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I’ll post more pics and story later in my journal. Super day, blessed with this chunk! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

bigpaul
bigpaul

I’m pretty pumped! Persistence paid off!

Cabin Fever
Cabin Fever

Well, my all day sit didn’t go as planned! LOL My son texted me before lunch and said he got a shot at one of the bucks that was chasing does around his stand. Told me not to leave my stand, wanting

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So again, this has been a crazy season for me…actually crazy several seasons. I only started bow hunting in 2017, deployed in 2018, so this year is my 4th year. In 2017 and 2019 I saw some huge 10 pointers on my property, never got a shot at them (well to be honest I did but terribly missed, since I had no idea what I was doing).
 
Fast forward to last year when EHD hit, I saw zero bucks all season. I was going out every single day throughout bow and gun season. This year I did not have high expectations, since I heard that EHD was back. Well I got a little 7 pointer early November, who was the first deer that I even saw out there. I’ve been bow hunting since then, because I figured I already got one buck, it wouldn’t be fair to get another deer with a rifle at that point. Well I didn’t see a single deer since that little buck, until yesterday. I thought he was an 8 pointer when I shot him late at dusk, turns out he’s a 10! 
 
I started tracking him this morning, which took a total of 3 hours. I will never use these Montec G5 broadheads again. 
 
We all know how frustrating and discouraging tracking can be. I even called Deer Search. At one point the blood trail started leading downhill, and I could see for several hundreds yards in every direction, and could see that there was no dead deer in sight. If I continued to look for tiny specks of blood on my hands and knees, it would have taken a week. So instead I decided to just walk in the same general direction and hope to get lucky. Well…I did! I ended up walking into an area where there were rubs and scrapes everywhere. So I figured this is definitely where he went. Sure enough, after checking several scrapes, I found some that had blood in them (btw why did he do that?). I walked another 100 yards in the same direction, and finally stumbled upon him. 
 
Looks like a fighter. One of his ears has a bite out of it, and all the points of his antlers are worn down. 
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Glad you found him!!!!!! That's the moral of the story for backing out on a shot like that. You may have very well found him in his first bed this morning had he not been bumped. Regardless, congrats !!!!

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Five Seasons Grand Master

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So why is it that so many people who shoot Montec G5’s complain about the lack of blood trail? Do all G5 hunters not have appropriate shot placement for optimal blood trails? Can’t be!
Something in that head’s design doesn’t allow for good blood. I’ve tracked three deer shot with g5 and all three were clean lung or heart shots(Not by me!) and all three had specks of blood early. Until nose/mouth spray showed on the track,all were very difficult.

Meateater podcast 284 with Dr Ashby discusses some cool I for about heads and their effectiveness

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That episode made me rethink everything


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32 minutes ago, Whereareyoubuck said:

Last year I shot a doe with a crossbow using a Montec G5…from 10 yards. It went clean through both lungs, and still barely any blood.

 

I never got a ton of blood shooting from the ground with higher body shots  .harder to empty out 

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48 minutes ago, Jmny said:

Just wondering if the guys still putting time in the woods, how many are seeing a drastic reduction in deer movement?  And do you find this movement to be non existent during windy days 20-30 mph.

Three of the last six bucks I've shot have been in high winds. Up north its been slow, the last three weeks in 3m most guys I know are seeing it pick up.

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In 1c for the PM sit. Trying a spot I never hunted or scouted before. Went 500 yds in 1 direction, saw no sign back tracked and went 600 yds in another direction and found only 1 small rub. Decided to hunt it anyway. Probably should have bailed, and gone to a familiar spot. We'll see.

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Went out this morning and saw some new sign. So hopeful there is a few still around.
My nephew shot a small basket 8 point last night and I helped him drag it out.
I'm heading out again in a few.
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I jumped a spike and he went about 30 yards and stopped, then he limped down the hill. I watched him for a while and decided he could take his chances this winter. He seemed ok aside from letting me get close a few times. Our lease is covered in bear tracks c2f1ff5e526287f28e121287d4e1d419.jpg
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5 minutes ago, grampy said:

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Dealing with a trespasser with DEC.

Guy sitting in my stand and became belligerent. 

Man does this suck!

People suck.  So damn entitled to property they don't pay taxes on.  I kicked a kid out this morning off my lower property, claimed he "got turned around" or something.  Uh huh.  Been meaning to put a camera down there anyway.

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Dealing with a trespasser with DEC.
Guy sitting in my stand and became belligerent. 
Man does this suck!

Trespassers suck! Just feel entitled, I guess! Sadly, like so many others in todays society!

Sorry it ruined your plans to hunt! I know your hunts have been limited recently.


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