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I'm in 1C. First time in this spot this season. Found a fresh scrape close to the truck, so I am in the climber a few yards away hoping to see who made it. Wind is fickle though Sent from my SM-G970U using Tapatalk

While I'm issuing get out of work cards, I'm printing one for myself this PM. Too nice a day to stay in the office. Sent from my SM-G970U using Tapatalk

Beautiful buck! What a great season for you and your brother! Congrats! Sent from my SM-G970U using Tapatalk

Moog, here's your "get out of work pass"! Get out there and hunt that slob! Sent from my SM-G970U using Tapatalk

Congrats! What a good looking deer and memory made! Sent from my SM-G970U using Tapatalk

I have used food grade mineral oil. Sent from my SM-G970U using Tapatalk

Thank you veterans! Sent from my SM-G970U using Tapatalk

Good to know it is not permanent and that Chef can come back if he chooses. I hope he chooses to do so. Only met him once at the GTG he organized a few years back, but appreciate his contribution to the forum. Sent from my SM-G970U using Tapatalk

Ever seen the movie twins? They are like that.[emoji16] Sent from my SM-G970U using Tapatalk

That was Chef who got the half rack. Sent from my SM-G970U using Tapatalk

I have been busted by does complete with stomping and blowing and just being a nuisance, and had another deer follow a few minutes later and not react. That might be an anomaly, but it has happened to me more than a couple times. Sent from my SM-G970U using Tapatalk

Poor acorn crop where I hunt too this year, but with the warm weather the thorny vines are still green. I think the deer are eating that and mushrooms and raiding the neighborhoods for whatever they can find. The last thing the buck I shot this weekend ate was some dried oak leaves.....that can't be good. Sent from my SM-G970U using Tapatalk

Looked to be both lungs. The deer could have been much closer to broadside than I recalled....either that, or the arrow deflected on a bone. Two blades on the broadhead were damaged, one blade looked almost serrated from the impact with bone. The entry was definitely higher than I was aiming (see photo that shows entry). When gutting, I felt around very carefully (obviously) for the arrow shaft before cutting the diaphragm and did not feel it. The arrow shaft was in the chest cavity with a lot of blood, as one might expect. I did not take photos of the eviceration. Sent from my SM-G970U using Tapatalk

If the target buck sees the other non-target deer acting skittish, I could see the buck taking evasive action. Sent from my SM-G970U using Tapatalk

What an encounter Chef. Wish it ended with hero pics. That sucks! Sent from my SM-G970U using Tapatalk

This was a PM hunt of a scrape line near bedding. The shot was taken about 25 minutes before sunset from a climber about 16 feet high and the deer was about 17 yards out. The deer was somewhat quartering to. The arrow hit around B8 but no pass through with the lighted nock confirming that the arrow was lodged in the deer. The deer turned 180 degrees back towards bedding, and was out sight within 35 -40 yards in cover. The compass heading from stand to last sighting was due north. I heard what might have been the deer falling, but was not accompanied by the sound of kicking that sometimes occurs when a deer expires. Roughly 20 minutes after the shot had passed with no further sounds at which time I descended and began the reconnaissance. No blood was found at the point of impact or within the next 20 yards of following deer tracks in the northerly direction at which point the broken arrow was found. The broken arrow was left as a marker with a strip of paper tissue on a twig as a marker. I advanced the track another 10 yards, at which point I heard a deer walking. Unsure of the hit and with no blood trail. I made the decision to back out. Tracking resumed the following morning with my son's assistance, starting at the broken arrow marker. We advanced the track 20 yards, when the white belly of the deer became visible about another 20 yards and at that point we started to see some blood. Total track was probably 80 yards and the deer died very quickly. In hindsight advancing the track on the previous evening another 30 yards or so and the deer would have been found. However, I think the decision to back out was the correct one given the circumstances. Not sure if this is helpful to others, but figured I'd post it here and invite critiques. Sent from my SM-G970U using Tapatalk

Might actually be a 7 pt, but might have to stretch a tine a fraction. Sent from my SM-G970U using Tapatalk

Not live from the woods but arrowed this guy at around 5:20 last night and recovered it this AM. I thought I heard him go down, but because it was somewhat quartering to I decided to leave it overnight. Deer went less than 100 yards. I will write something up in Crappie's thread. Sent from my SM-G970U using Tapatalk

I'm in on public in 1C. Scrape was worked recently, but I think it belongs to a young deer. I'm getting less picky as time goes by though. Sent from my SM-G970U using Tapatalk

Good luck all! Skipped the AM hunt. Have grandkid's soccer game at 1. It will take a near miracle to find an open spot on public this PM, but that's my plan. Sent from my SM-G970U using Tapatalk

I hardly hunt AMs anymore. So my stats are heavily PM biased. Sent from my SM-G970U using Tapatalk

Big 6 is an understatement. Nice deer! Go get him! Sent from my SM-G970U using Tapatalk

Great buck! Congrats on the successful hunt! Awesome. Sent from my SM-G970U using Tapatalk

Only shoulder shot I experienced, the arrow sounded loud, like it hit plywood little penetration, blood stopped quick. Did not recover that deer. Hope you recover it. Sent from my SM-G970U using Tapatalk

....but I'm only hunting the 1st and 2nd. Sent from my SM-G970U using Tapatalk