Geno C

Lmao, was waiting for someone to ask... That won't happen

I destroyed the heart with he shot. Thought it was a double lunger

Oh yeah! But I'll be back here n there to hunt LI

No, since the move I have alot of time on my hands... Waiting to close on my house in horse heads up state. So for now I'm killing a few weeks until we make the move up and I start the business up there. I try and get out as often as I can

i used the one Mark Drury came out with by MAD.

thanks pete!

nope that didnt happen, they only get back up after my truck hits em lol

congrats to you!

Just want to start out by saying, this is the first time ever hunting on Halloween day. in all my years i never was able to get out and one of the things i always wanted to do was harvest a buck on this day. i slipped into my stand this morning around 5:40am, not 15 minutes later i hear walking around from behind me and i figured id start getting my mask on and get ready. the foots steps seemed to have stopped and i did not hear anything walk off so i knew what ever was there is still there... at first light i notice a few doe walking in from behind me, they were standing there in the dark the entire time. For some reason the doe were all corralled up in this thick area literally around my tree. Standing for awhile, grazing leaves and the yearling were even playing together. ive never seen deer hang around so long, it looked like they all sticking close by eachother. i know from my past few sits in this tree these doe were being run pretty hard so i didnt know if that had anything to do with it. at around 8:45 most of the deer had moved off and i sat there for another 15 minutes not seeing anything. It felt like it was one of those morning where anything can happen and at any time, nice overcast and no wind. i decided to hit the MAD Hyper Growl and do a sequence of long grunts followed by a snort wheeze then another long grunt. i waited 10 seconds or so and repeated. No sooner then i get my call back in my pocket i hear crashing through the woods and heavy steps, no doubt a buck coming so i get ready. This buck squirts in fast looking for what made the calls. Hes turning his head fast in every direction. He then steps into my lane at roughly 30 yards broad side but with his off leg far back in mid step. As i release my arrow it felt great, i watched as the fireknock hits it mark but no pass through. i knew the arrow stopped in his off leg after impact. The deer kicks, and makes a dash and stops 40 yards from where i hit him and crashes down. the whole thing lasted 8 under 10 seconds, text book im thinking. i was so surprised i could even see him go down in the thick cover i am hunting. upon finding him hung up in brush i could see where the arrow hit the off leg confirming my thoughts. i have this deer on trail cam from the past 2 weeks and he seemed to frequent past this stand. My origonal thought was i was going to pass this deer when i saw him. when i saw him come in this morning i thought he was slightly bigger then what i thought and being halloween, this was my buck! After 2 previous seasons trying to iron out the RIGHT tree and learn how i was going to make the perfect ambush after all the countless encounters with deer over the 120 and 130" mark, i was finally able to get one to feel comfrotable enough to step into a lane offering the shot anyone could ask for. The rage did its job and simply ate him up! breaking bone in and out with ease... after the gut job i can see i took out lung and almost cut the heart in half. for those who say the job starts after the shot, well your right. the drag out and effort to get him out of this spot thats a half mile in was fun to say the least, after he was tagged and all loaded up a sence of accomplishement had hit me. i was in the woods by myself today and did not have my partner with me so getting him in the truck was interesting lol with things heating up in the woods and another tag to fill you know where ill be! good luck to all you guys!

Funny you ask, I have used it a few times with little success. I was watching drury WM14 I think and they were showing how to use it. Apparently I forgot how to really use it. When I was seeing deer after deer I said let me hit this growl, of there's a buck out there I'm getting him to come in. So I grunted, long growl, grunt, snort wheeze then grunt. Waited 10 sec did the same thing and as soon as my call hit my pocket this buck came running in full speed trying to see what was going on. No doubt was he responding to the call and when he stepped into my lane, he ate it... The call worked for this time

Yeah I saw that, nice usage by the way lol No not the same deer

Oh I thought for sure YOU would have noticed my flip flops lmao

Thanks guys!! It will be a memribal deer for sure, being my first Halloween hunt ever. I'll post the full story in a bit, he's not the biggest buck but I sure am happy to have harested him on this day. I have let many smaller buck and doe walk but when I saw him come into the hyper growl, I was pumped! I have him on cam a few times and I knew who he was right away. Here's a pic when I got him home. I'm shot getting him out of the woods and loaded up myself lol

I have been covered up in deer since I sat down. I decided to hit the hyper growl and as soon as I put it away, on leash comes this high tine 8. Don't know what he will score, I don't care because it was a great hunt. Grunted him to the tree, 30 yard shot, rage ate em up!! Went down 40 yards aways and it was silent in 8 seconds. I have more deer coming in. So I will get down when they pass. So pumped

Yeah me too, it scared the crap out of the wife. She was on her iPad when I jammed the breaks by the time she looked up she saw the deer getting up

Doe, I was going to drive the truck through the woods hoping to hit atleast a 3.5 but I decided to wait, still early... And no damage at all to the truck.

With the truck... Does that count??? Was driving out to the Inlaws last night around 11:30 and just around the corner from their house a yearling jumped out, I saw the eyes instantly as it was no more then 20ft away. It ran out and I locked em up, I think I tapped him cause when I came to a stop the deer slid away from the truck on its knees for about 15 feet then got up and hopped to the wood line.. I looked out the window as it stood and it fell over. I got out and walked over with a light and it stood up, shook it off and bounded off like it was never hit. So that's a first for me, never hit one with the car before. On that note, a second first is me in the woods on Halloween.

Never hunted Halloween ever but I am today! First time for me... Saw 8 deer already and it's only 8am. I hope today is the day

thats pretty damn good! nice job

i see a cheetah also lol nice buck

That was some update lol

John we should start a pro AR FORUM

Just finished 3 glasses of wine and a cup of coffee... I'll finish my morning hunt tomorrow and check back in haha

Glad I'm having a few drinks with dinner while you guys are still discussing this...