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Hey guys, its Darren! Thanks for all the well wishes. Finally got to come home today, 2 nights in the hospital is 2 to many. Feeling much better today, so I am sure that I will be back in the line up by the weekend.[8D]Anyways, back to work tomorrow.So how has everyone been doing, any one seeing any big bucks lately?

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Well, i had a very good night tonight! My and my buddy got in our stands by 5 and a half hour later a doe and fawn walk right by me. About a half hour later 3 does come through followed by a very small 3 point. While i was watching them i heard my friend using his can call so i figured he must be seeing a buck. Well sure enough i spot 2 bucks coming down the trail to the water hole. I see the front one has tiny spikes but the back one had a decent spread. So i figure since its over half way through our season i would take him if he gave me a shot. When he got behind a tree i drew my bow and when he stepped out i drilled him at 25 yards. Watched him run 100 yards or so and then lost sight of him. Got down and me and my bud started tracking, little over 100 yards later we find my buck, a nice wide 4 point. I am happy with him, now just gotta help my bud get his buck.

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Wow Darren, I'm glad your feeling better. I can relate to your Hospital stay, I spent 11 days and the hospital I was at didn't allow children on my floor.... I missed my kids so bad!

Anyway, I'm so glad you're home, please take care of yourself and good luck hunting!

John

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Absolutely fantastic!!! get it scored and posted on the score page.

Way to go bud!!!!


Edit: GREAT SHOT!!

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Congrats man, we score again. Heading out tonight with a favorable wind on a favorable stand ;)

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Congrats on your buck Ray, way to put some more points on the board for us. Gret shot too! Man John, I cant even imagin what 11 days in the hospital would be like. I found out just after a couple of days how much having company meant. Hope your doing good. Well, I am going out Friday after work , and then I am going to hunt hard this weekend. Goodluck to everyone woh will be hunting this weekend.

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Congrats man!!!

THATS AWESOME!!!

Hey bigdaddy....its good to have ya back!

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Came close tonight boys, thread in main forum ;)

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Thanks Patrick! Its good to be back. Go get em Brent, I havnt seen you post on the main forum, I am going there now to read it.

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Hey Ray, lets get that thing scored, so we can add some points. Anyon know what is going on with FixFire? ure wish he would score tha buck of his, and get it entered. Came close lastnight, but decided to pass, just wasnt big enough.[8D]I actually had my bow up a couple of times, but there is a big 8 runnning around out there, and I keep seeing him in the back of my mind. See my thread on main forum.

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Cool deal BD, I have found the ultimate spot for deer and am going to hang a spot there today, it has the BIGGEST rubs and scrapes I have seen in NC in 10 years of hunting ;)

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Cool...well the Ruts on here!!! im seein bucks chasin does!! was pretty cool....I was sittin in the blind waitin for turkeys...and I had a good sized 3x2 come by and I had him in range. btw....I was hunting with a recurve...


Good luck guys!!

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Way to go Ray!

Good Luck Brent!

I went out all day yesterday and didnt see a single deer all day...sign (rubs, scrapes, and tracks) was everywhere. My uncle could have shot a coyote at 10 yards...but he was worried that his son might be mad at him for shooting a "puppy" :D...we got home and the kid says "awww c'mon dad, you shoulda shot him!"

Work is starting to slow down with the economy and the weather, so I should be able to hunt more these days...

My old man went to New London, Ohio without me for a bowhunt...I hope the old duffer scores something good!

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Hope you guys connect soon! I have a question on scoring the buck, what are all the h measurements i do on it? I know it scores 60 even with the H-1 and H-2 measurment but i dont know if i need to do the H-3 nad H-4 measurments also.

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I think theres a scoring thread near the "Score Card" thread but id ask someone like Rob cuz they know more than i would...

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Holy crap, that is a nice rub! How is everyone doing? I am taking Friday off, and I will be out most of the day, and then all weekend too.[8D]

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He came by my stand yesterday...........at 10:14 PM lol, I got his pic in the main forum, Ill be back there in the AM after him ;)

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Good luck guys! Got my buck entered, 58 4/8 inchescloser tous being in thelead again:D

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Cool, now if we could just get Foxfire to score his, we could be right back in the running again.[:@]

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Well things have been slow lately and mostly school but Ill be out chasin turkeys on saturday and theres no school on monday and tuesday for one reason or another so ill be out again then if I dont have luck on saturday....

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I cant catch a freaking break guys, Everytime I go, I get busted by the same two old mature does, that now know to walk down wind of my stand [&:], I think they need to be thinned out, deer that smart shouldnt be in the woods LOL
I am letting that spot rest tonight, and going out with the rifle most likely, then back to my other stand that has been resting since tuesday ;)

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Well, I went out this morning for a little wile. We got a ground cover of snow last night, and it was snowing like crazy when I went out. Man I froze! I am going to go sight in my ML now, and then I will be back out tonight. Oh by the way, all I saw this smorning, was one lone doe, I sure wish the rut would kick in.

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Well guys......I'm back!!! Doc says all is good and I healed extremely well. (see my thread on the Bow hunting forum) I can't wait to get back out there and hunt! I'm back in the game boys!!!

