Sorry I haven't posted in a while folks, but I've been hunting pretty hard. I spent most of the weekend looking for a nice 8-pt I hit Friday morning, but no luck. The only thing I can think that might have went wrong is I was very high (30' or better) and there was a loud crack when the arrow hit. I think I may have busted through the shoulder, skipped down and out the bottom without hitting lungs. I think when hunting with bow gear that high you really need to let the deer get 20 yards or more away from the tree - this one was only 10.

I followed him for nearly a quarter mile, then blood dried up and I used my gps to grid search a square mile - nothing.

Yesterday was the first of four gun-days at Crane. I saw 9 deer (only hunted the morning), several bucks but only one shooter - could not get a clean shot at him (guess I'm gun shy now).

I'll be back in the woods with my bow this evening, but losing a buck like that really takes the wind out of your sails...I'm hanging in, but pretty depressed about that 8. He was probably close to P&Y, but that's not the issue. I've been bow hunting long enough to know better than a shot like that.