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A great day in the woods...

DoubleTake — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:39:28 GMT

3 deer were killed in woods where these deer were all around acorns.

I killed the 9 point and the doe.
9 point- 17 1/4" spread, 170 lbs
doe- 130 lbs
My brother killed the 8 point

The picture of the tree is where I shot him and that was a fresh rub.
As you can tell, we gave our cart a good load to handle.
My son also came up to the camp to get in on some pics. Enjoy

DEER CONTEST ENTRY THREAD

BowBo — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:37:33 GMT

This thread is for posting the photo of your deer....... to enter the deer contest for points.

GOOD LUCK ALL!

TEAM ONE - check in

BowBo — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 10:31:35 GMT

What's up fellas!?!

Let's get this show on the road guys, and let the slaying begin!!

how do you post a pic

jamz — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:30:50 GMT

I wanted to show a picture of a buck I shot, one that I watched for four years but I cant figure out how to any advise would be appreciated. Thank you Jamz

Missouri Rifle Season

billnsarah — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:22:08 GMT

Rifle season opens in the morning , woohooo . Now all those just out of bow range are done . Good luck to all .

Hunt clubs and leasing land

bowhunterman1 — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 09:01:55 GMT

Hey guys just wondering about a few thingss....

I hunt here in va in cumberland county and there are lots of dog hunters all around us. They run both on private and public land....whats the best way to hunt with dogs? Look for the easisest access points such as 4wheeling trails? look for brushy areas? fields? and how would io go about joining such a club or does anyone know of any Va hunt clubs looking for memebers?

Also i have hunted elsewhere in the state with much success....how would i go about asking to hunt on some land? Do i offer money to lease? or can i just ask to hunt the two week muxxleloader season there? I dont want to be rude and the land im looking at asking about is pretty nice....corn fields and swamp mix. Any help with anything would be great...Hope everyone is having an awesome season out there.

TEAM FOUR..."Team Mow'em"

Blazin270 — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:17:00 GMT

Heads up boyz...Team Mow'em is ready to rock-n-roll!!!

Northern zone rifle opens this Saturday for me and the 450 lever gun is ready to....MOW EM! WOOT!

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Team Three Check in

RajunCajun — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 08:57:12 GMT

Start you team smacktalk and planning here!

My Best Bow Kill to Date...

Tedicast — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:21:07 GMT

LastThursday,10/29 I arrowed my best buck so far.

I rattled in 4 bucks Thursday, Had a decoy out for the first time. I had a buck that dwarfed this one come at the decoy, he was broadside at 25 yards, and I couldn't get a shot. He then bedded 100 yards away, for over an hour. right at dark a doe cruised through, and the bigger buck picked her up. She was bringing him right to me, but the deke spooked her. She went around the deke, and they and they passed at about 40 yards.The doe headed right to me, but the big boy charged up the hill. I heard some thrashing around, and this smaller one comes running down the hill, nose to the ground, at the doe. 8 yards, straight in front of me. I let the Wasp Boss Bullet eat!!! he went about 120 yards at a full out run.

He is a 7 pointer and weighed 170 on the gambrel. Last night when skinning him, found a puncture wound from an antler about 8 inches below my entrance wound, that pierced the chest cavity, and another on his throat that just missed the esophagus.. Both wounds looked as fresh as my arrow wound, by the clotting of the blood under the skin. Thinking the thrashing around I heard might have been the 8pt pushing him around.

After a 125yd tough bloodtrail...

Relief!!!...

Elbows Deep!!! :o)))

Happiness!!!...

Head ready for the 'dermist....

Holy Backstrap!!!

New to hunting

bleeber — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:40:08 GMT

I am 40 years old but have had a passion for hunting since the mid 1980's. I grew up not knowing anyone who hunted...so I didn't hunt, but wanted to learn. I bought my first rifle at age 18 and tought myself how to shoot. In the 22 years that have past, I have only hunted 5 times. All of these hunts were day hunts with a guide for exotics. All of these hunts were really fun and had me bringing home game but really didn't teach me anything about hunting on my own. I had thought about public land but feel that I am too inexperienced and would not want to ruin someone elses hunt due to my lack of knowledge. I also have thought about a week long deer hunt with an outfitter in N. Florida or S. Georgia. But, I'm not really sure how to tell which outfitters are the good ones. Also, would that prepare me further for a solo hunt?

