Geno C

lol holy crap... thats a vacation right there for deer hunting! nice i wish i even had 3-4 days back to back i can sit during bow season, id sit all day...

could have gut shot him or hit him in the chest... depending on the angle. ive seen gut shot deer not shed a drop of blood for quite some ways due to the cavity filling up with blood. if you found wite hair you might have hit him. gut shot deer usually cringe and hunch up for a second after being hit and if one is not looking it can look like the deer did not flinch. im not saying that was your case but that can also lead some to believe they missed...

did you try any of these??

I will be hunting opening day, will anyone else? im pumped!

Steve, I think what you say carries some truth... it is a reality that it happens in the deer woods but then again it may also be true that some have not lost one yet. i will say i have hunted with some guys before who will hit a deer and say "Oh i clean missed" and when i come over they say why are you looking? my reply is i just want to make sure... i have found blood before from a guy who claimed he flat missed. I try to exhaust every avenue in the recovery of that animal. we as hunters owe that to that animal and the land we hunt. i do whatever it takes to track that wounded deer that anyone in my camp shoots. i do agree with steve that some hunters just DO NOT know if they missed or hit a deer sometimes and ive seen some that are VERY fast to say "i missed". when in some instances its the complete opposite.

no i contacted him, hes selling the deer also... lol jk

yeah, ive noticed some producing more then others... theres alot of em around my stand so thats good. i hear them dropping like crazy!

thats is so cool!

i saw 2 dead on the road as well so far... not sure if it is coinsidence or a pre season of the sort. both bucks BTW...

16 years bow hunting ------ lost one deer, liver/lunged him and didnt give him enough time. 14 years Gun ------ 0 deer lost Loosing a deer is a reality to a hunter and it happens to most... not a great feeling but a reality none the less...

thats for the northern zone correct?

that looks great!

i am getting a bushnell this week... which one do you use?

hes a brute!

nice looking deer

i will be picking up a HSS harness this week... glad your ok.

welcome to the site. how long ago did they alow hunting in Nassau?

nice pics eddie, what camera are you using?

anyone else notice the abundance this year in the acorn harvest? there huge and theres a ton of them which should make for some good natural forage for the deer. around my house is loaded up already... i also have a chestnut tree slamming my yard with chestnuts! guess its going to be a harsh winter as they say?

is this the bushnell trophy cam?

Geno ---- He is already getting a tune on it . He want's to eliminate the sound ! ( sorry , I couldn't resist ! ) are you taking about growalot or john? i was talking to growalot who was above me... maybe im confused? lol its happens... i didnt see growalot say he was getting a tune or maybe i just didnt read the other posts?

I leave my Blaze Orange walker at the base of the tree so I can be found if I don't return in a reasonable time ( a month or so ) . tell them, if you not back in a month just wait longer...

bang lightly around on your limbs and see where you and if you are getting any excess vibrations or noises. somtimes the fiber optic coils on sights do make a noise, you can prob run alittle clear caulking around it to reduce noise but by banging on the bow you can an idea if something is loose. also go over all your bolts and give it a snug. you can also take it to a pro shop to have a tune on it and since its an older bow it might need one.

good fix! i hate when you spend all thew time scouting and buying tree stands and hanging them only to find out that some lazy cheap ass hunter(s) are using them... i mean how lazy can you be? go hang your own set. it is even worse when that hunter is not even supposed to be on the land.

ticks have always been a problem out here. But up until last year i didnt even know what a chigger was. i never had issues with chiggers in any of my areas... last year and this year were pretty bad, i wonder if the dry weather has alot to due with it? but its the nature of the beast, once the cooler weather comes you dont have to worry about it much...