Nothing wrong with that, you'll be eatin good!

Congrats on the kill bluetick. You can always shoot a doe and add 25 points to your bucks score

Blue tick, I saw that the whole deer wasn't in the picture... Sorry about that...

Btw, I think u should be proud of any deer u shoot, bow or not. If u feel the need to apologize for it, then don't shoot it. Your story gave me mixed signals about how u really feel. On the one hand u seemed proud because it was a killable deer, and with your limited experience that made u proud in part because the area hunters shoot anything. On the other hand, u said u thought it was bigger but couldn't see the whole deer and felt disappointed by the size. I might question your judgement in shooting an animal that you hadn't seen well enough to discern between a buck with large g2's and a spike, but if u had committed to shooting a legal buck then I am ok. I just couldn't read where you were well enough in your post.

Basically, I feel that hunting is about you and the animal. You should never kill an animal that doesn't make you proud to harvest. What other hunters do is up to them. Be a proud and ethical hunter.

Glad u got him! Now, just make sure u get the whole doe in your next pic!

Congrats Blue. There are hunters that never get anything all year. A deer is a deer, it's meat on the table, that's all. Be proud of what you got and eat well my friend!!!

khop35....kyle...from illinois
Mathews Monster 2011. (60 pounds)
Gold tip 5575
Muzzy traditonal 3 blade.

Welcome to the team Kyle, nice to see another Midwest guy on the team.

Bluetick-sorry your bucks score didn't count. Hope you can get a doe for some points

Can bluetick enter a different buck?

I don't believe so because it has to be your first buck harvested.

well if they didnt count the first one i shot another tonight thats hangin int the tree so if i can i will enter it sorry guys i had to butcher it wwas way to hot and the contest entered my mind after i messed up, so wacker a four pointer tonight at 35yrds all i can say is hwere i live i am tickeled to even shoot 2 bucks in one week even see 2 deer in one reason actualy sorry guys for the no score if they let me i have another i got tonight

Congrats, I haven't seen a deer yet!

Congrats bluetick..I'd message fieldmouse and ask and explain your story..

Here are the three shooters from this check, yes the first one is moose i've posted pictures of him before.
Moose:

Romeo:


Bowser:

Way to go Bluetick, noting this weekend saw some deer nothing close. Be roof ing my house next weekend and than cutting some wood. I'll post when i get out hunting. Just wanted to let you know if i don't post in the next few weeks. go luck to everyone who is hunting.

Curtis, I love the bottom buck! When can you hunt?

Yeah he moved to the top of the hitlist..Season starts Oct. 1st. I won't be able to hunt til the 6th though..Also my ground blind is only 50 yards from that site and the bucks in all the pictures walked by it at 10 yards or less so i'm hoping opening week will be good. I also got two ladderstands yesterday for the price of giving the guy the rest of the deer meat from my doe last year.

Sounds like a good deal!

Link to my mid-day story(just seen a brute)
http://www.tndeer.com/tndeertalk/ubb...=1#Post2955440

Great story, if I were you I'd go in as early as I could this afternoon 3ish or sooner be extremely quiet on my way in and sit around a trail near where they were laying. Best of luck to you. Hope to hear you get him on the ground this week

still waiting to hunt. I'll be in Maine next week and will hunt Monday - Thursday or until I kill one. You only get to kill one deer so i'm looking for a nice fat doe for the freezer. Although I did see a nice 10 this summer in the field where I hunt. He would be about 130-135 or so. Other than him I will probably wait until my 2 weeks in Kansas Oct. 27th - Nov.10th to harvest a buck. I put all my eggs in that basket last year also and came up empty. I would just hate for my second deer to be a stud and he doesn't count for this contest.

I understand you completely luckyshot. I am shooting a doe right away so I can get some of me wanting to kill out of my belt them I'm not shooting anything under 150 until the last 2 weeks of November unless it is perfect for filming. I have so many deer running around I don't want to shoot a smaller one early then shoot a giant later. I have three any sex tags this year and two doe tags. I'm hoping a giant shows up the first time out but I know it isn't likely. I'll be on sit the whole day of Oct. 6th though. Good luck to you next week and on your Kansas trip.

Well guys, I went home this weekend and came back to college engaged.:) I know it seems to be a little early but we talked about it for the past 6 months and finally decided to pop the question. We are waiting to make it "official" (with a ring) until later on but technically I'm engaged.
I can't wait until next weekend because I will be sharing my lifetime with the new addition of my life in the ground blind.

