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Team 10

DroptineKrazy said:
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Check it out guys. 13 more points for team 10. This is the buck I passed on the other night. Tempted me again tonight at 23 yards broadside and I caved. Double lunged him and he only went 30 yards and just stood there for a few seconds until I asked him out loud ‘’ Are you gonna fall over or not?’’ He then proceeded to flip upside down


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Congrats on really nice buck!
 
So what opens before archery in your state or did you hunt that buck in another state? I'm not writing a book!!!
 
DroptineKrazy said:
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Check it out guys. 13 more points for team 10. This is the buck I passed on the other night. Tempted me again tonight at 23 yards broadside and I caved. Double lunged him and he only went 30 yards and just stood there for a few seconds until I asked him out loud ‘’ Are you gonna fall over or not?’’ He then proceeded to flip upside down


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Awesome buck! Congratulations!
 
We have what they call Expanded Archery Season that started on the 10th of September this year. It covers areas that are too urban now for gun hunting. I had a buck tag for that season and my statewide archery license allows me to shoot another buck in October if I want.
 
hokiehunter373 said:
Set up on a trail coming back from food to bedding. Was pretty sure a group of bucks liked to use this trail but it was my first hunt there. Got up early as crap and made the half mile walk. Was to my tree a little after 5. Took my time trying to be super quiet climbing up. Got settled and the sun started to rise. Thermals were being super weird and the wind wasn’t doing what it was supposed to. He came in around 6:45-6:50 exactly where I thought he would. Came straight to the base of the tree before walking down the hill behind me. I didn’t think I was ever going to get a shot and had been holding for about a minute at my 6:00 position. Finally let down and he of course turned broadside. Drew back and stopped him at the same time. Settle the pin, checked the bubble, checked the pin again and let her eat. Impact sounded like I was busting concrete and the arrow was in him as he ran off. Initially I thought it was a bit forward and a bit low but the longer I sat the more I thought the height was perfect. I was worried I was too far forward though but he ran off absolutely destroying brush and looked to be bulldozing along down through the bottom. I thought I had heard a crash but I couldn’t see and then I thought I heard more movement after the crash. Waited an hour and decided to get down. Of course I got down and couldn’t get my rappel rope down lol so back up I went. Finally gathered my things and it was about 9am. Walked to impact, looked for blood, looked downhill and saw belly. Couldn’t believe it. Absolutely drilled him. The single best thing I’ve ever done for my hunting and confidence is build my own arrows. The vital V is where it’s at. I did not hit the front shoulder but went through the beefiest part of the offside shoulder. That leg was jelly. I got near side lung, clipped the heart, and all kinds of goodies in between. You didn’t need a blood trail because there was just a mowed down path but the blood trail was fantastic. Thrilled with this hunt and the shot.

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Awesome buck!! Great story and congrats!!
 
DroptineKrazy said:
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Check it out guys. 13 more points for team 10. This is the buck I passed on the other night. Tempted me again tonight at 23 yards broadside and I caved. Double lunged him and he only went 30 yards and just stood there for a few seconds until I asked him out loud ‘’ Are you gonna fall over or not?’’ He then proceeded to flip upside down


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Dude, killer!! Congrats man!!
 
DroptineKrazy said:
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Check it out guys. 13 more points for team 10. This is the buck I passed on the other night. Tempted me again tonight at 23 yards broadside and I caved. Double lunged him and he only went 30 yards and just stood there for a few seconds until I asked him out loud ‘’ Are you gonna fall over or not?’’ He then proceeded to flip upside down


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LETSSSSS GOOOOOO!!!! Love it. Keep on dropping um
 
Man yall are having all the fun!! I won't get to hunt this evening, I'm going back out to look for wife's deer more today and probably tomorrow.
 
I like to think I'm a pretty good tracker. I'm pretty sure if he isn't dead, he will be. I've certainly found deer that left less sign then this one did. But with one lung sometimes they survive, but probably not when the head is still in it.
 
Ouachitamtnman said:
I like to think I'm a pretty good tracker. I'm pretty sure if he isn't dead, he will be. I've certainly found deer that left less sign then this one did. But with one lung sometimes they survive, but probably not when the head is still in it.
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I'd say it depends on what all is left in but I don't think the heads staying in do as much as lots of hunters think. I think that you're 100% right that one lung hits survive. If it was high like you think, or back, there's a definite chance he's still alive. Question though, why not get a dog? Are they legal where you are? If I was trying to track down an 8+ year old buck that's what I'd do so just a thought. Do you have cams out that you could hopefully see him pop back up on? Sorry you and your wife are having to deal with this. I know how much it sucks to have one get away and I've never seen, let alone tired to shoot, a buck that old. Good luck to you guys!
 
hokiehunter373 said:
I'd say it depends on what all is left in but I don't think the heads staying in do as much as lots of hunters think. I think that you're 100% right that one lung hits survive. If it was high like you think, or back, there's a definite chance he's still alive. Question though, why not get a dog? Are they legal where you are? If I was trying to track down an 8+ year old buck that's what I'd do so just a thought. Do you have cams out that you could hopefully see him pop back up on? Sorry you and your wife are having to deal with this. I know how much it sucks to have one get away and I've never seen, let alone tired to shoot, a buck that old. Good luck to you guys!
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I had a buddy shoot one with an original 2bld rage and broke off with 10" of arrow in it. He killed it 22 days later and the lung had healed around the arrow.

As for a dog I according to the sign I wasn't that worried and convinced we would find it. By the time we lost all sign 3 of us had already trampled it all and grid searched. Most trackers don't want to bother after that. I do have some cams out and will probably set afew more just to see.
 
Ouachitamtnman said:
I had a buddy shoot one with an original 2bld rage and broke off with 10" of arrow in it. He killed it 22 days later and the lung had healed around the arrow.

As for a dog I according to the sign I wasn't that worried and convinced we would find it. By the time we lost all sign 3 of us had already trampled it all and grid searched. Most trackers don't want to bother after that. I do have some cams out and will probably set afew more just to see.
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They're such tough animals, it's insane

Great point there about the dog. Sorry you guys didn't find him
 
hokiehunter373 said:
They're such tough animals, it's insane

Great point there about the dog. Sorry you guys didn't find him
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I'm going to give it one more go today. I hate it for her. Last year I had found a 125-130" 10pt I'm confident I could of killed. Took her in set her up on it barely getting light and slipped out. No service back there so I never got the text saying the trigger was gone from her scott release. He came in just like I thought, the way her release is built the arn the trigger rod screws into come up over the single jaw so as she was trying to fire using it its trying to open the jaw against her finger. Didn't work out and he was shot next weekend during muzzleloader.
 
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