First-light

We went out. In the stand by 6. By 7 I was covered in snow and lasted another 2 hours. You guys made the right choice!

Good luck all and be safe!

Ok you guys are real close but I was the closest! She comes in at 143 lbs!

Yeah I may be a reach at 139 but we shall see. Having breakfast and the I'll weigh her. Closest to actual weight gets a tenderloin! lol

Some picts of the Doe. Put your 2 cents in on weight. He says 153 I say 139.

My brother shot a doe with the crossbow last night. The doe is huge going to weigh it in a bit. Maybe every bit or 150 lbs or so.

I'm getting ready to hunt. Body feels fine even my shoulder is ok. I won't forget this and I hope you guys don't either. Thanks for all the well wishes.

One of the most important things to remeber on a ladder. Thank you!

I really wish we could just forget about the other website and every one move on. No big deal if you are on both just don't poach members or talk shit about each site.

Hello my old friend. A thought well taken. I have plenty of spots for ground blinds. Thank you!

Me too! And I'm just up here 3 months full time. Don't need to be laid up in the hospital!

Don't have the set up. Worth looking into.

Well after 45 years of hunting the thing we fear when hunting tree stands happened to me. Slippery conditions this morning with the snow and ice. I hunted until 9:30 and started to come down my ladder stand. It is a 20' model. About half way down my foot slipped I had one hand on the rail and that let go. I was on my way down to the ground. It took a second but felt like I had enough time to think OMG it's happening to me this is going to hurt. I fell backwards but turned and hit the ground in a horizontal position. My right arm and shoulder hit the hardest then my neck snapped and my head hit the ground. I lay there saying I think I'm ok. I got up slowly thinking something is going to hurt real bad but I was ok. My shoulder is sore my head fine. My Angels came through thank you. Please be careful and take your time. I have been in and out of tree stands so many times and never thought it would be me.

I go from seeing 8 bucks yesterday morning to nothing today. These deer are sure tricky!

Should be another good morning especially with snow on the way. Good luck all.

Good info. So above the spine there is probably 4 inches of thick backstrap? Now this was a big old boy. Yes broadhead in him. No blood trail at all nothing. Be interesting if someone shoots him. Alkl my neighbors know about it and the broad head in him.

After sitting in my stand a few times reliving the shot I think it was just below spine above lungs. It only went in 7' and hit the other shoulder. I think he is chasing right now. I hope to see him again!

This morning was crazy saw 8 bucks and twice the amount Does. Biggest buck was a beautiful 10pt. Just a hair too far. Be back out in an hour. I have the Hocks off that doe we got yesterday!

Loving it! This afternoon her sister dropping her off on Post. She was very happy i found the deer. Thank you for your service!

from another thread..... Had to put down my daughters doe she shot this morning. It looked dead to me the first time finding it. It got up and went off. Kind of freaked me out. Second time she was still alive had to put an arrow in her. That doe had so much survival instinct. Kind of taught me a lesson. It was overcast snow falling and she stoped breathing. First time in a real long time I sat there and reflected and shed a tear.

I always had a blood trail of shoulder blood- deep red, Gut shot watery red and corn. After the first shot the deer traveled maybe 50 yards. We jumped her and she ran off. I would say the time I saw her dead, I thought, was another 40 yards. After that run off it was another 50. All the time there was blood and corn. I pushed the deer and I know better. I just thought seeing the shot was through the shoulder it wasn't a traditional gut shot wait 6 hrs. I was wrong. We should of backed out and I would of found her at last blood in the golden rod.

8P yes been snowing on and off all day!

Notice the three holes nothing vital.

You are correct. The bolt hit shoulder guts then again guts. No vitals. Shot at 8:00 dead at 2:00. 7 hrs. Too long for a deer to suffer. I was thankful to have a second shot at her. She could not get up and I put her down. Thank you, yes not a great shot-I get it. Lesson learned.

Had to put down my daughters doe she shot this morning. It looked dead to me the first time finding it. It got up and went off. Kind of freaked me out. Second time she was still alive had to put an arrow in her. That doe had so much survival instinct. Kind of taught me a lesson. It was overcast snow falling and she stoped breathing. First time in a real long time I sat there and reflected and shed a tear.