My goal is to become educated and experienced enough to raise my kids in a hunting/outdoor activity houshold, teach them and hope that they have the same passion that I did growing up, but have someone to show them the way.

Any suggestions, comments, advice would be appreciated.

South wind success

pabowhunter — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 09:25:57 GMT

There's this set-up I don't get to hunt very often cause it's best with a South wind. Well, Friday was one of evenings that had the perfect wind. I ended up getting away from work a half hour late but that wasn't going to stop my from hitting it. Things were fairly slow and this was the first deer to come pass. He came in for a nice 15 yards shot and only made it a few more yards before expiring. What a perfect way to start the weekend!

KY,IN,OH,MI Mossy Oak Whitetail Prostaff

parrott — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:02:04 GMT

Welcome to the obession! If you are interested in applying for a Mossy Oak Whitetail Prostaff position and live in Kentucky,Ohio,Indiana or Michagan. Please email me at parrott@awesomeantlers.com Thank you for supporting Mossy Oak.

Dave Parrott
Whitetail Prostaff Manager
KY,IN,OH,MI
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My first big game double 11/7/09

Squirrelhunter91 — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:55:12 GMT

Got up to go sit at my usual tree and see what would be going on behind the house as far as the pre rut goes. On my way into the woods, I didn't bump or see a single deer which is very odd for back there. I got set up by 5:30AM and began my sit til daylight. Daylight rolled around and I didn't see a single deer. Usually I can see a few or have some underneath me just as it gets light out. 6:45 rolls around and I'm absolutely disappointed. Not a single deer. Then as I'm sitting there in self misery and pity, I catch movement up on the hill. It looked like a deer leg and a tail flick. Sure enough it was. 4 does make their way into my view but headed to my right down the trail 15 yards away. I draw the bow as they are on their way down the hill. I only had a small window to shoot through. So I sat there holding the bow at full draw in this window waiting for the lead doe to walk through it. First doe walks through the window, " Meh!", she doesn't stop. Second doe, " Meh!", doesn't stop either. Third doe, " BAH!", again, doesn't stop. Fourth doe, "BAAAAAAAAAAHHH!" doesn't stop. So all four of them wouldn't stop for me and they all run down to the stream bed. Then 2 minutes later they turn around and come running right back up towards me. Two hang up on the other side of the railroad bed, two cross and pass by me at 30 yards, but go running right back up the hill where they came from not even a minute earlier. Then 15 seconds or so later one doe comes running back down. I draw the bow and yell at her "HEY!" she freezes up and starts looking around broadside at 19 yards. THWACK! The Slick Trick tipped GoldTip ate her up real good. She went 30 yards and tipped over. Right about then is when I noticed the other two does that hung up were on their way back across. The big doe watched the one I just shot pile up and walked right up to it sniffing it wondering why it wouldn't get up. So I nocked another arrow anticipating a potential shot at another deer. A lone doe ended up coming off the top and back down to the other deer, two does and the dead one. They end up feeding on past me at a mere 10 yards. It actually turned out to be two does and a button buck. The button at one point actually tried sniffing up the does tail and she promptly turned around and gave him a whooping. But anyway, a big doe comes out in front of me at 10 yards. It was somewhat of a steep shot for me because I was 18 feet up and she was almost underneath me, but I felt I had a good enough angle into her vital area to take the shot. She was walking on by at 10 yards when I drew my bow and said " Meh!" She froze up and arrow #2 was on its way. THWACK! She kicked her hind legs and ran about 15 yards. She then walked another 10, button buck in tow and laid down right in front of me at 35 yards. I was trying to nock another arrow to get another shot in her because it did look a bit far back but just as I was getting ready to do that, a 6 point came down off the hill and started chasing her around. Bleeding and all. My entrance was high as expected and the exit was low. I called home, got my brothers to come out with the Cart of Death to help me take care of Doe #1.
Once I climbed down with my Summit, a spike meandered on by me with his nose to the ground following the trail the does were all just on. I filmed him walking by. I recovered arrow #2 first because it was closest to the tree. It was all brown and smelled bad. Immediately I thought stomach and was sickened right away. Arrow #1 was coated in bright red blood with bubbles as expected. Double lung hit. Went over to doe #1 which turned out to be a doe fawn from this year. Didn't matter to me. It's meat. I decided to take care of the dead one and get her hung up. I was going to give the second doe a few hours to expire. I made some calls and texts and everyone said to give her about an hour and she would be dead. I ended up treating my brothers to breakfast for helping me out and they both said they would come back out later and help me find the other one. We went right to where I said she bedded down and found blood right away. It wasn't much, but it was blood. We followed blood all the way up to the thick swampy part of the property.
I looked at this one tree and it had blood and hair on it. Then over the ledge and guess who lay at the bottom of the cliff? You guessed it! Doe #2. Dead as could be. I was soooo relieved at finding her. It was awesome. High fives all around between us. Even filmed the recovery. She was a big old doe and I believe she was the one I've been trying to kill all year because she was the only one with a button buck. In total, she only went about 100-120 yards. Probably because I let her go and didn't push her right after the shot. I dressed her right where she died and we dragged her up to take a ride in the Cart of Death. Upon dressing her, I found out I didn't touch the stomach with the arrow. Stomach was perfectly preserved. I got every bit of the liver and a piece of the lungs. How would that make my arrow brown though and smell?
It was so awesome to accomplish my first big game double. I shot the first one at 6:55AM and the other at 7:05AM. Exactly 10 minutes apart from eachother. I was unable to get any in the field pics other than the few with my cell because my dad took the digital camera upstate with him. So the only in the field pics I have are off my cell. I did end up going to my buddies house later Saturday night and had his step dad take pics in the bed of the truck with his camera. But I'm not in camo or anything as you'll see.

