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Team 13 Thread

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Seen a doe this morning to far to get a shot
Going to try again this evening


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They were running this mornin' boys!!! Added 13 points for "Lucky 13!!!" Perfect morning, wind from the Northwest, low 40's temps. At about 8:15am I heard a grunt to my side and looked over and a buck was running a doe. They were moving so fast I just saw a glimpse of the buck's antlers. I was set up so my wind was going to a ridge line. Below this ridgeline is where the deer bed down so they were heading into bedding. The doe popped back up to the ridge line and was facing away from me looking down, I presume at the buck that was chasing her. She was directly downwind of me but stood there for about 2-3 minutes then she went back down. I was hoping she was going to continue toward me pulling the grunter with her but she went back down for more. At about 8:25 on my strong side about 45 yards away, this buck freshened a scrape. It was great, he hit the licking branch then scraped then headed on the two track by my setup towards the same ridge the other deer went down into. They had come in on my weak side though, he was on my left. Anyway, I stopped him at about 15 yards.... meeeehhp. It was as soft as I could do but he still locked up like a set trap. I can't believe how tight he wound up that quickly!!! I released and he whirled back toward me. The arrow plunked but the shot looked weird and didn't seem right. He charged off the way he came. I figured I shot slightly over him but I told myself that was impossible as I always hold point of shoulder. Anyway, I started looking at the hit site with my binocs and saw my arrow sticking in the ground. The zingers were off of it but I couldn't see any blood from the air. Minutes later a forkey came down from the opposite ridgeline and went right to the spot where my buck was standing and he sniffed the arrow and shot location then worked his way below me then down the ridge the same place where the doe went down. I got down about 45 minutes later and went to the hit site. Checked out the arrow but not a lot of blood on it but some, nothing frothy and honestly I was thinking I then shot too low and it might have just went through the brisket. I then started looking about 3 feet back from the arrow and found some darker hair and a lot of blood immediately and started blood trailing. About 40 yards into the blood trail there were 4 does bedded I never saw or heard. The trail was laden with blood, very bright red but no bubbles but profuse, I mean profuse blood. I'm scratching my head with this and started to think I cut his leg or something marginal but the way he ran it looked like a death run. Anyway, about 150 yards from the hit sight I found him at the edge of one of the feed fields piled up. There was never a spot that he did not leak blood the whole way. So upon inspection of the buck, there were two holes, ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF HIS BODY FROM HOW HE WAS FACING ME!!!! I realized that upon my release, when he whirled, he was able to turn just enough to the left that I caught his upper shoulder and it exited through the same side of his neck. I must have completely sliced his jugular vein. I truly believe if I didn't have a heavy arrow and a super sharp COC broadhead, this deer would have been a wounding loss as a mechanical would have most likely deflected. Not a monster but good hunt. Watching him freshen his scrape and then head my way is just so text book I loved it. I thank God for his blessings every day!!! My heavy arrows specs. include 28" c2c GT Hunter XT .340 spine with 100gr. ethics inserts and a 150grain VPA three blade. R3 Zingers with a 3 degree left helical. I can't shoot another buck now until firearms season.
 

