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Title: Great start to 2024
Post by: kennym on January 02, 2024, 08:31:47 AM
Well , there's this pHyscO doe that comes out of the swamp and blows a half dozen times every evening whether there is anything there or not. I've been 500 yards upwind and she does it!!

So New Year's morn I slipped in a half hour early to where she comes out in the evenings. An hour goes by with nothing, it's ok because crops are a half mile away.

8:00 I see a deer thru the brush at edge of CRP, she is coming in same way I did. She checks the ground a few times, but no worries, whenshe gets to about 20 she turns to go south. Well this is the time, so I squat a little to clear a twig and shoot.

Looks high just behind shoulder. She blazes off into the bottomland on neighbor. Gets behind some trees and stops, coughs and I hear a crash but can't see her. Text bro and tell him, he is in a blind but texts his neighbor and finds out nobody in there and guy says sure go get it. It's great to stay in good with folks next door!!

I wait 20 and get down, arrow didn't blow thru,but fell out first jump (or she jumped while it was going thru lol ) arrow blood soaked, but not really bubbly.

So I track sparse blood for about a hundred , it is picking up toward the end, but not seeing her. She fishhooked at the end and ran her head under a downed tree.

Nice doe, weighed 115.5 dressed.


Thank you ,Lord.
Title: Re: Great start to 2024
Post by: kennym on January 02, 2024, 08:34:06 AM
Pics
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Post by: Roy from Pa on January 02, 2024, 08:39:12 AM
Good job, Kenny.
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Post by: Zeebob on January 02, 2024, 09:35:25 AM
Congratulations Kenny! Your freezer ought to be in pretty good shape now!
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Post by: Roughcountry on January 02, 2024, 09:58:09 AM
great way to start the year
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Post by: rastaman on January 02, 2024, 10:07:32 AM
Way to go Kenny! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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Post by: supernaut on January 02, 2024, 10:40:34 AM
Great job Kenny, way to start 2024 off!     :thumbsup:
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Post by: trad_bowhunter1965 on January 02, 2024, 11:05:52 AM
Thanks for sharing.
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Post by: glenbo on January 02, 2024, 11:12:15 AM
 Congratulations, very nice deer and shot.
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Post by: socalmonster09 on January 02, 2024, 11:46:19 AM
 :archer2: :clapper: :clapper:
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Post by: doubleo on January 02, 2024, 11:49:03 AM
Very nice doe and great shot! Congratulations! :thumbsup:
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Post by: MittenTrad12 on January 02, 2024, 11:51:02 AM
Way to go Kenny! Happy New Year!
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Post by: Wudstix on January 02, 2024, 11:55:06 AM
Those old does are good to get out of the way.  Happy New Year.
 :campfire: :coffee: :archer2: :campfire:
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Post by: Keefer on January 02, 2024, 11:57:06 AM
Congratulations Kenny ain’t nothing better then “Shutting Up that Gossiper “ .
   Those type of does remind me of an Old Church lady who blabbed everyone’s business lol… :clapper: :biglaugh:
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Post by: Benoli on January 02, 2024, 12:26:27 PM
Congrats! Nicely done.
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Post by: Wild Bill MCP 808 on January 02, 2024, 04:30:56 PM
Good start for 2024
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Post by: durp on January 02, 2024, 04:37:21 PM
 :thumbsup:
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Post by: blacktailbob on January 02, 2024, 05:18:39 PM
Out smarted the nanny in her own backyard. Good job!
Now you can go back to hunting w/o being disturbed.
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Post by: TIM B on January 02, 2024, 07:32:14 PM
Attaboy Kenny!
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Post by: goingoldskool on January 02, 2024, 07:45:51 PM
You're right,  Kenny,   good way to start the new year!
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Post by: ed lash on January 03, 2024, 09:29:56 PM
Very nice. Happy New Year!
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Post by: awry on January 04, 2024, 04:50:06 PM
That is a great start!
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Post by: Bbulkley18 on January 06, 2024, 07:40:08 AM
Congratulations!
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Post by: kennym on January 07, 2024, 07:47:09 AM
Thanks guys , still after one more.  Forecast is for 10" of snow Monday nite, so that may throw me off course a little.  Good thing is, I'll be able to tell what trail they are using... :thumbsup:
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Post by: JakeD on January 08, 2024, 01:39:08 PM
Well done Kenny. I'm still trying to get my last tag filled for IL, but it's been slow going so far.  Got until Sunday to get it done.  May take a pretty chilly sit to get a shot though. Good luck for the last week of season.