SouthernTierHunter
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@rabidd099 Buck it is, I got a Sika on MDs archery opener
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Sweet! Always nice to see some horns below you.Opening day in NY was great, passed a young 6. Follow suit with the saddle selfie.
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Drop'em! Hope you fare better than I yesterday. Black powder opened up so I sat one of my hotspots before they get too pressured by firearms folks and since the wind was good.Ok boys, nice cold front moving across the east tomorrow and Friday, let the bodies hit the floor. I got Friday off work and I'm doing an all day stake out in a great pinch!
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Is that a double main beam, or a jacked up brow tine?Hey guys, I found the bed of one of my target bucks Saturday morning. I had a good idea where he was but couldn't get into it without spooking him so I waited. Saturday brought heavy rain and a light south wind, perfect for an access by way of a drainage ditch on the north side of the bedding. I slipped in and set up within 40 yards of a scrape just outside of the marsh and waited for the sun to rise. It was perfect. At about 7:45 he showed up, tucked inside of some thick cover and slowly made his way toward me. He turned broadside behind a tree and started to move, I drew, camera rolling and everything and as he stepped into the opening at 40 yards his speed picked up and he jumped through a deadfall outside of the suspected bedding and confirmed my suspicions. He laid in his bed right in front of me and left me no available shot! I was shaking like a leaf and amped up for the kill and then had to calm down and wait, and wait for about an hour and a half when he stood up and exited just as he had arrived, intact, not bleeding and still sporting an amazing ten point rack with a third main beam on his right side.
I'm going back this week to try to get us some more points on the board.
Here's a late summer pic of him.
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Is that a double main beam, or a jacked up brow tine?
Should be sneaking out for first la hunt tomorrow. Got some new gizmos to get used to out there so may as well do so where I can score us some points. By the way, is anyone gonna join me and letemgrow in the effort?
It happens to everyone at some point. Hate it for you, I know the feeling. We just have to get back in the saddle (punny, I know) and keep hunting. We try to learn from our successes and our failures. Sometimes what we learn is that, even when we do everything right, things can go wrong. We're dealing with living things that have minds of their own, that are cagey as hell, too. Good luck next time!Well fellas I almost had doe number 2 last night. Everything played out perfect just like I had set up. 24 yds slight quarter away. I new she was gunna catch my wind right on the field edge but I had to wait for her to get to it because of all the brush. She go my wind and stopped to sniff it out. When she stopped I let one go, but she jumped the string good. Ended up hitting her high in the meat. Not a lick of blood not even on the arrow, just a little meat tissue and hair. She ran 50 yds then just started walking. I gave her an hour then got down to check out the arrow. She wasn't bleeding at all, didn't seem to hurt, and I knew that it wasn't a good hit so I knew i wouldn't find her, but I owed it to her to look. So I walked the deer trails and no blood no running tracks after 50 yds no body no nothing. Hoping that she doesn't die of infection.
Looking back on everything I don't know what I would have done differently. Aimed lower third, waited for good shot. I guess the only thing I can think of is I could've been 1 tree over and 6 feet higher in that tree and I could have shot over that brush when she was unalert. Then maybe she wouldn't have jumped the string. Just one of them deals I guess.
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