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Post by onebentarrow on Nov 14, 2020 19:44:08 GMT -5
Maby good news. I shot a buck from the ground blind facing me. I aimed for the spot all the hair makes that point on the chest. Because of the impending rain and the thought I took out the heart I reloaded my muzzeloader and started tracking about 25 yards he was dumping good blood and at 75 yards I kicked him up. Followed blood about 100 more yards and could not find him. So i have called a deer blood tracking dog. Will be here in about an hour. It is not a big buck but i hate losing a deer. It will cost me some money but what part of hunting doesn't. We figure it is a one lung hit and should find the deer. . Hope so any way Will keep you posted Maby something in a couple hrs.
Wish me luck guys. I hate losing ANY deer
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Post by Deleted on Nov 14, 2020 19:49:39 GMT -5
Maby good news. I shot a buck from the ground blind facing me. I aimed for the spot all the hair makes that point on the chest. Because of the impending rain and the thought I took out the heart I reloaded my muzzeloader and started tracking about 25 yards he was dumping good blood and at 75 yards I kicked him up. Followed blood about 100 more yards and could not find him. So i have called a deer blood tracking dog. Will be here in about an hour. It is not a big buck but i hate losing a deer. It will cost me some money but what part of hunting doesn't. We figure it is a one lung hit and should find the deer. . Hope so any way Will keep you posted Maby something in a couple hrs. Wish me luck guys. I hate losing ANY deer Onebentarrow Best of luck recovering this magnificent animal, and good on you for going all out to recover him!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 14, 2020 19:51:07 GMT -5
Live from the man`s room: going to brush teeth and rinse, then turning in. Going to do an all day hunt tomorrow! Goodnight all and best of luck to everyone braving the winds tomorrow!
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Post by onebentarrow on Nov 14, 2020 19:51:18 GMT -5
Buck down. Not huge rack but super cool. This is just me, but I say, don`t ever apologize for any deer you chose to kill. The deer don`t deserve to be apologized for. And congratulations by the way! Can`t wait to see pictures and celebrate with you! They are all big in my eyes and any one that said different will not be seeing any more till the swelling goes down. You been warned Onebentarrow
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Post by onebentarrow on Nov 14, 2020 19:58:49 GMT -5
Maby good news. I shot a buck from the ground blind facing me. I aimed for the spot all the hair makes that point on the chest. Because of the impending rain and the thought I took out the heart I reloaded my muzzeloader and started tracking about 25 yards he was dumping good blood and at 75 yards I kicked him up. Followed blood about 100 more yards and could not find him. So i have called a deer blood tracking dog. Will be here in about an hour. It is not a big buck but i hate losing a deer. It will cost me some money but what part of hunting doesn't. We figure it is a one lung hit and should find the deer. . Hope so any way Will keep you posted Maby something in a couple hrs. Wish me luck guys. I hate losing ANY deer Onebentarrow Best of luck recovering this magnificent animal, and good on you for going all out to recover him! Years ago when I was younger my buddy and I had 18 man hours in on one we found. That was befor coyotes and it was still good. Just a 7 pt but huge body. Did not get it weighed but I know it was 200+. I have killed 150 on scale bucks and this one made them look small
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Post by firstwd on Nov 14, 2020 20:06:12 GMT -5
Might have ruined the fawn production on the farm this morning. I had a doe come in that I checked her back trail for a couple hundred yards before I pulled up on her. I was still on the fence about shooting her until she looked dead at me at 30 yards. The new 350 Legend has earned it's place in the collection. Shot almost straight on, very top of the heart, destroyed both lungs, not sure there was enough liver to put on 5 crackers, and out just behind the ribs. Blood from shot point the entire 30 yards she ran on both ground and trees. This old girl was huge! Base of neck to tail covered the tailgate on my F250.
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Post by willy7948 on Nov 14, 2020 20:07:11 GMT -5
Live from the man`s room: going to brush teeth and rinse, then turning in. Going to do an all day hunt tomorrow! Goodnight all and best of luck to everyone braving the winds tomorrow! Aim small, miss small. You’ve got it !
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Post by whitetaildave24 on Nov 14, 2020 20:13:12 GMT -5
My son sat with me this evening behind the house. Ended up seeing two does across the creek about 30 minutes to closing time. Just needed them to get in the creek to shoot. One got close, but then they turned back and headed to the corn. Maybe next time.
