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2016 deer contest submission thread

Yup they are moving Scrapes everywhere My buck was interested in the Montana decoy. Never had any luck with decoys until Friday night
 
about time they start moving, I'm planning to sit tomorrow morning and hopefully an all day tuesday with the lows here hitting about 30
 
Ontariofarmer said:
Team 4 has an eight point buck down. My third. buck ever Yeah. First saddle hunting deer. First public land deer. First swamp transition deer. I usually hunt farm land. My private land has been too dry no water too hot so the deer have moved elsewhere.
Started last winter when I snow shoed into this public land spot with my wife. Good date exercise... and of course a scouting trip with my GPS. MY wife loves snow shoeing I love my wife and like scouting
Last night I . Rode into the site on my electric fat bike... quiet. Passed several scrapes coming in. Set up montana. Got in late. Got set up at 5 pm. Shot him at 5:45. Was too noisy but wind was my friend. Saw the deer first.
Shot yesterday at 10 yards. Passed on a young doe first. I have never done that. I always shoot everything. Buck came in to look at my Montana doe decoy. Got close stopped at my tracks, sniffed around at my tracks, maybe ozone, and scent lok helped to give me time and I shot him through a five inch hole in my cover.
Hid behind my tree when he came in like Boswell talks about.
He ran about 50 yards and dropped from a double lung shot.

Dragged him out with my newly constructed puck board deer drag.
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Thanks to the guys on this forum - saddle hunters rock.
The hunting beast forum , and my friend Ron for all I have learned in 4 years of hunting.
Thanks for my friend Dan's help in dragging him out.
Thanks to my wife for allowing the excessive deer hunting expenses. Two crossbows, hunting gear, bike, scent lok, saddle, guidos, two guns,snow shoeing or scouting etc.
Thanks to the Good Lord who controls all things for His glory for allowing the harvest.
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Many congrats!!!! Awesome !! HE is before all things and in HIM all things consist.
 
d_rek said:
Got my first saddle bow kill this evening - a nice little 6pt buck! First saddle bow kill! First bow kill! First bow buck!

Here's the story!

Saw a mess of deer tonight - bumped a couple coming in, a few does right after I got on stand, and 4 different yearling bucks came in right around 6pm. Since i've been super busy working at the new house we're building I decided that I was going to take the biggest yearling of the group - a nice healthy 6pt.

I was sitting a stand I hung in mid summer based on what I observed from a nearby stand I hung the previous year and it paid off! Sometimes all that's needed are simple adjustments - like putting a second stand 50 yards on the opposite side of a bedding funnel!

It was windy, but I was confident in my scent routine. Had 3 yearling bucks literally underneath my stand and within 10-15 yards for easily 15-20 minutes. When one finally came around to my 9 oclock the 6pt came trailing after him. He stopped at 10 yards quartering away. I hit the release and saw both my lighted nock blink out of existence for a brief moment and the deer mule kick and run off. I am pretty sure I heard him crash just a handful of seconds later.

I had to wait to get down and inspect my arrow another 20 or so minutes as the other yearling bucks came back and were hanging out under my tree again. At one point they even went to the arrow and were licking the end of it.

I got down and it was almost 7pm with barely any light left but I easily found my arrow covered in blood. Not phenomenal blood at the scene but had decent enough blood to trial - bright red drops and more than a few that were bubbly. A few short minutes later I had covered about 50-60 yards and found my first bow deer and my first bow buck!

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I love your story, first time hunting stuff is great. I can identify with your exciting hunt. Great job
 
Tag one for the free agent.

8 point. Second sit of the year - conditions seemed perfect and saw him with 20 min of life. Walked into my window at 20 yards slightly quartering - couldn't ask for a better shot opportunity. Through the lung and out the heart. Ran 20 yards before piling over. Switched back to Rage broadhead and I'm convinced.

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Prill87 said:
Tag one for the free agent.

8 point. Second sit of the year - conditions seemed perfect and saw him with 20 min of life. Walked into my window at 20 yards slightly quartering - couldn't ask for a better shot opportunity. Through the lung and out the heart. Ran 20 yards before piling over. Switched back to Rage broadhead and I'm convinced.

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Good job!!!!!!
 
Ontariofarmer said:
Team 4 has an eight point buck down. My third. buck ever Yeah. First saddle hunting deer. First public land deer. First swamp transition deer.
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First of all, congrats!! That is awesome!
And for the contest, can you post a better photo of the antlers? I can only make out 6 points from any of the photos. You know we're playing for high stakes things such as stickers here so we have to be exact :p
 
Awesome! I can't wait to get In the woods again.


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At 20' up
 
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