LIVE From The Woods 2019 - Lets hear stories and see some pictures!

[Four Season Whitetail's]

If he goes that far, he would be in better shape than you may think.   I bet he is within 1/4 mile of the bone fragments especially with the heavy cover.   

True That. A smashed front leg will put him down within a couple hundred yards of hit and he will lay up. If it's not a kill shot he will get out of his bed and nibble/hobble around that area for a few yards this way or that but he will bed back down pretty quick. It's highly doubtful he left that cover that he has in that area unless pushed out.


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[Swamp_bucks]

Only deer was a little basket buck with a doe.  Jumped them doing a drive and couldnt get a shot off.   Ill be out in the morning.  But i will say i found a massive track.  Its the size of my hand.  Picture wont upload.

[TheHornHunter]

If he goes that far, he would be in better shape than you may think.   I bet he is within 1/4 mile of the bone fragments especially with the heavy cover.   

I hope that’s the case. I covered pretty much the whole creek bottom so I was thinking I may have pushed him out but he could have easily snuck around me and I never would have known. This would be my biggest buck to date by a pretty good margin which makes this all the more painful! I just really hope he survives or I get a crack at him. It makes me sick to think of a 150”+ buck rotting away in the woods


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[Four Season Whitetail's]

I hope that’s the case. I covered pretty much the whole creek bottom so I was thinking I may have pushed him out but he could have easily snuck around me and I never would have known. This would be my biggest buck to date by a pretty good margin which makes this all the more painful! I just really hope he survives or I get a crack at him. It makes me sick to think of a 150”+ buck rotting away in the woods


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Cattails, Swale grass 150"inch buck knows how to survive. Give him an injury and no hot does on his mind and he will virtually disappear.


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[OtiscoPaul]

Finished up everything but this last hind and had a fresh cut 16 day aged sirloin...

Drummed up some liquid motivation to take the bow out and fill a late dmp.

Last hunt of the season I think

Edited December 14, 2019 by OtiscoPaul

[grampy]

1 hour ago, TheHornHunter said:

Spent four hours this morning searching for the buck I shot last night. Found some bone fragments but no blood. All the blood I had found up until when I jumped him had washed away so I wasn’t too surprised on that. This bottom is only 30 acres but is super thick (see pic) and I’d basically need to step on a carcass to see it. Pretty depressing. The last deer I shot and didn’t recovered was the first deer I ever shot. I don’t know how much more I’ll hunt this season but I’m only going to target this buck. He’s gotta be in rough shape and will have to hit the feed bag pretty hard I’d think. I control most of the acreage around where I shot him so hopefully will get another crack over the next three days.




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A piece of bone indicates a leg hit most all of the time. Question is, if it passed through some part of the deer to break the offside leg? If so, the deer could be dead within a couple hundred yards from where you found the bone. Likely in the thickest cover available. And will likely not survive.

If just the leg was hit, it could survive, but won't move very far for awhile. Even if bumped. Sometimes with a leg hit, if you can get them up and moving, the blood will start to flow again. Even after 24 hours.

I hope you find him, or at least see him again.

Good luck.

[turkeyfeathers]

2 hours ago, turkeyfeathers said:

Off today and once again just not feeling it. So defrosting this for lunch   

Made the right decision 

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@TheHornHunter have you tried deer search? They might be able to get you on that deer in spite of the rain..

[WWJD_Hunter]

2 hours ago, turkeyfeathers said:

Off today and once again just not feeling it. So defrosting this for lunch   

Venison Ruben from CONSTANZA. Enjoy your Blueberry Sausage TF .

[Zem18]

Tapped out at 1:15. Was coming down in buckets and my buddy and I said let's keep the clothes partially dry for the morning. He saw one running at 830 and stayed in the same spot all day. I still hunted to several lookout points and never saw a deer or a flag. Did hear 7 single shots this morning on the hill but none real close. Tomorrow is another day.

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[Unit8R]

1 hour ago, OtiscoPaul said:

Finished up everything but this last hind and had a fresh cut 16 day aged sirloin...

Drummed up some liquid motivation to take the bow out and fill a late dmp.

