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Team 7 Thread

Heck yeah good luck..I live right in the middle of the Ironton District of Wayne..thought you might be headed down my way.

I hope to see mid or southern Ohio sooner than later! If I don’t fill my tag I might try and get back out that way before the season is over.
 
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Found The front 3/4 of my arrow with no blood and fat on it. Hands and knees no blood, found the back1/4 later on with a little blood and eventually jumped the doe again and saw her in a field walking away fine.

I’m guessing I got excited and shanked the shot. First time that’s happened to me with a bow
 
Where’s the “boo” button? I’ve done worse….found a damn nice buck, figured him out, waited out the wind on him and then set up on the perfect wind. Sunrise was lighting up the morning mist when I saw him headed right to me, just like I planned. He waddled his fat butt right up to the scrape I was set up on and I promptly shot him in the left main beam. Damn arrow exploded! He staggered backwards then whirled and ran about 60 yards and stopped. Shook his head a few times then laid down….it’s almost gotten to the point of being funny and that was 25+ years ago
 
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Found The front 3/4 of my arrow with no blood and fat on it. Hands and knees no blood, found the back1/4 later on with a little blood and eventually jumped the doe again and saw her in a field walking away fine.

I’m guessing I got excited and shanked the shot. First time that’s happened to me with a bow
That's a bummer, looks like muscle blood to me, could you see a wound on her?

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That's a bummer, looks like muscle blood to me, could you see a wound on her?

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no, when I got a good look at her I was on the opposite side, I wasn’t confident after I shot, I didn’t hear that typical pop sound
 
My name's Zach, I'm 27 and live in New Jersey. I'm a plumber. I work for my cousin's company and luckily he's very understanding of my hunting obsession. I work overtime all spring and summer then during hunting season I pretty much work just enough to keep the bills paid. My season started out of state on September 1. I spent the first couple days scouting, and not finding a whole lot. It was bone dry and hot so I started walking all the creek bottoms, streams, etc. A lot of stuff was dried up, but on the evening of day 2 I found a water hole that had trails coming to it like spokes on a wheel, and tons of tracks in the mud around it. There were no good trees to get in, so I just tucked myself into the tall grass on the edge of the pond, and within an hour I was at full draw on a beautiful 10 point buck in velvet. Unfortunately the tall grass and brush prevented my arrow from finding it's mark. The next day I got right back in there, on the other side of the pond closer to where the bucks came from. Again, no trees to get in, but there happened to be a utility pole with a 6 foot tall cement base right where I wanted to be.

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5 minutes before the end of legal shooting light I spotted velvet antlers in the tall grass, making their way towards the water hole. I grabbed the bow and got in position, keeping the utility pole between me and the deer. Once he was in bow range I started my shot process that I'd been practicing in the back yard all summer. I've struggled with rushing my shots in the past and this was the first time I was able to make a totally controlled shot on an animal. I shot him at 30 yards and he disappeared into the sea of chest high grass, but the track job was shorter than the shot! I hit right behind the pin, perfect double lung shot.


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Then on opening day in NJ a buddy and I did some 2 man drives where we basically still-hunt CRP fields about 40 yards apart, with our bows (both wearing blaze orange). When one of us bumps a deer, they will often run 40-50 yards then stop to try to see what spooked them, hopefully giving the other guy a shot opportunity. That's exactly what happened opening day, he bumped a group of deer and one stopped 15 yards from me, giving me a perfect shot.

I'll be in a tree tonight setting up on a big 8 point. Had him and a smaller 8 all over me last night in a patch of white oaks on a marsh point, but never had a good shot at the big one. Good luck to everyone else hunting tonight, looking forward to following along with everyone's season!
Hell of a start for you. Thanks for the story.
 
Hey guy my name is Derek..from Southern Ohio..I'll for sure be good for some points this season Besides my home state of Ohio. I will be spending 6 days of the rut in Nebraska then heading over to south Central Iowa for 11 day or so should be a really fun season.
I’m envious of all of you that are doing out of state hunts. How many points did you need to draw that zone in Iowa?
 
Didn't see any deer tonight. I did find a trail camera that I set up around this time last year and totally forgot about. 5200+ pictures and the batteries are still going strong.
what brand of camera is that?
 
what brand of camera is that?
It's a cheap no name Amazon camera with energizer lithiums. Had a a doe and her fawns nearly every day from when I set the camera up in September until late December. Had 4 bucks come through during rut, with the highlight being a solid 8 point that got his picture taken 4 times in daylight, on 10/28, 11/9, 11/10, and 11/13. Place is loaded with persimmons this year, and the doe is back with new fawns. I think I'll spend a day or 2 in a tree there that second week of November.
 
My name's Zach, I'm 27 and live in New Jersey. I'm a plumber. I work for my cousin's company and luckily he's very understanding of my hunting obsession. I work overtime all spring and summer then during hunting season I pretty much work just enough to keep the bills paid. My season started out of state on September 1. I spent the first couple days scouting, and not finding a whole lot. It was bone dry and hot so I started walking all the creek bottoms, streams, etc. A lot of stuff was dried up, but on the evening of day 2 I found a water hole that had trails coming to it like spokes on a wheel, and tons of tracks in the mud around it. There were no good trees to get in, so I just tucked myself into the tall grass on the edge of the pond, and within an hour I was at full draw on a beautiful 10 point buck in velvet. Unfortunately the tall grass and brush prevented my arrow from finding it's mark. The next day I got right back in there, on the other side of the pond closer to where the bucks came from. Again, no trees to get in, but there happened to be a utility pole with a 6 foot tall cement base right where I wanted to be.

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5 minutes before the end of legal shooting light I spotted velvet antlers in the tall grass, making their way towards the water hole. I grabbed the bow and got in position, keeping the utility pole between me and the deer. Once he was in bow range I started my shot process that I'd been practicing in the back yard all summer. I've struggled with rushing my shots in the past and this was the first time I was able to make a totally controlled shot on an animal. I shot him at 30 yards and he disappeared into the sea of chest high grass, but the track job was shorter than the shot! I hit right behind the pin, perfect double lung shot.


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Then on opening day in NJ a buddy and I did some 2 man drives where we basically still-hunt CRP fields about 40 yards apart, with our bows (both wearing blaze orange). When one of us bumps a deer, they will often run 40-50 yards then stop to try to see what spooked them, hopefully giving the other guy a shot opportunity. That's exactly what happened opening day, he bumped a group of deer and one stopped 15 yards from me, giving me a perfect shot.

I'll be in a tree tonight setting up on a big 8 point. Had him and a smaller 8 all over me last night in a patch of white oaks on a marsh point, but never had a good shot at the big one. Good luck to everyone else hunting tonight, looking forward to following along with everyone's season!
Congrats Zack! Nice velvet buck!
 
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