Doe #1 in the Cart of Death:

One of doe #1's lungs with the perfect Slick Trick X through it:

Doe #2 right where we found her:

The two of them hanging in the garage together:

I love this pic.. You can see doe #1 (closest to the camera) and the reason she only went 30 yards. Perfect double lung shot:

Me and the does:

2009-2010 Deer contest TEAMS

RajunCajun — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 08:53:28 GMT

Team 1 13 points

Matthewbynum 8 point

Bowbo

KYhareraiser

Team 2

NYBUCK

Whitetail101

Rajun Cajun

Team 3 5 points

IN bowhunter doe

Sutcliffe

Illinoise bowhunter

TEAM 4 8 points

Blazin 270 3 point

Jason

billnsarah

any one else joins up they can be put on an alternate waiting list.

Illinois deer (not mine)

billnsarah — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:58:02 GMT

Congrats to my buddy Adam , took this 14 point non-typical lastnite right at dark with his stick/string .

My 2009 Ohio bowhunt

INBowhunter — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:38:36 GMT

Just returned yesterday afternoon from a 4 day bowhunt in Adams County, Ohio. While we didn’t bag a buck, we had a great time.

While there, we stayed at the Cozy Hideaway which is a very out-of-the-way place 9 miles east of West Union in the southern part of the county. Here’s a link to their website:
http://www.cozyhideaway.org/cozychalet.php

We hunted in the northern part of the county with Brush Creek Adventures of Ohio.
http://www.bcaofohio.com/index.htm
If you’re looking for a semi-guided hunt in the land of big deer (only a few miles from where the Amish buck was killed in ’06), this might be the place for you. If you’re looking for a fully guided hunt with pre-hung stands and lodging/meals furnished, it is not. Ace, the outfitter, took us out to one of the farms he leases and showed us around Friday, showing us the boundaries and where deer traditionally have traveled. It was then up to us to scout and choose a tree and hang our stands.

Here is a sample of the area we hunted. All I can say is that Adams County, Ohio is beautiful country.

