UpStateRedNeck

Hoooooly crap! Well done, very well done!

Wow. That's a frickin spot!

Nice! Is that on Jarvis Rd North? South Bethlehem is 2 miles from my house

Nothing too crazy : Got in the stand and settled by 5am, and it was COLD and noisy. Bumped a doe on the way in, but she settled and eventually resumed browsing, less than 10 yards from my stand. She sauntered off just as the sky was starting to brighten, down towards some pines south of where I was sitting, which block the north wind but have a field to the south so they get sunlight first thing. Around 8:40am I hear something coming on the other side of the swamp, in the thick stuff, south and east. Sunlight is behind him, thankfully, because it is THICK in the other side of the swamp. Naturally he doesn't cross the swamp into my shooting lane like he's supposed to (and like I have him doing on camera) he continues north east in the thick stuff. See some bone above his ears and a nice body, so off goes the safety. Eventually he steps into a gap in the trees, and away we go! Could tell he was hurt bad because he didn't run he just sort of trotted off. But I was worried because of that brush and deflections. It was about 65 yards. After the minimum 30 minutes, get down, take off the insulation, and go check. He was further into the woods than I thought, I started to panic until I did a 30 yard circle to pick up the blood trail, and it was a good one. JUST as I pick up the trail I hear a big rifle go off about 200 yards away. What sounds like the corner of the state land, our property, and the neighbors property. Followed the trail, and sure enough, there he lay right where the rifle went off. Blood was as clear as day, turns out the buck laid down right in front of this guy, nice old fella, and he put an -06 bullet in his shoulder just to make sure he didn't get up again. My first shot absolutely shredded his liver and upper lungs, he didn't go more than 200 yards in 40 minutes, he was done.

Forgot to UNFREEZE the pack of wet wipes!! Cold, cold outhouse.

Will post story in harvest thread, but I'm happy :

I think I did this coyote a favor, no way he was making it through the winter. Grabbed my dad's 270 which was sitting inside the cabin door and dropped him at 200.

Add a mangy coyote to the talley

Broken tined 7, someone kicked his ass. Reception isn't great, I'll post pic when I get home

BBD

Pretty quiet so far. A few shots. Nothing other than that lone doe.

Yeah, I was just pinned down by a lone doe for 45 minutes. If she'd been a buck, would have been hard not to. Could see clearly through my vx2 scope.

19, light NE wind, cold out house. Walking in 10.

At the golf course having a smoke on my way out to the farm, just heard a shot, wtf?

Nope! Been up since 230

Rise and shine brethren o' mine! Coffee, donuts and a handful of buck nuts await! Leaving in 10!

2 more yearlings, and a spike......

Damnit! Big old swamp donkey just cruised through but went right around all the lanes.

Spiker at 30, wasn't going to shoot but he winded me before he got in a lane anyway. At least I saw a deer in the woods!

Changed spots, other one wind was swirling every which way. Kicked up something on my way, headed down hill. Seems highly likely I'm going to be trying to fill this flathead tag in December.

Big boys finally showing up in daylight on cam, headed out to sit til dark. Good luck everybody!

Still a member of the "Haven't seen a good buck within range" club. Last chance for crossbow tomorrow!

Sounds like she needs a wood stove, tender vittles and a couple weeks off. Get well soon little hero pooch!

I'm really regretting not pasting that donkey Doe I saw 2 weeks ago, that stood broaudside at 10 yards for about 15 minutes. Taking the hail Mary day tomorrow, but completely at a loss for what stand to sit in. Going to try and sit from 10am til dark.

Got an email saying they were doing the same for me. Like you said, customer for life. So I ordered the pro down coat! Hundred bucks off, couldn't pass on it.