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Post by beermaker on Nov 14, 2020 21:25:42 GMT -5
I fumbled my way to my stand right at daylight. The freaking loggers went way farther into the woods than they told me they were going to. The trees that I had marked with reflective tacks were gone and my mental landmarks were altered by piles of treetops. I was sweating out of frustration.
Fast forward to 7:45 and a doe and yearling made their way across the cleared land. They weren't anywhere close to bow range, so I didn't pay much attention. About ten minutes later they emerged from the treetops and were coming straight for me. The mature doe got to 30 yards and turned to quartering away. I let a bolt fly and it it with a resounding thud. The doe jumped, fell down, and then ran off. I could see the fletchings right behind the front leg. The yearling stood around like it was lost. I cocked the crossbow and immediately dropped it at 20 yards.
I got down from the tree and went home to get my daughter to help me track the doe. I ate some breakfast and did a few things to get the garage ready for cleaning the deer. We went back to the woods and loaded the yearling. We then started tracking the doe. Blood everywhere. We tracked it a good 200 yards with no pause. Then, the blood got thin. I decided to stop and go home. I got the yearling skinned, quartered, and in the fridge. Had a few beers along the way. I went back to the woods and continued on the blood trail. After another 50 yards from where we stopped earlier, the trail went in a circle and I lost any sign. I stumbled around for two hours and could not find a thing. They only thing I can figure is that the bolt caught enough of the chest cavity to cause significant bleeding, but didn't actually hit a vital organ.
I'm sick about it. This is the second time in my hunting life that I have not been able to recover a wounded deer.
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Post by willy7948 on Nov 14, 2020 21:39:17 GMT -5
Full story of my harvest will come tomorrow ... but here’s a teaser ... I got kicked in the face by a dead deer.
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Post by Huntnfreak on Nov 14, 2020 22:10:09 GMT -5
Full story of my harvest will come tomorrow ... but here’s a teaser ... I got kicked in the face by a dead deer. I always joke with people that “deer always get the last laugh!!” 😁
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Post by esshup on Nov 14, 2020 22:34:31 GMT -5
Settled into the ground blind just waiting for legal shooting time. Aim small, miss small. Words to live by. What happened?? LOL
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Post by esshup on Nov 14, 2020 22:37:13 GMT -5
Small buck went by at 10yds. Just needs to grow up! Just wait, I'm sure a bigger one will walk by.
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Post by esshup on Nov 14, 2020 22:51:37 GMT -5
Nice buck. Congrats to the young hunter. What bullets were you using may I ask?, I have a lot of experience with the .243 all good btw 95 grain Nosler ballistic tip. Don't get me wrong, the deer is stone cold dead but I'd like 2 bigger holes in the future. I switched to Barnes TSX bullets in my .243 and I'm not looking back. Running them 3250-3300 fps.
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Post by elmo on Nov 14, 2020 23:02:11 GMT -5
Full story of my harvest will come tomorrow ... but here’s a teaser ... I got kicked in the face by a dead deer. I did also, but I wasn’t going to tell anyone. Mine was coming back down off of the 4 wheeler while we were loading it.
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Post by esshup on Nov 14, 2020 23:06:33 GMT -5
My fingers were too cold to try and play on the phone while in the stand. Besides as fast as the deer were moving, I was out there to hunt. LOL
To make a long story short, it was a VERY interesting day. Saw a number of different bucks and does,somewhere between 10 and 20 plus had 6 really nice Toms feeding in front of me at 20 yds for about 15 minutes. Even got a video on the phone of a 6 point acting like it wanted to fight the 11 point I had on the ground. Acted like it was making a scrape at the butt end of the one on the ground, started horning him and was pulling off hair. I yelled, it stopped and walked off and then started in again. After yelling a 2nd time it finally left.
Got an eye infection in my right eye, so looking thru the scope is a wee bit fuzzy. I'll be at urgent care tomorrow when they open. Glad I had my 10x binoculars or the large doe I was going to shoot wouldn't have been legal, through the binoculars it had spikes about 1/2 the length of it's ears. Ended up the day with 2 does and a buck.
Not hunting tomorrow due to the wind. Not going to chance it. Good luck to everyone that is going out tomorrow and stay safe!!!
