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I tagged a better buck this morning .I haven't put a tape on him yet but I should get another 20-30 points .Nice tall 10 pointer ,long tines and good mass .Not the best picture I'll up load a better one later from my phone ..
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Nice job John
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Thanks Guy's.
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John-in-VA text me a pic of his deer and its a nice buck. That picture he posted on here doesn't do it justice. He tagged him a good one.
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Awesome buck John! Congrats!!!
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I tapped my 10 pointer yesterday I came up with 128 6/8 " I'll post it in the scoring thread .
Like Hawk said the first picture doesn't do it justice it's a nice buck.
He got us and extra 44 points .
Long story I had made a bad shot on him to far back .I looked for my bolt and could not find it .The wood were he headed is kinda open I could see up in about 70-80 yards I didn't see him laying there .But it leads to some old cut over so I backed out .I went over to my friends farm and had breakfast with the guy's .I gave my deer 3 hr's .
About 40 yards from the shot I started finding blood I tracked it all the way to the cut over .There was a well used deer path were I found the last blood .So I just went down the path for about 100 yards it leads to a bank parking lot down the hill ,I didn't see and sign of him down there .About half way back down the path I was on was another deer trail so I went back to it looking for more blood nothing .So I headed down that path and about 30 yards down it there he was .
What a great feeling finding him ,I hate loosing deer .
Like Hawk said the first picture doesn't do it justice it's a nice buck.
He got us and extra 44 points .
Long story I had made a bad shot on him to far back .I looked for my bolt and could not find it .The wood were he headed is kinda open I could see up in about 70-80 yards I didn't see him laying there .But it leads to some old cut over so I backed out .I went over to my friends farm and had breakfast with the guy's .I gave my deer 3 hr's .
About 40 yards from the shot I started finding blood I tracked it all the way to the cut over .There was a well used deer path were I found the last blood .So I just went down the path for about 100 yards it leads to a bank parking lot down the hill ,I didn't see and sign of him down there .About half way back down the path I was on was another deer trail so I went back to it looking for more blood nothing .So I headed down that path and about 30 yards down it there he was .
What a great feeling finding him ,I hate loosing deer .
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Nice buck John!
I blew it this morning
Took the xbow because I was going to hunt from the blind but when I got there it wasn't that cold (28F ish) so I sat in the cedar tree.
I got blown at for about 15 min and figured the hunt was a bust. Then a spike came in, followed by a doe and a badly busted up 8pt. The 8 was grunting at the spike and protecting the doe like she was his and eventually all 3 wandered off to the N.
Five minutes later a big beautiful 8 with a long sticker/drop off his right side teleported into the middle of my shooting lane only 12yd away. Not sure how I let that happen but he walked straight to me and around the back side of the cedar, popping out on my right at a whole 7yd slightly quartered away. I slid the xbow around the tree and elected to hold it vertical so I didn't have to worry about the limb hitting the trunk. Sadly, there was a cut branch sticking out 2" just above and when I shot, everything blew up. The buck only ran a short distance then started eating and I got to stare at the ruin of cables and string and watch him feed slowly out of range
I blew it this morning
Took the xbow because I was going to hunt from the blind but when I got there it wasn't that cold (28F ish) so I sat in the cedar tree.
I got blown at for about 15 min and figured the hunt was a bust. Then a spike came in, followed by a doe and a badly busted up 8pt. The 8 was grunting at the spike and protecting the doe like she was his and eventually all 3 wandered off to the N.
Five minutes later a big beautiful 8 with a long sticker/drop off his right side teleported into the middle of my shooting lane only 12yd away. Not sure how I let that happen but he walked straight to me and around the back side of the cedar, popping out on my right at a whole 7yd slightly quartered away. I slid the xbow around the tree and elected to hold it vertical so I didn't have to worry about the limb hitting the trunk. Sadly, there was a cut branch sticking out 2" just above and when I shot, everything blew up. The buck only ran a short distance then started eating and I got to stare at the ruin of cables and string and watch him feed slowly out of range
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Thanks Ks kiwi
That sucks Ks kiwi having one that close that blowing up your cross bow .Hopefully you didn't crack a limb or bend a cam ,and all it need is a new string and cable . I'm sorry to hear that .
Last year in the late season I was hunting and I had a so so 8 pointer come in real quick from my side and go behind my tree .He was feeding only about 10 yards from my tree ,I got turned around and shot my cam it the tree and the string came off .It made a hell of a noise and you could smell wood burning it hit that hard .The deer ran of I took my bow to the shop everything was ok so he restrung it I finished out the season .
That sucks Ks kiwi having one that close that blowing up your cross bow .Hopefully you didn't crack a limb or bend a cam ,and all it need is a new string and cable . I'm sorry to hear that .
