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Well after a long season of hunting with a bunch of ups and downs the season finally came to a successful end. After many long days on stand it finally came together like we all hope it does. It was Dec 27th and my brother John and I were perched high in our stands overlooking spots that we had been getting lots of trailcam pics over the last few weeks. I was watching the group of 5 does which have been in the area all season feeding out in the open and slowly working my way. I had no interest in them as I already had a doe and a 7 pt in the freezer but watching them was a nice way to pass the time as the season was winding down. Today I had one thing on my mind and it was to take one of the nice bucks that had been eluding us all season. At around 3:30 I looked to my left and saw a nice buck quickly walking down one of the trails that the deer like to use. He was going to walk right into the open but he was cursing. I quickly turned on my camera and pointed it in the deer’s direction. As the deer got into the open I quickly made a noise to stop him and sent an arrow his way. I watched it disappear behind the buck’s shoulder and a feeling of excitement and accomplishment came over me. I called my brother John who was hunting near by to help me recover the buck. We quickly found my arrow covered with good blood, we were off to a great start. Once John and I started further down the trail we realized that the blood trail was almost nonexistent. We looked until dark and found very little. We decided to head back to base camp to meet up with our buddy Charlie “The Bloodhound”. If anyone can follow a blood trail it’s Charlie. We tracked for about an hour in the dark following a sparse blood trail. Then all of a sudden we were back where we had started. It turns out that in the dark we got turned around without realizing it and were heading the wrong way. At this point I was starting to second guess my shot placement, was it as good as I had previously thought? We decided to call the search dogs to help. The dispatcher said he would call me back in about 20 minuets. In that time we started back down the blood trail. After another 15 minuets of tracking I got a call from the person with the tracking dogs, but at the exact same moment I heard Charlie say “There he is”. Finally I thought as I rushed over to see where I had hit the deer. Just as I thought it was a good shot. As we field dressed the deer we notices that the arrow had caught both lungs. The deer must have clotted up quickly leaving little blood to follow. I’m extremely happy with this buck and had it not been for my brother John and Charlie helping me track him I don’t know if I would have ever found him. It was a great way to end the season and it was the latest point in the season that any of us had ever shot a nice buck. That is until John hit the woods on Dec 31st but I will let him tell that story….

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Doc Proficient

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Dang! In the words of Chuck Adams, it looks like you through an ax through him ...... lol. What kind of broadhead was that? I'm amazed that he wasn't painting the woods with blood. Are we looking at the entrance or exit wound?

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That is the entry hole. I was using Grim Reaper broadheads. All season I was using Rage broadheads but for some strange reason they were loose and rattling. I tried changing the rubber bands but that didn't help, so for this hunt I switched back to reapers. Anyone else have this rattling problem with the Rage broadheads?

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Funny you say that I always use myuddy safety harnes but the tree that my friend has this stand in is so big the tether didn't reach around.

I had that problem once . I fastened 2 treestand belts together , tied a haul rope on each end after placing them around the tree and hauled them up . Fastened the ends together and left them there for the season . That won't work in all case but it did for me .

Again , congrats on your deer !

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