Too bad Doc, sounds like you tried your best. How long does your season last? You gonna try to go after another one?

Thanks for the update wihunter402 best of luck to your team too the rest of the way out.

Oh yeah I'll be back up the tree on wed. Unfortunately this sort of thing has happened to me before. If you fall down you got to get back up and do it again!

I think I'm going to go ahead and by a MO firearms tag so I can hunt next weekend til Wed. Rut should be on heavy and it's hard to pass up. So I'll be out there with my bow this weekend afterall.

Here's a better picture of my buck back in the summer.
Trae

Passed an a forky this morning. Didn't see any shasing today like on Sunday but he did freshen a scrape and I found another new one nearby. I've been freshening them myself daily aswell. I may break down and drop a small buck esp. after Sundays mishap. I kinda regretted letting him walk today!

Guys I got a buck with my muzzle loader but don't count me out yet. Starting back this Saturday with my bow.

Didn't see a thing this morning but the scrapes I've been messing with have been torn up pretty well overnight. I moved a "turd from one scrape to another and the owner(s) didn't like that at all. The scrape was doubled in size and the branch was really torn up. I'm hoping the buck comes around this afternoon!

Well the big buck never showed but Forky ran by chasing his girlfriend, and it must have been true love cuz he didn't even notice my decoy. Really windy today but tomorrow pm should be really good!

well i got sick from being out all last weekend and couldnt hunt at all this week because of it. but im good to go know and will be back out this weekend.

Killed another button buck last night, more great meat for the freezer but nothing yet for the wall or the contest, The initial rut will be winding down here soon and I'm not sure when I'll be back out.