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She is 28 and a year out of optometry school... Lots of studying and not much time to hunt... Which she loves to do... She is quite an offshore fisher woman also. We are really proud of the Doc... After 8 yrs of college now it's time to have a little fun

Pat W

That's great Pat. I'm taking 3 15-16 year old predators bow hunting this weekend. These guys are deadly.

Didn't see a thing for the opener here in Indiana but tonight I arrowed this small 10 point. Not the biggest in the woods but I am a meat hunter anyway. Funny thing is, I shot him 50 yards from the camera I have been running since July and he has never been on it.

congrats airborne,

Thats a young 10 point he would have been something in another year or 2. But if your hunting for meat the younger ones are better anyway.

Isn't it funny this time of year how you can have all kinds of pics of deer and then all of a sudden hey where did this guy come from!! We have several guys that have cameras out and the buck I shot last year was not on any of them. The big one above that I posted has not been on any pics this year until the one shot I got of him. Which leads me to believe they are starting to roam just a little bit more already!!

RC

Nice "meat" deer, airborne. I'd like to put something like that in my freezer this season. Actually, I'd rather one of the kids gets to do it and I get to watch!

Get your meat from does and you'll have some trophies around too:)

Pat, tell your daughter congrats from me as well!

Esshup
Will do
Last nite I set out till 11pm wanting to ambush pigs and had my kill lite under the feeder and three wall hangers came in and posed infront of camera for at least an hour. Can't wait to check the card. No pigs tho till this morning before daylight. To dark to see crosshairs.... Maybe next time


Pat W

Pat, I've found very few illuminated reticles that do well at night. Most, even on the lowest setting are too bright and overpower what you are trying to see thru the scope. I have two that work well; one Leupold 30mm tube, 50mm objective mil-dot where only the center "X" is illuminated that works great for very low light conditions, and the other is my Nightforce NSX.

Yeah he was young. The butcher and I both guessed 3 1/2. I just can't believe he has never been on cam. He was very heavy though, probably dressed out at 150 or 160. Here is a close up of the rack.

I killed a doe on Saturday afternoon and had this guy directly underneath me Sunday afternoon...another year or two there guy, another year or two. Big body, smallish rack.

Great start to the season!

3 1/2 is not a young deer. He looks younger in the picture. Took a doe on opening day but the wind on the next two days was bad. Saw 4 in the morning yesterday and 5 last night - also one that will be nice in a year or so. 10-pt but not enough mass or tine height. He is out a bit past the ears though. I have a single night picture on the cam of a shooter.

Congrats to those who have put meat in the freezer so far.. As for myself, went to check trail camera yesterday and sit for a couple of hours.. Needless to say some dummy never armed the camera after setting it on test to see the line of fire.. Also saw nothing from the stand either... Youth season is next weekend so we will see what that brings..

Been there and done that but thought it was only me that does that. Set out last nite to try to do away with some piggies... A fine eight or wandered around in the wheat field for an hour checking out the babes. In our area with small parcels to see a150 class deer that looks to be3-1/2- 4-1/2 yrs. old is a pleasurable sight. Had to wait for him to leave the field to shoot a small 125 lb pig . Hop the daughter sees Big in the daylight

Pat W

Took a good buck on Saturday. Pretty old, guessing 5 1/2. We'll know shortly, a wildlife biologist buddy of mine is checking the teeth.

Large buck, dressed out he weighed 215. Good main beam length, just bad genetics, his tines are short. He was a bruiser, had lots of war wounds...broke the end of his left main off at some point. 12 scoreable points. Haven't scored him yet but it won't be very high.

congrats Dale, any time you can kill a mature buck it is an accomplishment. Still looking for mine

Well yesterday afternoon was my turn with this nice 9 pointer. Shot him at 12 yards with a Rage and he only went 30 yards. The blood trail was incredible.

Nice Buck !!! I am new here and just found this thread. I came here for all I can learn about raising fish, and I am glad to see some Bow hunters here. I bow hunt a couple of days a week. I have had a couple of chances to take a Buck, but when hunting my own property I wait for something (special to me) before I let it fly. Again nice Buck

Tall one!

Man, both of those are really nice bucks. Congratulations!

I shot a small button buck yesterday morning. It was more of a mercy killing than anything else. Why can't people learn to shoot BEFORE they go hunting?? This one was hit during archery season. Arrow went behind the rib cage, OVER the spine. It was swelled up and he was pretty skinny. I double lunged it with the Savage Muzzleloader so I wouldn't ruin any more meat. It trottee off about 40 yds, stood there, twitched it's tail a few times and tipped over, dead.

Good job Scott. Hate ta see things suffer because of some dumb arse human being irresponsible. When I was hunting I would not take a shot over twenty yrds. Yeah, I know that ain't far but that is what I was DEADLY at. Practiced lots but never used sights or a release and I'm built like Olive Oil. Had ta let lots of deer go by but have only shot a very few that weren't recovered.

Beautiful buck, lassig....that's the way to stickem'!!!

In 50+ years of hunting, I've lost a few and I use a cannon called a 30-06. I find it amazing that a deer can lose so much blood and still never be found. I hate doing that.

Dave,

Same here I am sick for days and don't sleep after not being able to find a deer and it doesn't matter buck or doe.