39-Team "Drop Tine 39" Official Thread.

[dnutt]

Been able to get out a few times but I'll be in training the rest of this week and next but then it's 9 straight days of hunting! Good news is I found the deer I lost last year! We tracked this buck for almost a mile and I found him 60 yds from where I shot him! The thing is you couldn't see him from the ground, only from the tree. He scored close to 130. That deer haunted me for a year now! I'll post pics soon.

[QTompkins2005]

Congrats on finding your buck.

[dnutt]

hopefully everybody has been too busy hunting to post on here lately. Well I took a buck last night but it was a buck I regret shooting. Definately some ground shrinkage. I doubt he will even hit 120 and only 2 1/2 years old. I've been a little frustrated the last week and I took it out on this buck. It was my worst hunting experience ever. Mr. Murphy showed himself in the form of a little twig and the arrow ended up just grazing his belly! Well you know what happens when you open up a deer like that. I was sick watching that deer just walk off with that kind of wound. We waited 2 hours and started tracking. We actually had a good blood trail that lasted well over a mile! I'm going to stop right here on the details and just say we had to finish this deer off when we walked up on him. I know things like this happen and I practice all summer long to minimize the chances of messing up a shot, but I feel like I should appoligize to every hunter out there for representing bowhunters in this manner. I've probably shot 10-12 does in the last few years but something always goes wrong when I shoot at a buck! Just a reminder, take your time and double check everything before you touch that release! Good luck to you all and stay safe.

[dnutt]

Here's the pic of my 7 pt but we forgot to get my bow out of my buddy's truck so I don't think he'll count for us. Sorry guys[:@]

[2footroper]

Hey man,
Don't be too hard on yourself. It happens to most everybody at one time or another. Several years ago I took a shot thru a hole in the brush and spine shot a buck. He dropped like a rock and I couldn't see him from the stand. I thought "he's dead but I'll give it 30 min. just in case". After I waited I got out of my stand and went to where the buck went down. He wasn't there!!!!!!! I looked around and saw him about 50 yards away dragging himself with his front feet. I had to finish him with a second arrow and it made me reflect on what I was doing bow hunting. I didn't bow hunt for a couple of years after that. I'm shure 2" lower and he would have bled out in seconds but that's hindsight now. I'm a better hunter now and have learned some valuable lessens from this. Get back out there. Good luck.

[Zdeerslayer]

Nice buck, dont worry about the bow.

[trestand]

Congrats,love those g 2's...Bob

[dnutt]

Anybody still hunting?? I'll be back out there starting tomorrow. Good luck

[2footroper]

dnutt. Still hunting in northern IL. It's cold man!!!!!!!!!!! Last day for shotgun. I'm heading to the stand right now. Good Luck Everyone