Friday afternoon while we were hanging stands, we had a stiff south wind and 81 degrees. Less than ideal conditions. We hung stands and opted to wait to hunt until the next morning. A front moved through that night dumping rain all night and into the morning, with the temp dropping into the 40s. We got wet Saturday morning and saw a little action, but not a bunch. I saw a few does and a small buck that morning and one nice 1.5 yr old buck that evening, and the guy hunting with me saw a few throughout the day. He watched 3 bucks chase a doe out to an isolated woodlot in the middle of a pasture, one of which looked to be a shooter.

Sunday morning brought frost, sun, and no wind. A beautiful morning to be on stand. I didn’t see any that morning, but my hunting buddy saw several. He saw a few bucks searching for does and had a 150 class 10 ptr come within 45 yards, only to bust him in the tree. I moved to a new tree Sunday evening and saw one off in the brush. That evening, the deer seemed to move to the top of the hill instead of the bottom where they had been.

Monday morning, last morning of the hunt. Another morning with frost, sun, and light wind. Monday was MY day to see deer. All total I saw 6 bucks that morning, one of which was a beautiful 140 class 8 ptr and the last being a 10 ptr that would score in the mid 150s. Both of these shooters were with does, and well out of bow range. I may have been able to score on both if I would have been carrying my muzzleloader instead of my bow.

This trip was not without its challenges. For starters, my cousin who was going to hunt with us had to cancel the day before we left due to a death in the family. Then, mother nature tried her best to work against us as well. Thanks to all the rain we’ve had this year, none of the corn in the area we hunted had been shelled yet. We saw deer come out of it occasionally, but who knows how many deer never left the standing corn. Lastly, we had a full moon all weekend. Perfect conditions for deer to run all night. Regardless, we had a great time, and the timing was perfect to catch the rutting activity there. I hope to make it back to hunt there again some day.

rut timing

bowhunterman1 — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:26:39 GMT

Whens the rut start here in Virginia anyone know???? whens it too early to grunt and rattle and to play with scent?????

Man!!!!!

Bowman123 — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:46:09 GMT

I missed a ten point on the youth hunt saturday w/ a 25/06 It is my grandfathers gun We were hunting on his scrape!!!!! Turns out my grandfather missed with a bow ! maybe he was not meant to be shot if so my granfather will miss w/ a muzzeloader.

deer mounts

whitetrashkenny — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:14:16 GMT

Does anybody know how to keep moths from eating on your deer mounts????
Sure would like to keep these fellars awhile longer.....::

Moon phase

carollo22 — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:13:21 GMT

The deer movement has recently shut off where im hunting. There is a full moon and I heard that deer tend to move less during a full moon because their predators can see better. and also heard that when they do move it is during the middle of the day or middle of night. Its frustrating because i was seeing 4-5 deer night and morning and now that the rut has kicked in, i only seen 2 deer the whole weekend but i think its because of the full moon. Anyone have any thoughts on the moon?

2nd buck of archery season

carollo22 — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:35:35 GMT

I got home from class and I didnt feel like hunting at all. It was really windy and i had a long day. But i just got the itch and had a good feeling for some reason so I drove a half hour and sat in the wind. Im hunting over a cut wheat field in a corner of an indentation of the woods. I was about to get down when 2 fawns came running at me. After 2 minutes of rummaging on the ground they took off and i see 2 deer running in the field. It was almost dark so I couldnt make out there heads. I grunted a few times and they ran off into the woods. Grunted a few more times just for the heck of it and out comes this buck but at the time i couldnt tell it was a buck because it was getting dark. He got about 5 yards from me and thats when I see his horns. He turned and i let one fly. Great buck for the area im hunting, above average. Can't shoot em sitting on the couch, gotta get out there and put your time in. I was exstatic.

Terrible Morning

Marshall14 — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:41:38 GMT

Shot my first buck with my bow. Looked for 4 and a Half hours and couldnt find it

Do Buzzcuts leave a good blood trail?

NTYMADATER — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:24:04 GMT

You be the judge.

how mad would u be?

only1shot — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 08:37:30 GMT

imagin your 13 again. you are in the woods and a 8-point 150+ buck walks out. you pull your bow back half way and it clicks but you dont pay it no attention you pull it to full draw and it clicks again. your strings have popped off the cams. i would be so pissed that i would throw the arrow at the deer and hope i hit it. what would you do?

alabama/suthern tn. whitetail help

crcassels — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:00:49 GMT

i hunt right on the border of north al. and ten. ive hunted 15 times now and all ive seen is some turkey and does and fawns.... i have a cpl game cams showing a lot of buck but i cant seem to get them to come out... where i hunt is all pine trees and just a little patch of hard woods in the middle... any suggestions on what i should do to see more deer???

