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  1. chrisw
    Well for that you ignore the nut prints and look for the "arrow" direction (it'll appear as a mushroom stamp). Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk
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    Look up the Salerno's and Benoit's on YouTube, they have some neat tracking videos. Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk
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    Nut prints... Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk
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    I haven't carried a shotgun for deer since rifles became legal in the southern tier. I always hated slug guns and even now if I'm going where I can't carry a rifle I'm packing my muzzleloader. It amazes me the guys that are still carrying shotguns in the areas I hunt, I honestly don't see a single advantage to hunting with one over a rifle. Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk
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    I've heard probably 20 shots already this morning, this area looks good, I guess a few more sits will tell me more. The only reason I'm really here is because it's also only like 2 miles from me so it's quick and easy. I might drop a camera here soon to see if there is any bucks that are worth hunting, seems there should be a couple? Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk
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    Yes sir. Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk
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    Chickadees can be really amusing, yesterday I heard a ticking behind my head and a chickadee was sitting on my arrow pecking at it. Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk
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    Man it feels deery this morning, hunting a piece of state this morning that gets pounded by pheasant hunters, found a spot that should be nowhere near them. My expectations aren't too high though... Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk
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    November 6-21st is my vacation this year! Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk
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    I second the Cabela's Wooltimate gear, it's awesome stuff! Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk
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    Details for crying out loud Man!! Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk
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    I don't know of a single Hunter who's hunted for any length of time without losing a deer. It happens to EVERYONE despite the stories they may tell. I've lost a couple in my career. It never gets any easier, trust me. The only thing that gives some solace to the situation is not having any regrets about not looking hard or long enough. Even Levi Morgan doesn't shoot 12's all day long. And sometimes those great shots just don't result in a found deer, watch some dog tracking videos online, Shane Simpson is the one I subscribe to... Its amazing what some deer go a mile on from a hit. Learn from your mistakes and try to avoid them in the future, the people who wound deer, spend 15 minutes looking and move on to the next deer are the real A Holes. Do everything you can and don't look back! Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk
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    Ahh the old Woosah! Never been in there, never will if I can help it! I'm in B'Ville so not too far from you gents, I work in Fulton. Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk
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    Sweet sight, I love mine! Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk
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    I break down all pieces to completion before I vacuum seal with one exception and that is my jerky muscles. I prefer to leave them whole and seal them because it's much easier to take them out of the freezer and before they fully thaw slice them thin. I use to keep the hind quarter roasts for the Crock-Pot but they tend to be dry so now I just steak them. Same with neck roasts, sometimes I grind, sometimes I cook the whole neck bone-in and it turns out great. Front shoulders are mostly grinds/jerky, backstraps get cleaned completely and chunked into quarters for the grill. Basically when I take the meat out of the freezer I don't want to have to work on it anymore, just open and cook. I'm a clean freak so it takes me a bit longer, I hate tendons and silverskin, I don't even put silver skin in my grinds. The odds and ends, tiny little scraps get cut into small pieces and sealed for the new pup, turns out he loves venison! Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk
  16. chrisw
    Well, last night I sat a brand new spot I found this summer on state land. It's loaded with oaks and beeches so I knew I should see some deer. I wasn't there half hour and a spike came by, a single doe an hour and a half later (too far) and half hour before dark I was startled when I heard a commotion at the base of my tree, 3 deer had snuck right up through the beeches and with the wind I never heard them. I somehow got my bow in my hand and picked out the biggest one, I got drawn back as she turned quartering away to leave, I shot at 26 yds and noticed my lumenok kicked out funny before it got to the deer, I had deflected off of a beech whip I never saw, it hit her way back and she ran 30yds and just stood there for a minute. I figured the range at about 55yds so I adjusted my sight and shot and I connected solidly... With a big dead limb I thought my arrow would clear. At the sound she trotted slow up into the woods glowing with the lumenok. I knew it was a terrible hit so I decided to leave my climber there and quietly make a big wide loop back to the truck as to not disturb her. As I made it halfway back to the truck I bumped a doe out of the scrub apples at 20yds, as she took off I see my lumenok glowing and moving right toward the same opening! I froze and she stopped 25 yds away behind a stump and had no idea what was going on. Now it was at the very end of shooting light now, I nocked an arrow as fast as I could and Drew but I had to side step around that stump to see her chest, I moved left two steps and quickly put the pin on her and shot again. It was a solid thump and off she went again. As I looked for my arrow I saw my lumenok approximately 50 yds away moving up and down and disappear in the brush. I grabbed my arrow quick and quietly went back to the truck. My 2nd arrow had connected but it had an off smell so I made the call to give her the night. I went back this morning and right where I saw the lumenok disappear is where she lay dead. Her guts were cold which tells me she died pretty quick and I could've probably went in last night and got her but I played it safe. She dressed at 127#. Not thrilled with the events but it doesn't always go as planned, happy to have her. Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk
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    Update pic: 127# dressed. Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk
  18. chrisw
    Doe down! Not a text book hunt but it worked out, I'll include the story later... Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk
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    And yet another spikehorn... Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk
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    2nd spike of the day feeding on acorns in front of me... Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk
  21. chrisw
    And he's only got half of his tail! I wouldn't have let that deer walk! Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk
  22. chrisw
    Haha New Woodstock. If you could bring some breakfast pizza also it would be great! Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk
  23. chrisw
    This damn coyote won't stay out of the field, he was bedded out there since this morning apparently, he just stood up, nosed around a few minutes and laid back down. I wish I had my rifle... Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk
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    Had a coyote come by the work the field over for 10 minutes. Shortly after a spike came through. Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk
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    Snow!!! Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk
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