Last year in the late season I was hunting and I had a so so 8 pointer come in real quick from my side and go behind my tree .He was feeding only about 10 yards from my tree ,I got turned around and shot my cam it the tree and the string came off .It made a hell of a noise and you could smell wood burning it hit that hard .The deer ran of I took my bow to the shop everything was ok so he restrung it I finished out the season .
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Thanks John.
I pulled it apart, checked it out, put it all back together and re-sighted.
It is good to go now if I need to take a kid or a novice out but I'm going back to my Bowtech, which I SHOULD have been carrying.
Hunted last night until the rain drove me out and only saw a spike.
The big bucks (apart from my event) are only showing late on cams now, so I think the cruising is about done.
Still more than a month to go and if I can get the spark back, there is a chance
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I pulled it apart, checked it out, put it all back together and re-sighted.
It is good to go now if I need to take a kid or a novice out but I'm going back to my Bowtech, which I SHOULD have been carrying.
Hunted last night until the rain drove me out and only saw a spike.
The big bucks (apart from my event) are only showing late on cams now, so I think the cruising is about done.
Still more than a month to go and if I can get the spark back, there is a chance
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Kiwi that sucks!!!!!! Sorry that happened. But the good thing is it sounds like the buck wasn't spooked and should still hang around. Grab that bow and head back out after him. Best of luck!!!!
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Hey Guys - Im still hanging in! I still havent contributed but Im still holding out for a couple certain bucks. I hunt in an archery only county of WV so, Im not too worried. Be patient with me, Ill get us some points eventually.. I spent last week guiding my kids during rifle season and they done well.. Heres their pics:
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Congrats two great looking bucks .
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Nice looking deer MSWV! Always good to get the kids into it. My son lives out in WY and he hunts more than me. All started many years ago when I got him into hunting as a little guy.
Rough luck ks_kiwi - that’s a nice buck. Hoping you get another crack at him. I haven’t been out in a couple of weeks between gun season and the holidays but heading out this Saturday which should be good weather - just don’t know what action will be left after first gun season. This weekend is 2nd gun season so will have to wear orange but will have my new elite Omnia in hand. I know one of the 10s I was after got shot during first gun season but there are a couple of others including the big 9 with a couple of stickers that I’ve not heard were killed. They actually didn’t see much action during first gun season which surprised me as it was good cold weather.
Rough luck ks_kiwi - that’s a nice buck. Hoping you get another crack at him. I haven’t been out in a couple of weeks between gun season and the holidays but heading out this Saturday which should be good weather - just don’t know what action will be left after first gun season. This weekend is 2nd gun season so will have to wear orange but will have my new elite Omnia in hand. I know one of the 10s I was after got shot during first gun season but there are a couple of others including the big 9 with a couple of stickers that I’ve not heard were killed. They actually didn’t see much action during first gun season which surprised me as it was good cold weather.
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Ok guys were still in 2nd place but not by much .Other teams are tagging some monsters .We all need to get back out there and tag a couple doe .That will add up ,I'm still hunting I can't tag anything that will add up for us .I'm out of buck tags I still have 5 doe tags and I'm planning on tagging 2 more if I can one for a needy family I try to help out every year and one for the food bank .I'm still hunting 5-6 day's a week I just haven't had a good shot ,our rifle season is going on now for 2 more weeks and everything is spooked .I'm still hitting my urban spots and hunting the Mtn looking for a bear or deer .
Good luck everyone Hunt safe .Even if we don't tag any more deer we still had a good run this year .One of the best teams I have ever been on .
Good luck everyone Hunt safe .Even if we don't tag any more deer we still had a good run this year .One of the best teams I have ever been on .
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I fully agree John...I'm all tagged out for bow (6 tags filled) now I'm starting on gun tags...fired 2 shots this morning and filled 2 anterless tags
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Was out Sat night and had a nice 10 point that I had a run-in with a couple weeks ago inside of 50 yards for at least an hour tending a hot doe. It was like being back in mid-Nov. Clearly a doe that didn't get bred the first time around. It was 2nd gun season and with a gun could have easily dropped him but was only hunting with a bow that night.
It was a stand I hadn't hunted in years but need to start again. Buck got inside of 35 for a bit but was downhill behind branches the whole time offering no shot and then they eventually walked off further down the hill rather than coming up to me. Frustrating but fun sit - also had half rack spike come right under me and saw 6-7 other does. I have some lane clearing and adjustment to do on that stand before next season.
It was a stand I hadn't hunted in years but need to start again. Buck got inside of 35 for a bit but was downhill behind branches the whole time offering no shot and then they eventually walked off further down the hill rather than coming up to me. Frustrating but fun sit - also had half rack spike come right under me and saw 6-7 other does. I have some lane clearing and adjustment to do on that stand before next season.
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You are stacking them up this year deermasher!
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