Season update,
So far I have only hunted 16.5 hrs. Have seen 9 deer-no bucks. And killed 1 doe. Sorry no pic. Had trouble with my release and ended up spine shooting her, and Iwas not too proud of my harvest at the time.
Going out tomorrow, will give a report.

Quick update...still no bucks....but my Dad took a yearling doe(75 lbs) on Friday night with his ML and I followed up with a mature doe (119 lbs) Saturday night with my bow. Things were a little tense for afewhours after myhit....not a great one....but we found her.

I'll post pics and the full story here in a day or two....I'm running on 8 hours of sleep over two days....and thats not enough for me. I've got some school stuff to do, then I'll get back on here and give the full story.

I took a mature doe thursday with my rifle hunting here in 2c. I have the disabled permit to hunt from a vehicle so I was allowed to take the gun out. That is the first deer i saw all season so far hunting here in my area so I wasn't going to pass it up. Going to hit it hard this week hopefully I can get on some deer and find a buck.

CONGRATS 223!!! You seem to be having a good year!

Here is a quick pic of my doe:

both of those does look nice and fat. I still have to kill a doe for my earn a buck sticker here in Wi. Action is picking up, have had young bucks moving around a lot. I have to work thru friday than I am off till thanksgiving. will be splitting time between wi and iowa.

Came so close tuesday night. I figured with the burst of cold weather we have been having and the pre-rut upon us i'd give the old rattlebag a try. So for a minute i beat the bag and blew a few grunts. I had just laid the bag down and didnt even have time 2 grab my bow yet and here he came. I had ranged some trees around me and he stopped right beside the one at 23yd. Bad part was he was looking right at me and head on. We had a stare down for a solid minute so i finally decided to slowly make the move for my bow. I had it 3/4 of the way up when he made a slight turn so i got it the whole way up no shot because he was still head on. He than turned and trotted off. I dont think he's spooked to bad because he didnt blow and he just casually left the area. I know where he lives so i'm going to keep after him. I gave him yesterday off and i'm going to give him tonight yet to and get back after him on friday. He's a nice buck i'd say he's a 14" wide or so 8pt he'd be a nice start to get us on the board. I've known theres been a buck in that area all year as i have been finding rubs from him all year long. The best part is no1 else is allowed to hunt the area but my father and I so I dont have to worry about anyone else pushing him out of the area. I'm going to keep after him and hopefully I can get lucky. Hunting here has been rough this year that was the first deer I have seen so far bowhunting. Hope everyone else is having a good season and hopefully soon we can put some inches on the board. God Bless.

Nice lookin does you guys and good luck on the bucks. I posted and update on how my seasons been going on the main board but I'll copy it here for you guys....

Hey guys,

Well, my title says it all, I love this game that we as archers play with our opponents (the deer).

This season has been by far my best season to date, I have seen more buck activity that I thought possible. I have had probablly 50 different opportunities to shoot bucks (usually 2-3 every morning and evening hunt). I have been passing up alot of younger bucks waiting for one of the bruisers that I saw all summer.

This week I have been sitting in one of my stands which is in a very open patch of white oaks with yard grass planted on the ground. I had seen several bucks cruising about 30 yards insidethe brush that borders this open spot in the woods. Tuesday I decided that I was gonna put a buddy of mine in that area as he just started archery hunting and I felt confident that he would have an encounter in that spot. I told him that even though we practice strict management in this patch of woods, he could shoot any legal buck since he has never shot a deer before. 8:03 a.m. and I get a text message saying that he hit a buck and to come over. I snuck my way to his stand and he told me that he put a perfect shot on a 5 point. We sat there for about an hour before I decided to go look at his arrow. Sure enough, clean pass through with great blood on the arrow. We started looking for blood but didn't see any. He was getting worried but I made sure to point out that these kicked up leaves were another good indication as to where the deer went. We followed the leaves for about 70 yards and I can honestly say, this deer didn't bleed a drop of blood that I saw! We came upon a clearing that was surrounded by some thick brush and there weren't any leaves to follow. I noticed that there was a freshly broken stick at theedge of the thicket and I pointed it out to him. We headed in there and his trophy was laying 10 yards inside the thicket. He double lunged the buck but it had clotted up and didn't bleed. I have never seen this happen before, there wasn't even any blood on his hide!

Well, yesterday afternoon I decided to sit where he was. I have another stand about 80 yards down from this spot but there was a fresh scrape 20 yards in front of the new stand so I figured I would give it a shot. At 5:15 p.m. the action started as a 4 point and button buck came in. As they were milling around a few doe came in followed by a small racked 2-1/2 year old 8 pt. I watched these deer as they milled around and I just kept seeing more and more deer and then I heard bucks fighting. I watched 3 different buck fights and by the time I climbed out of stand I had seen 7 different bucks and 8 doe (no shooter bucks)!

This morning I decided to sit in that same stand but I just had a odd feeling that I should be in my hang-on stand that is about 80 yards down. At sunrise I did a few grunts and in comes the 4 pt and the button buck from yesterday. They milled around for awhile and when they had left I decided to try hitting my rattle bag, not five minutes later I see movement below me. I put my bino's up and see a large body deer in the brush about 15 yards from my hang-on. As he clears the brush I noticed his rack, a large 8 point (probablly 20" outside spread, long G-2's, decent G-3's, and nice brows). He was walking past my hang on headed away from me. I did a snort wheeze and he threw his head my way, then out of nowhere he took off running away from me. I was bummed to say the least but then I heard crashing from where he had came. I pulled up the bino's and saw yet another big body deer in the brush and as he came into the clearing (yet again, 15 yards from my hang-on), my mouth dropped to the ground, it was him, the wide racked 10 point. My knees were shaking and my heart was pounding. I did a snorth wheeze at him and he was on his way towards me. There was a dead fall between us and he went around the far side of it. He came around the backside and was standing in my shooting lane at 35 yards facing me, at this point he decides to make his own scrape. As I am watching him, I never noticed a big 9 point that came out from where him and the big 8 point did. I saw the wide 10 lift his head and look down there and before I could draw back he took off towards the 9 point and they ran down into the hollow.By 8:30 a.m. I had already seen 4 bucks, and 3 of them were definetly shooters. I sat there awhile and saw a young 8 point running 3 does behind me in the clearing I mentioned earlier.

Its frustrating to sit in stand and watch 3 Pope & Young bucks walk past your other treestand but this is why I love this sport so much, it is a game of chess everytime we step in the woods, and I thank God after every trip into the woods for the chance to be part of the game. I'll be out this evening, this time I'm sitting in my hang-on, who wants to put money on the bucks being up where I had my climber this morning?

Here is the little 4 pt and 8 pt that have been keeping me occupied while in stand, a few more years and the outcome might be different





And for those who don't know about the wide racked 10 point I was referring to, this is the last pics I got of him....

Hey you guys...the story for my doe is posted in the main forum if you want to read it. It's kinda long...but there is pics!

http://www.huntingnet.com/forum/tm.aspx?m=1765384

Were on the board guys Not the monster I was looking for, but given the circumstances I will take him. The full story is in the main bowhunting forum. He is a 6 point and he just added 60" to our score....

Great Job !!!!!!

Its been tough here in North west Pa ,most of it is under water!

Thanks for the inches.