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Good luck Fletch! 4 days nice.

Zem hold out for that 10!!!!!! lol hope you see that 9 and smoke him!

This is true!

Probably a gut shot but my liver shot deer did the same exact thing your deer did. Didn't even flinch when I hit him. He stood for 5-10 minutes and walked away with his tail between his legs. Bedded 100 yards away and would of died there if I didn't push him. Good luck, you will find him. Def call deer search if not.

Geno, Please be careful of the large parcels that have been broken into smaller 20 acre size lots. remember when they are all sold you will have a lot of neighbors.

Where on 414?

Stay in when other are leaving for breakfast and lunch. Pack enough food and drink to get you through the whole day and take a break from from your stand and enjoy a 20 minute break while having a cup of coffee, keep the gun close at hand though!

Geno nailed it.

I have someone that watches over my place like a hawk. He actually gives warnings but always gets there tag # and takes a picture. It's a tough situation, people should respect others property.

Read my thread about my Nephew and the deer they found with the dogs. I think you may find him, good luck.

Nice Grow, real nice!

Headed back up this weekend. It will be a quick trip all day hunts Sat/Sun and back home. The weather looks to be perfect for Sat and Sun may get a bit warm but the morning temps s/b about 30. Work has been hell putting in 10-12 hr days on top of the commute. You know what I'm looking forward to? Falling back Saturday night, the time change, gaining an hour of sleep! Good luck guys the weekend should be good!

It's like driving to work in the morning. There are people who drive the same type of car as you and listen to the same music, there's the guy on the loud motorcycle who dresses a little odd, the guy who needs to drive the $80,000 car and tailgates you, the guy who cuts you off speeds down the road just to buy a pack of cigarettes. You shake your head at them and maybe even engage them by flipping them the bird or tapping your brakes and calling them a jerk. At the end of the day I bet you if you got out of your car and had a normal conversation with them we all get along. Happy Hunting

Nice deer and story!

OOOOOOH shit!

I agree Doc-it's all nit-picking.

nice deer, wow!

Actually I was told by an outfitter that a big clumped turd like the one in the picture is from a buck that is in the rut. Some type of hormones running through his body do this. That is what I was told..take it or leave it.

Well if that's an arrow it's sure not an amazing picture, kind of pathetic if you ask me. Yes I know all kinds of things can go wrong when launching an arrow, just wouldn't call it amazing................

Got you both. I feel the same way.

No way you can confirm an arrow in the head from that picture. Dude where are you, what is up with the picture???

I don't know if I would of taken that shot, maybe maybe not. Too complicated a situation to put yourself in. He took it and made a decision and stuck by it. He could of very well started tracking the deer and jumped it a few times and pushed it into the next county. Hunting is a difficult sport, you know what's right for you, live by it. I don't think he was wrong, just my opinion. Is it just me, as a group since bow season started we have wounded more deer than normal? It just feels I'm reading a lot of stories of wounded deer not recovered? This could mean a whole world of things but I'll leave it at that.

Steve loaf or Doe loaf they look the same!m lol Could be Big Buck loaf, especially when the rut is on.

Continued- big buck comes in at 15 yards broadside the one you have had your eyes on all summer, it's a chip shot or is it?

Wny, What's your take on the single ladder stands? Why are you moving towards the hang-ons? I have my own thoughts about the ladder stands after using them for a while.