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


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wolc 123- he was broadside. I didn't see the bolt hit anything on the way but honestly, every time I shoot that Excalibur I am shocked at the sound and motion. I know one thing, I got lucky. I'll post results since he'll hang tonight and with warmth tomorrow I'll get him skinned and cut up.  


Was he alert?


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The recruit is so much more powerful then you would ever imagine. I watched my buddy last year shoot one with a recruit and it went through both front shoulders no problem and dropped the deer pretty much where it stood I think she went a total
Of 10 yards


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See I shot one last year with recruit tired with 3 blade muzzy sent straight into side at 25 yards and only got 10 or so inch of penetration. Deer walked off like nothing happened searched for 3 days never found him....tons of blood but got so thick and circled back around on himself so many times. I still think he died in swamp and sank

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The recruit is impressive at close range but not so much further out.   I always want a pass thru and 50 yards appears to be about the limit for that.  As far as crossbows go, it is very quiet and that helps eliminate string jump.  Also, I have not yet fired it at an alert deer and I know that makes a huge difference as far as string jump is concerned.   If and when they give us full inclusion, I will spring for something with a little more power, probably the Centerpoint sniper 370.  That ought to be a legitimate 60 yard crossbow.  

I don't think string jump is a big issue beyone 40 yards because that is beyond a deer's "danger zone".  The 59 yarder I shot a couple years ago certainly never flinched until after the bolt had pierced his heart.  

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Pulled a card and it looks like i have a buck working the scrape every 12 hours so would decided to sit thos stand by the property line. As i walk in i see someone signaling with a flashlight from right on the line. Bummer, but its not my land. Ive never seen anyone back here before.


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Another crisp morning at 28 degrees. Supposed to be 41 by 9 and 60 by noon. I'm not having much luck on these flat calm days. But the wife reported road kill yesterday on way to work. When they start stacking up ifs pretty much on.

I just need one big stuuupid deer!


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Back at it. Getting my climber outta here after this hunt and moving in my blind.....

As much as I love the climber... I think I'm gonna sell it and get sticks and hang on... Be nice to have hang on all over an dust bring in a set of sticks to climb up to it. My summit Titan is comfortable as heck. But a bit to bulky and loud.

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Chase is on in 3N. My buck Saturday had a swollen neck and came in hot.

My dad called me at 740am to say he watched from 645am - 710am a nice racked (he thinks 6 or 8pt) buck chasing 3 different does in circles very hard in and out of view 100-150 yards. At 720am he shot him at 28 yards after bleat calling him in away from the other does.

Although he's hunting from the ground he was shooting down at a steep angle and is worried he may have hit high. The buck ran to the edge of the next hill stood there and then went over the hill. Hopefully he's dead there. Dad hasn't found arrow and didn't see lumenok in the deer so not sure exactly what happened. He found blood at the spot of the shot. I told him to wait till 8am before sneaking over hill to look. Hopefully he got him.


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19 minutes ago, moog5050 said:

Bored sitting on the coach.  Should have gone hunting. 

Uh yeah!!  It's like a circus in the woods right now where I'm at in 8n. So far saw two bucks that I would shoot. 6 or so pointers. Not my target buck but I really want some meat. 7 doe. And one of the Buck looked like he was skipping while chasing her. Grunting all along. 

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