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woodsdog2 said:
They were running this mornin' boys!!! Added 13 points for "Lucky 13!!!" Perfect morning, wind from the Northwest, low 40's temps. At about 8:15am I heard a grunt to my side and looked over and a buck was running a doe. They were moving so fast I just saw a glimpse of the buck's antlers. I was set up so my wind was going to a ridge line. Below this ridgeline is where the deer bed down so they were heading into bedding. The doe popped back up to the ridge line and was facing away from me looking down, I presume at the buck that was chasing her. She was directly downwind of me but stood there for about 2-3 minutes then she went back down. I was hoping she was going to continue toward me pulling the grunter with her but she went back down for more. At about 8:25 on my strong side about 45 yards away, this buck freshened a scrape. It was great, he hit the licking branch then scraped then headed on the two track by my setup towards the same ridge the other deer went down into. They had come in on my weak side though, he was on my left. Anyway, I stopped him at about 15 yards.... meeeehhp. It was as soft as I could do but he still locked up like a set trap. I can't believe how tight he wound up that quickly!!! I released and he whirled back toward me. The arrow plunked but the shot looked weird and didn't seem right. He charged off the way he came. I figured I shot slightly over him but I told myself that was impossible as I always hold point of shoulder. Anyway, I started looking at the hit site with my binocs and saw my arrow sticking in the ground. The zingers were off of it but I couldn't see any blood from the air. Minutes later a forkey came down from the opposite ridgeline and went right to the spot where my buck was standing and he sniffed the arrow and shot location then worked his way below me then down the ridge the same place where the doe went down. I got down about 45 minutes later and went to the hit site. Checked out the arrow but not a lot of blood on it but some, nothing frothy and honestly I was thinking I then shot too low and it might have just went through the brisket. I then started looking about 3 feet back from the arrow and found some darker hair and a lot of blood immediately and started blood trailing. About 40 yards into the blood trail there were 4 does bedded I never saw or heard. The trail was laden with blood, very bright red but no bubbles but profuse, I mean profuse blood. I'm scratching my head with this and started to think I cut his leg or something marginal but the way he ran it looked like a death run. Anyway, about 150 yards from the hit sight I found him at the edge of one of the feed fields piled up. There was never a spot that he did not leak blood the whole way. So upon inspection of the buck, there were two holes, ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF HIS BODY FROM HOW HE WAS FACING ME!!!! I realized that upon my release, when he whirled, he was able to turn just enough to the left that I caught his upper shoulder and it exited through the same side of his neck. I must have completely sliced his jugular vein. I truly believe if I didn't have a heavy arrow and a super sharp COC broadhead, this deer would have been a wounding loss as a mechanical would have most likely deflected. Not a monster but good hunt. Watching him freshen his scrape and then head my way is just so text book I loved it. I thank God for his blessings every day!!! My heavy arrows specs. include 28" c2c GT Hunter XT .340 spine with 100gr. ethics inserts and a 150grain VPA three blade. R3 Zingers with a 3 degree left helical. I can't shoot another buck now until firearms season.
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Dude that’s awesome! Way to go!!! They were moving real good this morning
 
I had sort of a nerve wracking hunt yesterday. I had to work, then got into the tree with about 3 hours of shooting time left. The tree was an aspen, about 50 feet tall and about 10 inches in diameter, with live limbs and leaves at the top.

About 45 minutes into the hunt, something caught my eye in the knothole in front of me--light. I suddenly realized I could see distant brush through the tree. Got out my light and looked inside. The tree was hollow, except for a 1/2"-3/4" ring of wood just inside the bark. It seemed too late to move, so I hunted it, a bit nervously.

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CZMark said:
I had sort of a nerve wracking hunt yesterday. I had to work, then got into the tree with about 3 hours of shooting time left. The tree was an aspen, about 50 feet tall and about 10 inches in diameter, with live limbs and leaves at the top.

About 45 minutes into the hunt, something caught my eye in the knothole in front of me--light. I suddenly realized I could see distant brush through the tree. Got out my light and looked inside. The tree was hollow, except for a 1/2"-3/4" ring of wood just inside the bark. It seemed too late to move, so I hunted it, a bit nervously.

