see him out there again this year.

Well it was a slow morning windy and about 46 degrees. Until 3pm we didn't see a thing. 3 pm I have a big doe and 2 fawns 20 yards and they wind me. 5 pm I see a doe and fawn and another fawn that was running around without a care in the world. Brother caught him on video and this yearling just ran and ran! Very weird but we have seen this before, maybe lost its mother? My neighbor makes it two years in a row to harvest a deer with a recurve. Ill send picke when I get home but it was an 8 pt that answered a soft call that met his demise. Crazy he shoots all his deer within 15 feet! Back at it tomorrow.

Sounds good, their stuff isn't bad.

If I were a newbie checking out the site and I saw the thread titles about Threatening other members, I would hit the high road. They both should be deleted and certain people should clean up their act.

I feel like we poured "stop leak" in the radiator. It will be good for a few months and then the process starts all over again. This is a sad day in American politics for sure.

Bass is up and ready to go. Brother will pick me up at 2pm in the city and we should make camp by 7. First time up this year, feel like the season is a month old already! Hope I get a look at that wide 8pt this weekend, then again any deer would be great. I have internet at the cabin so I should be able to update and post away. GL this weekend folks!

Love the picts WNY Bowhunter keep them coming. we aren't going to steal your deer or location!! lol

Yes sir.

Huge buck as the picture shows. Way to go!

Don't get what your asking here? The fields that my neighbor and I lease to a farmer were plowed under this week.

You know that could be true. This is the first time the field was plowed under during bow season since owning it. My BIL said the same thing. We shall see.....Yes we have sets in the woods.

Just got word from my neighbor that our clover fields were plowed under this week. That will definitely hurt me on one side of the property. Still have standing corn on the other side.

Yup that will be next month.