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


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16 minutes ago, ApexerER said:

I won't let it happen again. I was focused on my view through the scope. I have been bow hunting a few years but this is my first time with the crossbow.  Funny..I thought it would be easier..if I had my bow I would have had a deer down today..

No one is scolding or being nasty. Everyone makes mistakes. Hunting is a learning process. Any weapon with limbs needs special attention to detail, especially clearance. You learned and will move on. I would check the limbs over just be sure there are no cracks.

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No one is scolding or being nasty. Everyone makes mistakes. Hunting is a learning process. Any weapon with limbs needs special attention to detail, especially clearance. You learned and will move on. I would check the limbs over just be sure there are no cracks.

You should of seen my attention to detail this morning when I was attempting to use my bow riser while at full draw to push/swing my bow hanger out of my way haha. I had every clearance issue there could be this morning. Dang buck was behind me and I was determined to try and wrap myself around that tree to get a shot. If it wasn't for some branches about 25 yards out he would of been toast. I still can't believe I was able to move my bow hanger and pack while at full draw and not spook him or the two does.

Depending on how tomorrow morning goes I may be taking that stand down and moving it over about 40-50 yards to get a better shot at where they seem to keep moving through. Will see how ambitious I feel

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15 minutes ago, Adkhunter1590 said:

You should of seen my attention to detail this morning when I was attempting to use my bow riser while at full draw to push/swing my bow hanger out of my way haha. I had every clearance issue there could be this morning. Dang buck was behind me and I was determined to try and wrap myself around that tree to get a shot. If it wasn't for some branches about 25 yards out he would of been toast. I still can't believe I was able to move my bow hanger and pack while at full draw and not spook him or the two does.

Depending on how tomorrow morning goes I may be taking that stand down and moving it over about 40-50 yards to get a better shot at where they seem to keep moving through. Will see how ambitious I feel

You need a bigger tree stand LOL

 

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You need a bigger tree stand LOL
 


Ya I think I'll be buying the biggest platform hang ons I can get from now on. The one I was in this morning is decent sized but real light weigh which is good to long hauls. So I may have to retire that one to the garage to be used on random quick setups on different properties. Other than not being able to see them coming, a ground blind would have done the trick this morning.
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Good luck to everyone today. Hope to see some good pics throughout the day. Slept in and watching football today. Had to hang the deer, because no one would take a 7pm drop off. If anyone knows of good processors within 30 miles of Canastota, please let me know. New to NY and drove my last deer to Syracuse. I will say I miss the processor we had in PA. They stayed open till 9pm. They had coffee and drinks, the butchers' wives ran a grill/concession stand, and it was a great place for all the hunters to shoot the shit and grab a burger. This forum is the closest I have to that camaraderie.


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11 hours ago, CanastotaCamo said:

15 min before quitting time. I'm standing watching the bedding area to my left and the swamp at my rear. I hear a bull in a China shop come barreling down the hill directly in front of me. Thought is was those damn squirrels again until he grunted. Drew while he was on the move. As soon as he got on the right side of my stand I gave him a baaah and prayed he would stop. As soon as he stopped, I let the brand new Matthews Z3 rip and shot right down through him. So happy to christen the new bow. Shot my doe first week with my old Martin Jaguar.

I still don't now what he was chasing. I never saw any does.

Congrats on the buck!  Sounds like a bigger buck might have been chasing him away from a doe.

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