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LIVE from the woods 2015 Edition! - Sixth Year Going Strong

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I've been deer hunting for 6 years and this is my first deer. I never gave up and finally accomplished a long time goal..I've been hooked but now it's an addiction

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First buck with the bow.. Nice looking buck Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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not happy with hornaday sst slugs right now. i shot a doe last night at 415 ish, 50 yards and i hit her in the shoulder. (same thing happened last year) she hits the deck. i get up once dark to give her time and i hear footsteps running up the hill. i leave and come back this morning. follow blood over 300 yards and obvious muscle only hit. now i know it was a bad shot but i believe any well built slug should go through a shoulder blade. i will now try hornaday interlock slugs.

Usually the complaint of the SST is a lack of expansion not a lack of penetration. I would be willing to bet the bullet went through the shoulder blade or you didn't hit her where you think you did.

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not happy with hornaday sst slugs right now. i shot a doe last night at 415 ish, 50 yards and i hit her in the shoulder. (same thing happened last year) she hits the deck. i get up once dark to give her time and i hear footsteps running up the hill. i leave and come back this morning. follow blood over 300 yards and obvious muscle only hit. now i know it was a bad shot but i believe any well built slug should go through a shoulder blade. i will now try hornaday interlock slugs.

Its not the slugs fault... I too have shot the SST's and I'll assure you they perform very well. Even on shoulders... Don't blame the bullet.

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Got this 8 point at 9:20 this morning that was running just inside the woods 70 yards away. . He had a bad limp and a dislocated shoulder so I decided to take it...the fact that it's a nice deer is just a bonus. I had no more then a few seconds to shoot and I was able to pull off a heart shot. adb9d40c0c69e78ca6c586974e4b4d8e.jpg

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Got this 8 point at 9:20 this morning that was running just inside the woods 70 yards away. . He had a bad limp and a dislocated shoulder so I decided to take it...the fact that it's a nice deer is just a bonus. I had no more then a few seconds to shoot and I was able to pull off a heart shot. adb9d40c0c69e78ca6c586974e4b4d8e.jpg

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Nice buck! Congratulations!

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Promised myself that I could buy a deer gun once I got one with my bow. Celebrated my first bow kill with a new Martian 336. Bought it last night and used it for my first deer from a treestand this afternoon. I have vertigo issues, so I don't often do well in tree stands. But I managed to stand and shoot one that crossed behind my stand without testing my safety harness. And I got a nice doe for the freezer. Such a thick fog here all day. By the time I got her dressed (didn't have quite everything I needed in my pack) it was dark. Nothing makes you feel more stupid than dragging a deer in a freekin' circle in woods you know like the back of your hand. Could only see a few feet in front of me. Drag was twice as long as it should've been. Not complaining though. It's nice to be seeing and shooting deer this year.

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Eeeggaaaddddssss!!! It's cold out there!...Little wind but I'm having a tough time getting motivated...Yesterdays 2 hours of early morning  soaking doesn't help....though my coat kept me dry...the pants had me sitting in a puddle between the dripping tree and every thing streaming down the back of my jacket...I actually miss snow this year...

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Finally out here for my first sit during gun season in 4G. Our group killed 2 doe opening weekend and yesterday a buddy of mine shot a bobcat in the afternoon. Regarding deer it's been quiet since the opener but we do have a 6 and 8 on cam, hopefully they come out today

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