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Yeah that would have freaked me out. I did that last year, I climbed up into an ash tree and realized AFTER I was all set up that it was as dead as a doornail from the Emerald Ash Borer. I didn't stay in the tree it was windy that day and all i could think was that my wife and kids were going to have to tell people I died in a tree stand related fall incident. I'm sure it would have been fine but I really lost my confidence once I realized I was in te dead tree!!!
 
woodsdog2 said:
They were running this mornin' boys!!! Added 13 points for "Lucky 13!!!" Perfect morning, wind from the Northwest, low 40's temps. At about 8:15am I heard a grunt to my side and looked over and a buck was running a doe. They were moving so fast I just saw a glimpse of the buck's antlers. I was set up so my wind was going to a ridge line. Below this ridgeline is where the deer bed down so they were heading into bedding. The doe popped back up to the ridge line and was facing away from me looking down, I presume at the buck that was chasing her. She was directly downwind of me but stood there for about 2-3 minutes then she went back down. I was hoping she was going to continue toward me pulling the grunter with her but she went back down for more. At about 8:25 on my strong side about 45 yards away, this buck freshened a scrape. It was great, he hit the licking branch then scraped then headed on the two track by my setup towards the same ridge the other deer went down into. They had come in on my weak side though, he was on my left. Anyway, I stopped him at about 15 yards.... meeeehhp. It was as soft as I could do but he still locked up like a set trap. I can't believe how tight he wound up that quickly!!! I released and he whirled back toward me. The arrow plunked but the shot looked weird and didn't seem right. He charged off the way he came. I figured I shot slightly over him but I told myself that was impossible as I always hold point of shoulder. Anyway, I started looking at the hit site with my binocs and saw my arrow sticking in the ground. The zingers were off of it but I couldn't see any blood from the air. Minutes later a forkey came down from the opposite ridgeline and went right to the spot where my buck was standing and he sniffed the arrow and shot location then worked his way below me then down the ridge the same place where the doe went down. I got down about 45 minutes later and went to the hit site. Checked out the arrow but not a lot of blood on it but some, nothing frothy and honestly I was thinking I then shot too low and it might have just went through the brisket. I then started looking about 3 feet back from the arrow and found some darker hair and a lot of blood immediately and started blood trailing. About 40 yards into the blood trail there were 4 does bedded I never saw or heard. The trail was laden with blood, very bright red but no bubbles but profuse, I mean profuse blood. I'm scratching my head with this and started to think I cut his leg or something marginal but the way he ran it looked like a death run. Anyway, about 150 yards from the hit sight I found him at the edge of one of the feed fields piled up. There was never a spot that he did not leak blood the whole way. So upon inspection of the buck, there were two holes, ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF HIS BODY FROM HOW HE WAS FACING ME!!!! I realized that upon my release, when he whirled, he was able to turn just enough to the left that I caught his upper shoulder and it exited through the same side of his neck. I must have completely sliced his jugular vein. I truly believe if I didn't have a heavy arrow and a super sharp COC broadhead, this deer would have been a wounding loss as a mechanical would have most likely deflected. Not a monster but good hunt. Watching him freshen his scrape and then head my way is just so text book I loved it. I thank God for his blessings every day!!! My heavy arrows specs. include 28" c2c GT Hunter XT .340 spine with 100gr. ethics inserts and a 150grain VPA three blade. R3 Zingers with a 3 degree left helical. I can't shoot another buck now until firearms season.
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Great story and a buck I would have killed any day with a bow from my saddle.
 
I went Friday evening and didn't see a deer until heading out after dark. But I did bring out about a hundred chiggers with me that decided I tasted delicious. So no deer meat for me but at least the chiggers got full.
 
@woodsdog2 way to get it done. @HuntNorthEast thanks for keeping a tally.
@Nutterbuster is that one of those speckled piebald. They are rare here this time of year.

We had a good weekend. Saw a few deer Saturday. Yesterday evening was a bust. Headed out Wednesday for a three day muzzleloader hunt. Not sure how that will work in a tropical storm but we will see.
 
EricS said:
@woodsdog2 way to get it done. @HuntNorthEast thanks for keeping a tally.
@Nutterbuster is that one of those speckled piebald. They are rare here this time of year.
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It's a 30 spot buck...

They legalized them last year. I'm ashamed to say it, but after eating one I think I'm going to start hammering them. Backstraps were like really big tenderloins. Can't wait to brine and smoke his widdle hams. Maybe shoot him up with a little juice first. Apple juice, that is...
 
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