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LIVE from the woods 2016 Edition! - 7th Year, lets make this happen...

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ApexerER
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Thank you thank you thank you...I can't believe it...sitting here with tears streaming down my face...wish my dad was here ..

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Heard a gun shot really close. So close my ears are ringing. Hey. That was me ! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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220 yards, 308, in the corn. Late for work, lol so happy. My wife's getting it mounted for me for Christmas!

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So bad news I'm afraid. 4 hours of searching with a dog did not produce a deer. The Dog in fact seemed to end his searching roughly about where I had last night. There is a swathe of mighty thick,dense and prickly rose next to where the blood ended. I will return tomorrow afternoon with cutting tools and heavy gloves for one final search of this area. We were sure we could smell a Buck, but that may simply have been because it was obviously a Bucky area with lots of scrapes.

Very down right now. Never lost a deer before.

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So bad news I'm afraid. 4 hours of searching with a dog did not produce a deer. The Dog in fact seemed to end his searching roughly about where I had last night. There is a swathe of mighty thick,dense and prickly rose next to where the blood ended. I will return tomorrow afternoon with cutting tools and heavy gloves for one final search of this area. We were sure we could smell a Buck, but that may simply have been because it was obviously a Bucky area with lots of scrapes.
Very down right now. Never lost a deer before.


Sorry to hear that. Maybe just maybe you will find or see him again. Happens to us all at some point in our career.

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12 minutes ago, Papist said:

So bad news I'm afraid. 4 hours of searching with a dog did not produce a deer. The Dog in fact seemed to end his searching roughly about where I had last night. There is a swathe of mighty thick,dense and prickly rose next to where the blood ended. I will return tomorrow afternoon with cutting tools and heavy gloves for one final search of this area. We were sure we could smell a Buck, but that may simply have been because it was obviously a Bucky area with lots of scrapes.

Very down right now. Never lost a deer before.

Papist....whether you find him or not it sure sounds like you are taking every avenue possible to find the deer.

Best of luck..no matter the outcome...

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Papist, knowing you did everything possible is the best that you can do.  Best wishes for tomorrow's efforts.  For what its worth, if you smelled a buck, he is probably in there.  That smell doesn't stick to anything but the deer (and your hands for several days after you recover him).

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I feel your pain Papist. I've been there too. And If you hunt long enough, it happens to almost all hunters. But as long as you gave every effort to recover the deer. And I think you have. Learn what you can from it and get back to hunting! The sting from something like this will always stay with you. But all our hunting experiences combined, good and bad. Make us the hunters we are. 

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Sometimes I feel some dogs that are young in their tracking career end up getting confused on the hunters scent than the deer, or maybe it's the blood on your boots etc. Had an experience where I tracked a doe (at my old place) and had decided to back out and call the dog. Dog ended up following my path back to the house where I turned back. I got on all fours and was able to find more blood. Deer took a right where I took a left. Long story short dog was off its game because I did that 2 more times on a 400yrd track and ended up finding her. 1 lung btw. So papist, as we all are agreeing on, it happens and your doing the deer justice. Have fun in the roseys and I hope you see that belly !!!!

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So bad news I'm afraid. 4 hours of searching with a dog did not produce a deer. The Dog in fact seemed to end his searching roughly about where I had last night. There is a swathe of mighty thick,dense and prickly rose next to where the blood ended. I will return tomorrow afternoon with cutting tools and heavy gloves for one final search of this area. We were sure we could smell a Buck, but that may simply have been because it was obviously a Bucky area with lots of scrapes.
Very down right now. Never lost a deer before.



Sorry to read the news, Papist, but there's hope you'll handle those antlers yet!

From the climber over a scrape line: Hour no. 3 in, with 3 more ahead.


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Hello everyone, I've been a lurker on here for the last couple days while sitting in a tree and decided it was time to introduce myself. I've been hunting for about 15 years and currently do so in 7A, although I can almost spit to 8F. Just starting to see some activity the last two days here in my neck of the woods. I look forward to the conversation with everyone and hope this evening sit goes well even with the warm temps and wind!

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Hello everyone, I've been a lurker on here for the last couple days while sitting in a tree and decided it was time to introduce myself. I've been hunting for about 15 years and currently do so in 7A, although I can almost spit to 8F. Just starting to see some activity the last two days here in my neck of the woods. I look forward to the conversation with everyone and hope this evening sit goes well even with the warm temps and wind!

Welcome to the the forum zuke there are a lot of great people/ hunters here I'm sure you will fit right in

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