Good luck southern zone hunters

[Sean B]

Thanks all,

Thanks Terry for putting the picture up. thats all pure Koinkydink.  I do like them in yellow though, they really show up.

[woodchucker]

CONGRATULATIONS Sean!!!!!!!!!!  

[Cyclic-Rivers]

Great going Guys as already mentioned earlier via phone.

Izzy, I had the same thing happen a few years earlier, Sorry you had to go through it but I'm glad you had enough respect to keep looking for the animal.

I had a great day in the woods.

As Terry was texting me about his buck I had jsut finished watching a spike chase off another spike and kake about 6 scrapes.  Then I saw five toms but all the deer and turkeys were a bit out of range and completely unresponsive to calling. They didnt even look.

Then I saw a deer who spooked at my radio when my buddy called.  I then saw another deer who was running a ridge. he was skylined and I coulndt quite tell waht it was.

From 11-12:15 I shared company with a nub buck who was munching on acorns at about 30 yards. My ride was waiyting for me at the trucjk so this brush pile waved him off and then snuck out of there.

To make the most of the day I hunted a horse farm close to home.  I have sat there at least 20 times with no deer sightings. Tonight however, I had 3 deer wind me.  Now at least I have an idea which way they travel at night.  I think I am getting them pinend down but may need to spend some time next summer building some serious ground blinds for every wind possibility.

Great day to be in the woods.

Congrats everyone.

[Tdog]

Sean and Terry congrats..Nice photo's

[J.Williams]

Tyler took his 1st shot ever at a deer with a bow yesterday morning and missed.He was on the ground when a doe came along and he made a bleat to stop her and shot high.Says she had him pegged and thinks she ducked the shot.That's bowhunting!

[Cyclic-Rivers]

Jeff,

Tell Tyler it happens to seasoned pros!  Suck it up, enjoy the experience and get back out there  

[ishiwannabe]

Bet he was still smiling Jeff. Glad he missed, if not, could have gotten ugly. There will always be a next time!

Im hitting the woods today! Due west wind here, and that opens up a few great funnels for me to hunt, just need to figure out which one.

Debating on whether or not to take a shot if one presents, as I have some serious hunting planned for next week....hmmmmmm. LOL.

Good luck out there guys, and hunt safe!

[Gaff]

i had a small spike or 3-4pt chase a doe by me at 6:45 this am.  i grunted the buck back and he circled downwind of me.  i had a small window at 20yds and took it.  the arra hit a branch halkway to the deer and im pretty sure its still goin.... oh well..... 2 misses in 2 weeks...both at bucks..
its gettin me thinkin crazy thoughts. i think u know what i mean..  :(  

gaff

[Sean B]

Jeff, when a deer is alert, it doesn't matter how quiet the bow is, they all ways seem to duck that arrow!  He'll get'em next time.

[Tdog]

Don't give up T..You'll do it. You need to get one down befor your Dad..

[IndianaBowman]

I just got a text that tells me there was some more blood trailing today!

[Cyclic-Rivers]

Jamie (gaff) Keep your head up. You'll get one soon enough.

Jamie (ishi)  good luck. I am just ending a week of vacation and wish I could do it  again.

Terry, you said you were done here in NY for a while. hmmm.  

Maybe Izzy is making a comeback.

I had an oriole serinating me this morning. Other than that Nada.

[ishiwannabe]

Wow...im kinda tired in a very good way....    

 

[ishiwannabe]

I snuck my way into the woods at about 2:30 today. I had a nice and steady NW wind, and it was perfect for a funnel between two ponds behind my house.
I climbed a nice oak I have used a few time in the past. Here is the view.
 
About 3:30 I had a very loud flock of turkeys walk behind me at about 120 yards. Man they make a racket!
I bleated three times, and stowed my call. Hearing crunch crunch crunch, I looked to my right. A tree rat. As I slowly moved my head back forward, I caught movement...

A buck had literally snuck in on me. Already he was at 15 yards, and moving with a purpose. He went behing a large oak, I grabbed my bow. Another, I stood. Then he hit the area where I laid some scent, and stopped. 9 yards, broadside.

I see him look behind him, head low and I hear leaves. I shift my eyes, and see a squirrel running towards him. I zone in on that pocket right behind/by the elbow. I slowly draw, hit anchor and the string slips. The arrow is on a cruise missle trajectory. Then he reacted. He ducked, and turned away from the shot. I caught him really far back(nicked a tenderloin), and it angled forward into the goodies. He took off, bringing my arrow with him. I could not believe the amount of blood gushing!

[Wapiti Chaser]

     Congrats are in order already Jamie!

[ishiwannabe]

I was really worried about the hit. I knew it angled forward, but I hit him really far back...I got that sickening feeling...

I called my brother, had him start on his way over anticipating a long hard trail.

Once I climbed down, twenty minutes after the shot( I was shaking a bit, lol), I walked over to the where the shot took place.

 

The blood was, by far, the most incredible trail I have followed. It gave me a very good idea that I had made a lethal hit.

 

 

 

I didnt have to look hard for blood, that was for sure. It was sprayed everywhere. I did notice there were some bubbles mixed in, and I grew more confident.

I followed it through a small patch of "Shawn Leonard" multiflora, and paused to make sure the deer stayed on the same course. I scanned the area...

 

He made it about 90 Yards. His tail is left of the large white oak.

 

Not a huge deer by any standard, but I told myself, with this being only my fourth trip afield this year, that if I got a shot, I would take it.
Thankfully, a very sharp razorcap and the fact that he spun away from me instead of towards made this a very good hunt. Im very thankful that it went so well....

[Huntrdfk]

Way to go Jamie, looking forward to the rest of the story......


David

[Guru]

Congrats    

[ishiwannabe]

Thanks guys! The post mortem showed that I got real lucky. The razorcap took out the artery right below the spine, then angled forward taking out the liver and demolishing the offside lung.
I never found the BH, and the arrow snapped after about 50 yards. I hope to find it tomorrow when I retrieve my climber.
Goes to show ya, a sharp broadhead can make a difference with a marginal hit!

[Guru]

As soon as you described the hit, I thought "artery under spine"....I hit my doe there last week, the blood was immediately gushing!