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Post by huntnandplumbn on Nov 14, 2020 23:06:52 GMT -5
Well I finished up my buck quest this evening. My daughter and I went back to the tower blind we were in this morning. To be honest I tried talking into a different blind but she had a “feeling “ about it. It was just dead out there. We hadn’t seen squat. With 25 minutes to go she was on lookout duty when something caught my eye walking right next to the blind. All i saw was rack walking away. I jumped up to grab her crossbow to get into position for her but quickly realized he wasn’t stopping in the small plot at all. I reached over for the muzzleloader and she said get’m dad he’s going to get away. I slung the window open hard enough it stopped him and he turned looking right at us. Took the shot but of course wasn’t sure with the smoke and felt I had hurried it. Gave him about 5 minutes and I crept down to just find any sign he had been hit. Found decent blood and continued on. He went about 125 yards through the nastiest stuff on the property. I don’t believe I’ve ever seen a buck in this area with a body so big. Now time to concentrate on her first one completely. imgur.com/a/PwCNebz
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Post by esshup on Nov 14, 2020 23:14:19 GMT -5
Well I finished up my buck quest this evening. My daughter and I went back to the tower blind we were in this morning. To be honest I tried talking into a different blind but she had a “feeling “ about it. It was just dead out there. We hadn’t seen squat. With 25 minutes to go she was on lookout duty when something caught my eye walking right next to the blind. All i saw was rack walking away. I jumped up to grab her crossbow to get into position for her but quickly realized he wasn’t stopping in the small plot at all. I reached over for the muzzleloader and she said get’m dad he’s going to get away. I slung the window open hard enough it stopped him and he turned looking right at us. Took the shot but of course wasn’t sure with the smoke and felt I had hurried it. Gave him about 5 minutes and I crept down to just find any sign he had been hit. Found decent blood and continued on. He went about 125 yards through the nastiest stuff on the property. I don’t believe I’ve ever seen a buck in this area with a body so big. Now time to concentrate on her first one completely. imgur.com/a/PwCNebzWOW, that's a great deer! Congrats!!!!!!!
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Post by genesis273 on Nov 14, 2020 23:34:34 GMT -5
Well I finished up my buck quest this evening. My daughter and I went back to the tower blind we were in this morning. To be honest I tried talking into a different blind but she had a “feeling “ about it. It was just dead out there. We hadn’t seen squat. With 25 minutes to go she was on lookout duty when something caught my eye walking right next to the blind. All i saw was rack walking away. I jumped up to grab her crossbow to get into position for her but quickly realized he wasn’t stopping in the small plot at all. I reached over for the muzzleloader and she said get’m dad he’s going to get away. I slung the window open hard enough it stopped him and he turned looking right at us. Took the shot but of course wasn’t sure with the smoke and felt I had hurried it. Gave him about 5 minutes and I crept down to just find any sign he had been hit. Found decent blood and continued on. He went about 125 yards through the nastiest stuff on the property. I don’t believe I’ve ever seen a buck in this area with a body so big. Now time to concentrate on her first one completely. imgur.com/a/PwCNebzReal nice buck! Congratulations!
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Post by onebentarrow on Nov 15, 2020 0:03:50 GMT -5
Found him. I will explain the damage. Bullet entered 1 1/2 inches right of the tuff of hair on chest(unbeknownst to me he was slightly quartering) it went thru breast bone,my right to left knocking a hole in left ribs and skin you could see his heart thru literally The bullet then traveled down the rib cage missing both heart and lungs but both lungs were very badly bruised. It hit the liver destroying over a quarter of it and proceeding in to the ponch. There was no exit so I may find the bullet when I process When I dressed him the tracker could not believe the damage compared to the distance he went. Take a guess befor you read more.
From the spot he was shot to the spot the dog found him was right at 3/4 mile. I would never have found him with out the dog. That dog hit that track and never missed a beat went right to him even with all the twists and turns the deer made.
The gentleman that brought the dog came down from Michigan. His name is Joseph Coe,I have his no if some one needs it. Took him an hour. He brought his cousin with him. They loaded the deer on my atv and once back at camp we unloaded it to take pictures. They offered to field dress it but I declined. They did stay and support the deer till I was dune then loaded it in the car for me. You could not ask for a better dog or handler I think they are top notch.
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