Last hunt of the season I think

I got backed up DIY processing this year with multiple deer and did not have the space to age the usual 8-10 days for some quarters and the resulting flavor/tenderness shows... You can't age if you drop at the "deer cuttin" place so do it yourself.

 

 

[OtiscoPaul]

17 minutes ago, Unit8R said:

 

I like young deer (yearling does) and any warm tenderloin fresh as the pinnacle of venison flavor personally

But I do like to age the quarters in big deer and the straps on bucks so the meat gets “dry” and easier to handle with the knife.

I think the main thing with whitetail venison is to keep it drained and dry including when you defrost it, I use paper towels and change them often...better yet souse vide no defrost needed.

I better get used to talking about deer hunting instead of doing it...stupid heavy rain chased me out of the woods

Man that sausage looks good TF

Edited December 14, 2019 by OtiscoPaul

[greensider]

No deer but scored on some oysters 

[doebuck1234]

Im very tempted to go out for the morning sit tomorrow with the bow.still have reg season buck tag and both dmp's.windy tomorrow

[Five Seasons]

This is just dumb


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[TheHornHunter]

[mention=9835]TheHornHunter[/mention] have you tried deer search? They might be able to get you on that deer in spite of the rain..

Nope. The people’s whose property the deer went on to are fairly anti hunting and very protective of their land. I’ve built a good relationship with them and they let me retrieve deer when I need to but they would be pissed if I brought someone on they didn’t know


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[Five Seasons]

On a small ridgetop since 7am. Foggy and dripping. Oh and that white stuff by the log IS NOT snow. Never fails. Good luck out there today!!

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What is it?


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[TheHornHunter]

A piece of bone indicates a leg hit most all of the time. Question is, if it passed through some part of the deer to break the offside leg? If so, the deer could be dead within a couple hundred yards from where you found the bone. Likely in the thickest cover available. And will likely not survive.
If just the leg was hit, it could survive, but won't move very far for awhile. Even if bumped. Sometimes with a leg hit, if you can get them up and moving, the blood will start to flow again. Even after 24 hours.
I hope you find him, or at least see him again.
Good luck.

Thanks for the input. The leg opposite to me when I shot looked broken after the shot. He ran in front of me with that leg facing me so I got a good look at it. It’s possible I went under his cavity and only hit opposite leg but I would have expected to that to basically blow his leg off and to have way more carnage at the hit site. I only found two small fragments and little hair or blood initially. Plus I think that would have knocked him to the ground initially. I think I went through the cavity and out the opposite leg but either high or low. He was quartering away pretty good. I found one spot on the blood trail where I had two pretty good sized blood pools about a foot apart and slightly offset. I figured he stood for a little with two holes leaking


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[Zem18]

What is it?


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Toilet paper!!!

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[The_Real_TCIII]

Tacks no tree umbrella? 

Didn’t deploy it today I just put the hood up, old school


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[Pygmy]

2 minutes ago, The_Real_TCIII said:

Didn’t deploy it today I just put the hood up, old school


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You are indeed a macho stud  !!

[cynthiafu]

Going to be windy tomorrow  but maybe I can knock something down freeze is so empty

[Chef]

Still hunted for 3 hours today, saw a few does that I chose not to shoot. Went onto the neighbors as he gave me permission as he is done for the season. Saw a ton of sign at the middle and bottom of his ridge. I’m going to ask him if he would care if I put a ladder stand there next year. He is 75 his house is at the top of the mountain and he only hunts the very top close to his house. He doesn’t bow hunt so I think I’m going to ask if I can put it there and only hunt it during bow

 

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[BizCT]

Still hunted for 3 hours today, saw a few does that I chose not to shoot. Went onto the neighbors as he gave me permission as he is done for the season. Saw a ton of sign at the middle and bottom of his ridge. I’m going to ask him if he would care if I put a ladder stand there next year. He is 75 his house is at the top of the mountain and he only hunts the very top close to his house. He doesn’t bow hunt so I think I’m going to ask if I can put it there and only hunt it during bow

 
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Looks good. You may have a sweet spot


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[Bolt action]

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