Hopefully I can get a nice one on the ground before the rut ends but even if I don't I've got till the middle of January to bag a buck and I've killed nice deer late in the season before so I'm really not feeling any pressure, I know I've got lots of time to hunt!

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Good to hear you healed well man! Good luck, hope you tag a bruiser

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Thats great John! Glad you healed well. Now get out there and get yourself a big old rutting buck.

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oops, double post.

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Thats awesome John!!! Good luck man!!

Went turkey hunting this morning but things didnt pan out....goin back monday and tuesday so well see...

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Goin out here in a few minutes

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Great to hear John! Get out there and put a hurtin on something!

I was out all day today...I had a 6 pointer at 15 yards but I was trying to get my brother a shot (13 years old and never shot at anything but targets)...he did well, and was about 2-3 seconds from loosing his arrow, but the little guy got nervous and took off...he looked at me afterwards and said "my legs were shakin!". We were on the ground for that encounter...so that made it even more intense!

Things are starting to pick up around here, we have some cold weather moving in and that should really get them going!

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That is a toad Brent!Now go get him. Well guys, I came close tonight, he was only a small 6 point, but after going a year without meat in the freezer, and with the season in the second half, I figured he would do. He came thru right before dark, hot on the tail of a doe. I turned the can over 2 times, and he stopped in his tracks, and looked back in the direction that it came from. I grunted at him twice, and he still wouldnt budge. So I snort wheezed at him, and boy he didnt like that. He came right in, ears laid back, and stiff legged. Well, I took a shot at about 25 yards, and he ran off about 10 yards. I watched him for about 5 minnutes, until he just walked off. When I got down, I found my arrow, clean miss! [:@]I think I might have hit my bow arm with the string. I am really starting to get frustrated. I never mentioned it on here, (I know how hard these guys can be on you on this forum) but last year I hit a doe in the early season, and never found her. I think I hit her in the ham, or the leg, because I had really good bright red blood for about 200 yards, and then it just stopped. Then in the late season last year, I hit a buck, that I never found, (actually I think he lived to see another day). And now this clean miss. I am starting to think I should go back to gun hunting, I never lost a deer when I only gun hunted.:eek:

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I hear ya Darren, I have more then a couple wounded deer in my bowhunting career...mostly due to shot selection in my earlier years...and shot placement more recently.

One thing I found is that I have to keep practicing religiously...I had been shooting lights out for the last month, and just today I shot a few rounds after hunting...I was high and left at all yardages...something moved!?

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I think most of my problem is that I cant get over the buck fever thing. It seem like when I shoot at a deer, I for the loss of a better prase, black out. Not really, but its like I cant remember anything about the shot. Like tonight, when I drew my bow, its like nothing felt right, and then when I did get him in my sights, and squeezed the trigger, I didnt even see the arrow leave the bow, or where it hit. Its just frustrating after bow hunting for 10 or so years, you would think that I would be over that. Oh well, better go practice some.

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Dont get down about it BigDaddy, just try and concentrate more than anything else when your drawing down or getting ready to...just try and concentrate and focus on whats gonna happen. I dont know if itll help but its something to try...

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Darren, sounds like you have a problem my buddy has a real bad case of....buck fever:D the first day of archery this year he missed a doe twice at under 20 yards, problem was he was so worked up becuase of buck fever he would punch the trigger and would shoot over the deer. Week after i sat in the stand with him and when a doe came through i just told him to take his time and that the deer aint going anywhere. Bottom line, he made a perfect shot at 17 yards. But on to the buck i set him up on, he completely forgot about taking his time to "control" his buck fever and ended up making a poor shot that he could have swore was perfect but his mind was so fogged up from buck fever. I told him that we would back out and come back the next day, found his buck 150 yards away with a shot square in the hind quarter. He was using a rage bh that just barely caught the femoral artery running down through the leg. Best advice i can give you is to just try to slow yourself down and take your time and pick exactly where you want to hit the deer, and yes i was in your same shoes the first couple years of bowhunting until i started to take my time and concentrate on where i want the arrow to go. Hope this helps you bud.

P.S.- Nice buck Brent, now go put your tag on him:D

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Hey boys, sure has been slow in here lately. Not much going on here. Did get to see the big 8 Sunday night right at dark, that my wife wants me to get. We have a few different traili cam pics of him, and she want him on hte wall.[8D]I couldnt get him to stop, and I didnt want to take a shot on him while he was walking, so he lived to see another day.
So, what are your personal chances at scoring on a buck yet this year? I have to say, that my chances are not all that great. I could probably tag a smaller buck,(I have been seeiing a ton of different small ones) if I wanted, but I keep seeing that big 8 in my mind, and I just cant do it yet. I have 2 more full weekends to bow hunt,(I can actually bow hunt until the first of the year) and if I have not filled my archery tag by then, I am bringing my ML out the weekend after Thanksgiving. This will be my first year hunting with a ML, and I am really looking forward to it. The problem is, that in my area iin Minnesota, we can only tag one deer period. Our ML season runs from November 29th - December 14th I think it is. So, if I still have not filled my tag by then, the bow will come back out for the last 2 weekends. So, what are your true chances of taging out on a buck this year? Good Luck to you all the rest of your seasons.

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My chances are pretty good:D

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[8D]Ya Patrick, I would say your chances are about 100%.;)

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Not too shabby[8D]