Hock3y24

if you like those muzzys you'll LOVE magnus black hornets. Lifetime warranty for any reason, they wind up cheaper once you damage a few heads and don't have to buy new ones lol.

I sure do, MY main properties are 5 acres, 15 acres, and 40.

I bet you’re right, but if I’m hunting areas o can shoot that (which are very few) I just bring my .308.

Nov 8 sat in my notoriously good crusing spot for mornings. 6:55 have two 8 points cruising together across the field. They come right under me to 3 yards. The smaller of the two, whom was the leader, spotted me and they spooked out to 25 yards. At this point I was on them but had no shot. They calmed down and began walking, stoped him and squeezed the shot off, I can still see my arrow fletchings wack the only branch and drive bomb my arrow. The way he acted I didn’t think I really caused any type of fatal hit, white hair at hit site, clean arrow. In the mean time I recocked my crossbow in case a doe came in, at 7:12 two doe came on the same path but turned at 15 yards and gave me a perfect shot. Hit her good and she didn’t make it back across the field. I recovered my doe, left the area , and went to a friends house with the arrow, he inspected it and insisted their was a gut odor although I didn’t think so. I went back at 4 pm and confirmed it was in fact a gut hit, I called many tracking dogs but had no luck. I advanced the track about 50 yards and decided with the cold temps, property lines, I had to come back at first light. And secure permission from the next two properties which I did. 730 am we found blood after about 10 minutes and he stared to open up. We had steady blood the whole way as he entered some real thick stuff( we were on our hands and knees). After about 200 yards of blood we came upon him in his first bed dead. He probably died sometime last night. Coyotes and birds did not get him and I salvaged most of the meat. That’s a wrap for me till gun season. When in doubt, back out.

My artic and big Bobby dryshod shave held up to a few years of abuse, I’m impressed.

Will add story’s and track details in harvest thread. Did salvage most meat!

Buck recovered! Will follow up soon

every deer i shot this year has been covered.

.243 absolutely flattens deer, a good bonded bullet and your good out to 250 yards easily.

location? or can you ship?

Buck arrow looks superficial, no guts, white hair no blood. Gonna come back at 3 pm and track just to be sure. Doe is tagged and in the truck

Doe down

Well those bucks just came to 3 yards and saw me, spooked to 25 and i shot at the bigger one, smacked a branch and hit him back. Crap! ran right toward my truck. Gotta hope I caught liver but I think it was to low and back. Got a pass through tho not checking for a few hours.

Two decent 8 points works scrapes across field

Landowner has the tractor out mowing 100 yards away, right at prime time. Crap!

You’d be better off buying a new xbow right now and selling it after season. All bow shops are 2-3 weeks usually none stock xbow strings here.

It’s hot as balls again

Brown it’s down this evening, besides 1.5 bucks!

Slept right though my alarm clock this am, will be out around 1pm

Nothin after those 3 doe and spike, I watched them for 2 plus hours.

Spike chasin 3 doe all over the place

First time ever bow hunting with dad, he finally got a crossbow. I put him in a real good spot, I’m across the field as a lookout/ in a decent spot myself. 5 doe bedded out in the field just need to work their way up as they’ve done twice this week already.

Last lokt small buck came out. 2 bucks 3 doe for the sit. Crossgun tomorrow

3 doe feeding in field

Basket 8 just came crusing across wide open field, came right under me.