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Team 3 Thread

Hey all Joel here from Maryland just about an 45mins north of Baltimore. I’ve been saddle hunting for a little over 6 yrs now. I hunt a mix of public & private. I get 2 buck tags & 10 doe tags & usually shoot around 5-6 deer (1 being a decent buck) we’ll see. Our season started over a week ago but I just got back from an elk trip in CO yesterday night. I shot a 6x6 bull high in the shoulder 1st evening & we never recovered him. Spent a lot of my trip looking for him & scouting. By the time we determined he was not anywhere laid up in the basin we were in I hunted for 2 more days without having another opportunity. I had a great time but have alot of regret over the circumstances of that shot & its outcome. All that to say my local deer population is going to pay a hefty price this season & i plan to fill the freezer! I’ll hunt the 4 acre river bottom behind my house selectively this season looking for a mature buck & shoot does down the road at my buddies place. I’ll fill all the gaps ML & gun season on different public places. Looking forward to sharing “camp” with y’all this season go get after em!!!!
 
I set up for the night on the edge of a cattle farm. I’m in a privet swamp that between a bunch of pin oaks, and a bedding area. The spot I wanted hunt did not have the right wind. I’m hoping a shooter I’ve been getting on camera about sunset down here decided to make his way through tonight. The does are already on the move. Hopefully something with some bone follows soon
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I set up for the night on the edge of a cattle farm. I’m in a privet swamp that between a bunch of pin oaks, and a bedding area. The spot I wanted hunt did not have the right wind. I’m hoping a shooter I’ve been getting on camera about sunset down here decided to make his way through tonight. The does are already on the move. Hopefully something with some bone follows soon
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Sounds like a nice setup. Good luck!
 
I’m going to go hit a new piece of private I got access to this week. It’s a 50 acre hay field with about 15-20 acres of swamp behind it. I’ve never been in there before so it’s going to be a recon mission more than anything.


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Buck bed, his view and his tracks running away. Was coming in from behind him and heard him go crashing out. Made a big loop around that pond and was slowing down glassing some oak trees to see if they had acorns when he took off. Forgot to take a picture but he had a view across the pond too and probably watched me walk across the dam on the southwest side of the pond. Had pin oaks dropping about 10 yards away and corn across the road. Pretty cool spot to stumble on. Might slip back in Sunday morning or later next week to see if I can catch him or a different one.


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When out this morning to meet a friend to go hunting . We each unloaded our hunting bikes and I loaded my Mini vertical crossbow and looked for my quiver and dummy me left it at home. So we called it a day. We hunt a program that only allows us to hunt till 11 AM on Saturday . So we will try it again on Monday. Not allowed to hunt Sundays in PA except for 2 days and they come along later in the season.
 
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I found some white oaks starting to drop on my personal land. It’s time to start walking out the back door to go hunting. I hope to have a doe on the board by the end of the week. I need some backstraps!


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We're on the board with a doe! I found an area yesterday where some white oaks and beech trees are dropping right on the edge of a little pothole swamp. Lots of tracks in the mud and feed sign. I set up on the ground in a blow down with the longbow and saw several deer, a 6 point walked within 10 yards of me, but the rest of the deer were 40+ yards out.

Today I brought the compound. I walked in and set up in the rain, about 50 yards from where I was the last night. The rain stopped around 2:30. I didn't see a deer until 6:30 when 3 small bucks came out of the swamp and fed underneath me. Last shooting light was 7:22 tonight. I was just about ready to pack up at 7:15 when I saw a silhouette of a deer coming toward me through the dark timber. The deer was less than 30 yards away, and it was dark enough that even at that distance I had to look through my binos to make sure it wasn't a small buck. She stepped into an opening at about 20 yards broadside, and I drew the bow back, not knowing whether or not I would even have enough light to shoot. I could still see my pin, and I could still see the deer silhouette, so I held on her heart and pulled through the shot. I heard the "pop" that you want to hear, and she took of running hard.

With more rain coming fast, I got down and looked for my arrow right away. I found the arrow covered in lung blood, but couldn't find any blood on the ground. I walked about 50 yards in the direction she ran, and not a drop. Rather than getting myself into a stressful night of grid searching in the rain/dark I opted to back out and call a friend with a great tracking dog, and I'm sure glad I did. The dog took us 100+ yards from impact through thick cover right to my deer, just in time as it started pouring. It was a perfect double lung shot and we never saw a drop of blood on the ground.
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We're on the board with a doe! I found an area yesterday where some white oaks and beech trees are dropping right on the edge of a little pothole swamp. Lots of tracks in the mud and feed sign. I set up on the ground in a blow down with the longbow and saw several deer, a 6 point walked within 10 yards of me, but the rest of the deer were 40+ yards out.

Today I brought the compound. I walked in and set up in the rain, about 50 yards from where I was the last night. The rain stopped around 2:30. I didn't see a deer until 6:30 when 3 small bucks came out of the swamp and fed underneath me. Last shooting light was 7:22 tonight. I was just about ready to pack up at 7:15 when I saw a silhouette of a deer coming toward me through the dark timber. The deer was less than 30 yards away, and it was dark enough that even at that distance I had to look through my binos to make sure it wasn't a small buck. She stepped into an opening at about 20 yards broadside, and I drew the bow back, not knowing whether or not I would even have enough light to shoot. I could still see my pin, and I could still see the deer silhouette, so I held on her heart and pulled through the shot. I heard the "pop" that you want to hear, and she took of running hard.

