Just finished up in Jackson county. Hung a new stand saturday afternoon. I had been wanting to hunt this ridge about 50-75 yds in from the field, there just werent that many trees to set up in. I took a ladder stand in and belted and tied into a cedar tree (the only thing around for cover). sat the stand Saturday night and while being blown around in this dinky tree with the wind we had, I saw a 4pt. several doe and a 8 pt. basket.
Sunday morning I tried it again and had the 4 pt. back in along with several does. I could hear does moving through to my right and heard some grunting along with them. As I was trying to keep track of the does a nice 8 pt. came in to my left and just stood there as pretty as a picture. He was about 16 yds. away and i nailed him and watched him run up the ridge. 1 1/2 hours later I went to get him, tracked for over 200 yds. and lost blood. Looked like he went in to a grass field. We spent 5 hrs.Sunday looking for him and another 5 today and never found him. We did find his dead twin laying in a swamp, I was hoping it was him but he was shot on the left side instead of the right. Well it looks like two of us are bummed for losing deer. Just kinda makes you sick to waste an animal like that.