Strange gun season, we pushed 60 and 40 acres areas that are usually full of deer today (DMFA near Ithaca) and didn’t even see a tail. I’ve seen 2 deer during gun. 72 in bow. Deer are getting smarter!
I never used to till last year, peed off my stand and 5 minutes later a doe came from down Wind and started sniffing it. I’ve done the same this year and saw 72 deer this bow season, it has no negative effect and deer are naturally curios animals.
Update on the Barnes ttsx damage from the 243. Center punched shoulders and im Betting I only lost 1-2 lbs of meat. I loose more on a bow kill! I’m switching all my guns to this bullet if they’d shoot well.
taking the morning off. ive been hunting my ass off and need a breather to relax with the kids. Taking the wife out in the afternoon to a heavily populated doe area. She wants to donate one for the food bank. I usually have luck on thanksgiving and hope some can rub off for all of you as i wont be behind the trigger.