Any ideas of where to get a cheap bow?

Bowman123 — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:49:05 GMT

I got a bow but am a couple of inches too small

i have a question

only1shot — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:54:04 GMT

i have these two dogs runnin around my buddy stand but it is illegal to hunt with dogs in this county. should i shoot them? i have already been told to shoot them but i dont know what to do? what would you do?

First Vermont Bow Kill

jmuirs10 — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:57:13 GMT

my first deer with a bow 114lb 4 point shot with my mathews mq32 cant wait for iowa

lures

Marshall14 — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:57:31 GMT

Does anyone have any suggestions for a homemade deer attractant? Let me know if anyone has any recipe's

doe in estrus lure

kyhareraiser — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:08:00 GMT

i am wanting to try a diffrent doe pee this year.something thats fresh and has been bottled this season.i use tinks 69 all the time and so does all the hunters in the area ,i figure a new estrus odor would be like puttin' a new girl in town.so,if anyone has tried a doe in estrus and had good results with it ,would you share the name ,the company ame and where i can get some of it.. thank's

Rut

Marshall14 — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 13:29:11 GMT

When is the Rut for walton county georgia?

Illinois Droptine

splitbrow — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:18:49 GMT

Here's a big guy that I took on October the 4th in Illinois.

How to tell an idiot has been in the area

brentru — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 20:40:25 GMT

So I'm driving to church this morning with my son and we pass a county park with a gated drive. I glance to my left as we are cruising down the road and my jaw drops in my lap. I have to turn around and verify that what I just was is really what it was. Unfortunately, I was right. See the picture. It is a gut pile in a tipped over bucket.

My guess is that someone was poaching in the park the previous night and was trying to take all evidence with him and forgot the bucket or drove off quickly when someone spotted him loading the deer in the truck. Regardless, this is certainly not any way to endear yourself to the non-hunting public. Then again, most poachers probably don't care.

Here is the one I am after!

RajunCajun — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:23:48 GMT

He is bedding 40 yards from one of my lockons in a big briar patch thicket.

Gonna leave him alone and hunt around the thicket tille the rut at Christmas.......then I will go in after him.

Did set up a lock on on the south side of his bedding area..... SHHHH.. I found his escape route!

Not bad for a south Louisiana buck...... neat thing is, the property next to me has some bigger on it..... they have killed up to 175 inch deer on their place.

2009/2010 Deer contest sign up thread...........

RajunCajun — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 20:49:07 GMT

Please read the rules thread before signing up........

I am in

Rajun Cajun
Wayne Kendrick
Louisiana/MS
OCT 1 Feb 15

need an opinion

only1shot — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 08:50:35 GMT

do you think this is an old buck

Opening Day Videos

Squirrelhunter91 — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 08:58:37 GMT

Well I'm back from the morning hunt here on Opening Day of the NY Southern Zone. I saw a good amount of deer. I had 4 watch me set up my treestand, had two bucks, a forkhorn and a spike chasing does and grunting. The forkhorn even snort wheezed. Then around 8:15 I had four more does come in. I took video of these deer with my cell phone. Quality isn't all that great but you get the general idea.
I didn't shoot either buck because I'm holding out for something bigger. And as far as the does go, I was holding out for a good buck this morning because my girlfriend will be with me this afternoon and I'd rather shoot a doe then and have her see a deer get killed on her first deer hunt.
I'll have the detailed story up later tonight
But here's the videos:

Deer killed

Marshall14 — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 08:44:46 GMT

How many deer on average do you kill a year

what is a good starter bow

crawdad08 — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:09:54 GMT

next deer season ill be starting too bow hunt for the first tim, what would be a good starter bow?

deer this season

Marshall14 — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 08:42:54 GMT

How many deer do you take in a yaer