Sorry guys no luck with the video, once I transfer from mini-DV to the computer it looks so grainy you can't see anything but a big blur. I'm going back one more morning for more video and to narrow down where I want to place my stands.

Here's the link to my video from saturday. It's not clearbut you get the idea of how big he is, this was shot from 150-170 yds away!http://www.huntingfootage.com/showphoto.php?photo=1662

It doesn't NEED to be crystal clear to see that's a bruiser hammer. Best of luck to you this year taking him down. If that's on public land it's even a bigger accomplishment because of the situation. Can leave tree stands up in your public lands? Here in WI, we're not allowed to leave them up, and we have to use strap on steps intead of screw in ones because they consider the screw-in ones to be damaging. I've even been hearing that they get a little touchy about the marks a climber puts on the trees. SHEESH!

I can use a stand but it has to be taken down when I leave. I've got a lone wolf that I'm going to use it seems to do less damage, plus I've got about a 2 1/2mile bike ride back to this locationso I have to go as light as possible.

The video is clear enough to show he's a HAWG! Good luck "ventilating" him.

hey guys just checkin in again. found a nice chunk of land that isnt posted here a few minutes outside of morgantown. should be alot of deer in it all i need to do is foind out who owns it and then i can hunt it after classes. ill be hunting pa opener oct.8 then the wv opener oct. 15 ill keep you guys posted. good luck yall

~jeff

good news Jeff! Pa opener is Oct 1 not Oct 8

My Pa spot has a pretty good buck (8 points and around 138-140" at the end of last year) and I'll hunt there early and would shoot him in a heartbeat given the chance but he'd be one I'd pass on our Illinois lease ( I go there for two weeks Nov 5) No doubt I'll shoot him if he presents a chance but it'll be mixed emotions if I already shot my wad before my Illinois hunt.

You know, mixed emotions, the kind you get watching your new pickup go over a cliff....... with your mother in law in it

holy **** i've been to involved at wvu to look at the opening day for my favorite season of the year. i'm glad you'll told me that or i would be a week behind everyone [&:]. it sucks that season doesnt come in in wv until the 15th cause im stuck in this state on the weekdays, so ppl back home will get 2 full weeks in b4 i do.

My season opens this saturday in GA it is my first time hunting with a bow. At my high school we have to do a senior project and spend 100 hours doing it and 25 of those hours with a mentor. I have always wanted to shoot a bow so i chose archery> i have loved it so far and hope to arrow a doe saturday morning although a buck would be great.