Deer hunting BS thread

same her ole bud. acorns everywhere. deer dont have to move as far. and our cold fronts come Sat. and Mon. only bad part is the wind is going to kick up. good luck

 

To you as well! I think I found a good spot and I’m hoping with the wind picked up I’ll be able to slip up closer to bedding to set up easier. We will soon see I guess.

 

we always need pics

 

Some pictures from the area where I hunted this year. The buck hanging is my wife’s from the last Saturday of A zone. The head is my buck. Which I tragically lost. There were two bucks, surprised me while glassing. They came up a deer trail I didn’t realize was there, at 52 yards 32° downhill. Shot the bigger of the two. Felt perfect, but the way he ran off he looked like I hadn’t hit him. No second shot opportunity. No blood trail, no fur, he followed the first buck sidehilling uphill. Followed tracks into this white thorn hell hole. No sign, was thinking I shot over him cause the short distance, and how steep it was, deer don’t tend to continue uphill after you’ve shot them. Spent the next three days all through the area. Ended up glassing this group of crows messing with something on the ground, down between these two giant downed trees. Instantly knew it had to be my buck, packed up my shit and headed over there. He was half eaten by this little cinnamon colored black bear I’d seen around the last two days in a row. Rotting, nothing to be salvaged, worst feeling ever, but I feel I put in the best effort I could to find him, I put my tag on him, and that’s really all you can do. It’s part of hunting. Which sucks, but it is what it is. I think the no blood has something to do with the lack of expansion due to the high velocity at that close of a distance with the solid copper. The entrance was high enough I missed the closer lung, and got the further one, because of the steep angle.

 

Wind kicked up on us tonight just us and the rabbits tonight , good luck on light wind

 

This is what I had to start with (it's a 5 cup Glad container for scale).

 

After the cold snap we had last weekend it kicked the younger bucks into gear. Had to go to Wyoming for work today and saw the biggest buck I’ve ever seen in person. I should start applying since it’s only a 2 hour drive... saw tons of deer today. Active during the day time too. Gives me hope for my Muley spot this weekend. Going to sit tomorrow night with my wife and daughter for a whitetail doe tag I want to fill. Wife wants to come along cause every once in a while a decent buck shows up and she might shoot one.

 

Good luck

 

Good luck

 

Brr

 

Dude, I think you overdid it a bit on the Deercane...

 

Girlfriend got some daylight pictures for me yesterday. Off to my Taxidermist this morning seeing this was my first Archery Buck.

 

You set the bar high for #2, well done sir

 

Now were talkin

 

Them deer you got sure get big when you feed um Pop Tarts and Fritos.

 

Close enough for a picture should be close enough for a shot

 

Shoot that big ole deer

 

Beautiful buck ,congrats

 

Very Nice

 

schweet,, nice 1st bow ...