Let me be the first to congratulate you ! I've been married to my wonderful bride for 22years. She has helped me put up stands, prepare salt licks, set trail cams, ( she picks where to put the camera) but she has yet to go on a hunt. She says that's my time. I hope this will be the year that she'll go on a hunt, before it gets to cold. Cherish every moment because time will fly by. Congratulations !!

Thank you Marty, she went out with me checking cameras this weekend. She still doesn't understand why me and my friend get excited over big deer on the pics but eventually she will learn.

UPDATE- Hey, everyone I thought I'd let you know are team is now completed. I have updated the first post and added Kreagerm's score everytime some one adds points I will put their total next to their name and our team total at the bottom so we can watch to see how we are doing...

5 days until season opener here in Iowa, 10 days until I'm in stand..Time seems to slow down this time of year.
I hope everyone's seasons are going well or start off well. The team thread has seemed to slow down a bit. Hope to hear from everyone soon.

Congrats Curtis! I can't imagine how happy you two are.

btw, I ended up not hunting the deer I jumped but I now have a cam over his tracks were he crossed the creek that day.

well yall all i can add to our teams points now is the doe points anyways like i said i tagged out in NH shot a 4 pointer 2 days after that 3 pointer me and my buddie doubled up and he shot a doe same night 75yrds away and i watched him just like he watched me shoot the buck. I hope to get a big buck now once MA opens. Got a few on camera we will see. If any of yall are ever up in MA or my area of VT hit me up got land and deer and lots of turkeys i hope we can over take some of these teams that have 6-8 guys fom MID western states lol

Master Chief- Thank you. I hope you get him patterned and get a shot at him.

Bluetick- It's alright congrats on your kills. points for a doe is better than no points.

small issue. Rule 10 states that you must check in your deer on the results page within 10 days of harvest. I'm going to Kansas for 15 days. So if i happen to shoot one early in the week, there is no internet access at all. My cousin is old school. He doesn't have cable tv, sat. tv or computer. To stay within the rules I'm asking for some advice well in advance. I do plan on taking inventory and glassing for the first day or two but hey you never know! If the rut is kickin in i'm gonna sit all day from day 1. What should i do? I do have text on my phone and can send a pic with measurements to someone. Looking for ideas

I'll PM you my number

Good luck to everyone going out this weekend. Our season opens Monday. I may be able to get out Friday afternoon.

Any one go out this weekend? How were your hunts? Season opens tomorrow.

Well my season hasn't started the greatest. I've postponed my Maine hunt for another week due to this terrible head cold. The last thing i want to do is be coughing and sneezing and alerting every deer to my presence. Been there, done that, don't like it! I'm now scheduled to drive up on Tues. the 9th and hunt for as many as 4 days. COLDS SUCK!!!!!

well yall 2 more weeks before i can bow hunt again when MA opens Im going to maine sunday with my buddies from the army with our hounds and try to get us some bears ill post pics when i get back!

Mike, I'm sorry to hear about your cold I hope it clears up for you. My allergies get really bad around harvest but on the good note they have come and gone before the season.

Goodluck bluetick.

Season opener today got me pumped even though I won't get out until Friday evening or Saturday but a cold front will be moving in Friday so hopefully the deer will be on their feet and moving.

Good luck curtis, I seen 6 this evening were I jumped the big'n. Would have stuck one, if I carried my bow lmao To make it worse, I discovered the cam I set out died.

Thank you. That sounds like me everytime I'm out in the timber without my bow or walking the CRP for pheasants I always spook a bruiser but when I have my bow never see them. Sorry about your camera.

iayotehunter : I gues I have screwed up! I was blessed to take a large doe late yesterday afternoon. All while blowin at my brother who was hunting a couple hundred yards from me. She was circling him, blowin, never saw me at 20 yards, drilled through both lungs. Awesome to break the ice. Now the screw up, while field dressing her, I cut the top of my thumb ! Spent 3 hours in the ER gettin sewed up. My wife said the biggest part of our marriage has been spent with me in the ER gettin sewed up or something.so now I have 9 stitches. Was not able to get any pics with the doe, because my wife said that we couldn't chance an infection from the deer, since I don't wear gloves doing the deed. So she demanded we go to the ER. My brother finished my project and carried the doe to the processor. So I guess I lost out on the doe points. I owe the whole team an apology, I'm sorry guys. I hope to be able to make it up. Being honest is the only way for this to work.

It's okay. Safety comes first. Congrats on the doe

Thirteen days boys.... And I am in da woods!

Good luck. Two more days of classes then I'm home to hunt with the fiancé

Been out a couple of times few bucks few does just nothing in bow range.