WNYBuckHunter

I know you arent.

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Is he sure its a buck and not a doe? Many times antlered doe keep the velvet on the whole time the antlers are there.

Bummer.

I didnt see that before. Look in the 3rd pic, the same buck, and on the opposite side of his neck there appears to be a matching wound.

Spoken like a true Rage fan. BTW, just busting your chops. Thought Id bring a little Archerytalk flavor into this thread

I love them, but availability locally is becoming an issue, and even though I could get them online, I have decided to make the switch for a couple of reasons. First and foremost being that I can resharpen the Montecs. The other reason is because I can resharpen the Montecs. I shot Rages last year, and while I cant say anything bad about them, I just want to get back to my favorite principal. KISS

Thanks. Shes a tack driver. You are very welcome littlebird. Where were you looking at the Vortex? The best prices I have found for them is through www.swfa.com

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The chart I used from Harvest Time is calculated by arrow length and draw weight for that specific model of arrow. Now I remember what it was....I could have gone with the 350 if I wanted to up my poundage, but I never will, as I like a lighter, easier draw for hunting, so I stuck with the 400. Heres the chart for my arrows. http://www.harvestti...w-sizing-chart/ BTW, my bow is considered Medium cam and arrows are 28 inches at 63lbs pull.

Heres a pic of the rifle with the scope on it to give you an idea looks wise. Damn our table was messy that day lol

IMO, go with the Vortex. You wont be disappointed. Lifetime warranty on that bad boy. I have the same one with the illuminated reticule on my Remmy 700, and Ive had Leupold guys that would thumb their nose at most other scopes say it was very nice and just as crisp as their Leupolds.

Thanks Doe. I actually bought arrows with slightly more spine than I really needed because with my draw weight and arrow length, I was just barely still in the 350 spine range. I bought 400 spine arrows, so I should be ok. The lighted nocks should help with the weight forward issue though.

Im using the Crimson Talon XTs, which are fixed blade, chisel point 3 blade broadheads. Im pretty sure they arent the reason why I dint get a pass through, it was more of a slightly off shot that I believe hit the shoulder bone. Ive had pass throughs with these broadheads before, as Ive used them off and on for quite a while now. Next year I plan to change the setup just a bit. I want a little more weight for my arrows. Right now they are at 350ish grains total with the 100 gr broadhead. I am going to add the weight straws, 125 gr broadheads and lighted nocks to push them over the 400 mark. I am going to go with the G5 Montec CS in 125 gr. Hopefully between the cut on contact design and the extra weight, a bone wont stop the arrow as easily.

Im willing to bet that we wont get a reply.

MMMM, crow. Ive eaten my fair share of it before as well. Its delicious with some fresh veggies and wine.

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You should add those to the Deer Anatomy thread in the Deer Hunting section. Its sticky'ed to the top of the section.

At what point exactly, did any Moderator of this site say anything disconcerting at all? Especially about the original post. I sure dont see any of that, or any other reason for you to get uppity about anything. Please explain what I am missing here.

Yep, all deer visit scrapes.

I shoot Harvest Time arrows, the HT-2s to be specific. Love them.

Last year I had 3 different encounters with a huge buck, 140 class all day long. First I saw him at a distance for a brief second or two through my binos, could only tell he was a mature, large racked deer. The second time, I had him come out and feed up on a knoll in the field next to my stand. I grunted once and he looked right in my direction, grunted again and he came in on a string. Problem was, he ended up coming in behind my stand, right where I wasnt expecting him to come. Due to my safety strap on my harness, I had a tough time trying to get into position for a shot, as he stood at 20 yards slightly quartering away. I drew my bow and accidentally dinked the riser on the rear section of my stand. Off he went. That encounter showed me what he really was, and from that time on, my season was all about getting another chance at him. Fast forward to the last weekend of regular gun season. I was in my stand, pretty discouraged at this point and about 1/2 hour before sunset, I noticed a large bodied deer about 50 yards behind me, standing in the field. I couldnt see exactly what it was due to the trees and brush, but then he moved a few steps and I could see it was him. He stood there and fed for a few minutes as I prepared myself for him to step into my open shooting lane. I kept thinking that I should just take the shot he was giving me, as there were just a few sparse twig sized branches between us, but on this beast, I didnt want to make any mistakes again. Slowly, he was feeding toward the lane, and when he got about 10 steps away, I heard a truck stop in the road that the field runs up to, and the buck got nervous, looking at the truck. Just then, the door of the truck swung open and the buck ran right into my shooting lane and stopped, looking back at the truck. I figured that was my chance, so I put my crosshairs on his heart and just as I pulled the trigger, the guy slammed the truck door shut, causing the buck to lunge forward. I knew I hit the deer, so I watched him run with his tail between his legs and I took another shot at him at around 100 yards, but shot just low and he disappeared into the brush. I waited until one of my friends came over, about an hour later and we grabbed lights and headed out to find him. We found a light blood trail and followed it for 2 1/2 hours and 200 yards or so before we called DSI and decided to wait for morning. At first light I was there, continuing the blood trail, and waiting for DSI to call. I went back to the point of the shot, and found all white hair. I had hit him low when he lunged forward. I spent the rest of the day kicking bushes just to make sure he wasnt dead somewhere. Over the winter and spring, I was looking for his sheds, never found them, but did find plenty of prints that matched the dimensions of the ones we tracked, so I figured he was ok. I did catch a couple glimpses of him with no antlers in the spring, and heard that one of the farmers up the road had found at least one of the sheds, which were massive.

He says to take time off during the seeking and chase phase. Bucks are locked down during the peak breeding phase.

Dumbasses. I hope when they stiffen up the poaching penalties here in NY, they come close to what IL does.

Good luck!