With more rain coming fast, I got down and looked for my arrow right away. I found the arrow covered in lung blood, but couldn't find any blood on the ground. I walked about 50 yards in the direction she ran, and not a drop. Rather than getting myself into a stressful night of grid searching in the rain/dark I opted to back out and call a friend with a great tracking dog, and I'm sure glad I did. The dog took us 100+ yards from impact through thick cover right to my deer, just in time as it started pouring. It was a perfect double lung shot and we never saw a drop of blood on the ground.
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What are you shooting for broadheads? cause you should have got blood on the ground with a shot like that. Perfect shot placement.Congrats! Go team 3!
 
OspreyZB said:
We're on the board with a doe! I found an area yesterday where some white oaks and beech trees are dropping right on the edge of a little pothole swamp. Lots of tracks in the mud and feed sign. I set up on the ground in a blow down with the longbow and saw several deer, a 6 point walked within 10 yards of me, but the rest of the deer were 40+ yards out.

Today I brought the compound. I walked in and set up in the rain, about 50 yards from where I was the last night. The rain stopped around 2:30. I didn't see a deer until 6:30 when 3 small bucks came out of the swamp and fed underneath me. Last shooting light was 7:22 tonight. I was just about ready to pack up at 7:15 when I saw a silhouette of a deer coming toward me through the dark timber. The deer was less than 30 yards away, and it was dark enough that even at that distance I had to look through my binos to make sure it wasn't a small buck. She stepped into an opening at about 20 yards broadside, and I drew the bow back, not knowing whether or not I would even have enough light to shoot. I could still see my pin, and I could still see the deer silhouette, so I held on her heart and pulled through the shot. I heard the "pop" that you want to hear, and she took of running hard.

With more rain coming fast, I got down and looked for my arrow right away. I found the arrow covered in lung blood, but couldn't find any blood on the ground. I walked about 50 yards in the direction she ran, and not a drop. Rather than getting myself into a stressful night of grid searching in the rain/dark I opted to back out and call a friend with a great tracking dog, and I'm sure glad I did. The dog took us 100+ yards from impact through thick cover right to my deer, just in time as it started pouring. It was a perfect double lung shot and we never saw a drop of blood on the ground.
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Way to go @OspreyZB ! Congrats on earning the buck!
 
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What are you shooting for broadheads? cause you should have got blood on the ground with a shot like that. Perfect shot placement.Congrats! Go team 3!
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Magnus stingers, the serrated non-vented 2 blade version (no bleeders). I've shot a bunch of deer with these heads and the blood trails are very hit or miss. Shot a buck in pretty much the same spot last November with one and it looked like a horror movie, blood everywhere. Then there's been several that I've made great shots on but they just didn't bleed for whatever reason.

I'm a fixed blade guy, but I've been thinking about picking up a pack of sevrs and keeping a couple in the quiver for certain situations.
 
boyne bowhunter said:
Way to go @OspreyZB ! Congrats on earning the buck!
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Thanks Joe! I've got my eye on a couple good ones and I called out of work Monday and Tuesday to hunt the back side of this tropical storm. It's been dipping down into the low 50s here at night and I'm starting to see a lot of scrapes get opened up. Feeling pretty good about my chances these next few days of seeing some bucks on their feet freshening scrapes between rain events.
 
OspreyZB said:
We're on the board with a doe! I found an area yesterday where some white oaks and beech trees are dropping right on the edge of a little pothole swamp. Lots of tracks in the mud and feed sign. I set up on the ground in a blow down with the longbow and saw several deer, a 6 point walked within 10 yards of me, but the rest of the deer were 40+ yards out.

Today I brought the compound. I walked in and set up in the rain, about 50 yards from where I was the last night. The rain stopped around 2:30. I didn't see a deer until 6:30 when 3 small bucks came out of the swamp and fed underneath me. Last shooting light was 7:22 tonight. I was just about ready to pack up at 7:15 when I saw a silhouette of a deer coming toward me through the dark timber. The deer was less than 30 yards away, and it was dark enough that even at that distance I had to look through my binos to make sure it wasn't a small buck. She stepped into an opening at about 20 yards broadside, and I drew the bow back, not knowing whether or not I would even have enough light to shoot. I could still see my pin, and I could still see the deer silhouette, so I held on her heart and pulled through the shot. I heard the "pop" that you want to hear, and she took of running hard.

With more rain coming fast, I got down and looked for my arrow right away. I found the arrow covered in lung blood, but couldn't find any blood on the ground. I walked about 50 yards in the direction she ran, and not a drop. Rather than getting myself into a stressful night of grid searching in the rain/dark I opted to back out and call a friend with a great tracking dog, and I'm sure glad I did. The dog took us 100+ yards from impact through thick cover right to my deer, just in time as it started pouring. It was a perfect double lung shot and we never saw a drop of blood on the ground.
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Good job getting the skunk off our back!


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OspreyZB said:
Magnus stingers, the serrated non-vented 2 blade version (no bleeders). I've shot a bunch of deer with these heads and the blood trails are very hit or miss. Shot a buck in pretty much the same spot last November with one and it looked like a horror movie, blood everywhere. Then there's been several that I've made great shots on but they just didn't bleed for whatever reason.

I'm a fixed blade guy, but I've been thinking about picking up a pack of sevrs and keeping a couple in the quiver for certain situations.
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I shot the exact same head for quite awhile. I too was a tried and true fixed blade guy until I went on a trip to MO, and my bow wouldn’t group for crap in my pre hunt practice session. I grabbed a few of my brothers Shwacker’s and have been shooting them ever since. I’ve killed 20+ deer and a black bear with a 150gr shwacker. I’ve never had a hard to follow blood trail since. It usually looks like some one turned on a water hose from impact until recovery. I just make sure I try and not tuck it in the crease, and aim for center ribs. They blow right through every time. The bear I shot had both lungs blown out, and there was a 6” ball of intestines were hanging out the exit hole. With a 3pk replacement blades only costing $15 it’s hard not to shoot them.


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