View Poll Results: Doe harvests accepted?
yes
12
85.71%
no
2
14.29%
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Team Pass Thru - #7
10-14-2012 | 08:05 AM
#471
Typical Buck
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 722
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From: northernwestern south dakota
well, i got my broadheads resharpened and i think i have licked my wounds enough to head back out tomarrow for a birthday buck. Hopefully the bucks are as active as they were on thursday evening. I have been so pissed off about the shot i pulled off on that deer that i have been practicing like a mad man so hopefully it pays off.
10-14-2012 | 08:09 AM
#472
Typical Buck
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 722
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From: northernwestern south dakota
That's no good Marty. Bow hunters seem to have some pretty ****ty luck at times.
If that deer was scoring 130-140, I'd put in at least another 6 hours. My first bow kill was a 130 that I hit too far back & ended up looking for him for 3 days. I had around 20 hours invested in searching for him & ended up finding him on day three. He was tore up pretty good & the meat wasn't salvageable, but the antlers were & they're hanging in my living room. 8)
So get back out there & find that deer.
If that deer was scoring 130-140, I'd put in at least another 6 hours. My first bow kill was a 130 that I hit too far back & ended up looking for him for 3 days. I had around 20 hours invested in searching for him & ended up finding him on day three. He was tore up pretty good & the meat wasn't salvageable, but the antlers were & they're hanging in my living room. 8)
So get back out there & find that deer.
10-14-2012 | 08:15 AM
#473
Nontypical Buck
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 2,317
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From: South central Nebraska
Practice is a good part of it, but controlling that heartbeat when the shot on the animal comes is a whole different story. Don't beat yourself up about it too much. It happens and maybe he will be out there for another chance.
10-14-2012 | 12:33 PM
#475
Fork Horn
Joined: Aug 2004
Posts: 434
Likes: 0
From: Newville, PA
No luck here at home yet. I did see 7 does and fawns last night. Hopefully they stick around. The bucks will be soon to follow in a couple of weeks. We are headed back out to Ohio on Friday. Hopefully the bucks will be starting to move out there.
10-14-2012 | 12:43 PM
#476
Fork Horn
Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 206
Likes: 0
From: Waterloo, NY
Read your post and think you invested a fair amount of time. That's happened to me before. Doesn't take much...miscalculation of yardage, slight flinch, arrow knicks a twig, etc...arrow drops and hits the leg under the near side lung. Hit a nice 8 pt like that one year and got him during gun season. At least you are seeing good bucks. Everything here is nocturnal. Ruts coming though!
10-15-2012 | 05:45 PM
#477
Thread Starter
Typical Buck
Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 635
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From: Mason County, Illinois
Well, I destroyed a yearling doe this afternoon. I put 125gr of Rage on her at 40 yards & she dropped where she stood. She tried to get up & run after being knocked over but with a hole on both sides of her spewing blood like a fountain, she didnt have what it takes to get up & run. I f$#kin love those Rage broadheads, they hit like a truck.
And Team Pass Thru continues to secure the lead with six kills on the scorecard.
And Team Pass Thru continues to secure the lead with six kills on the scorecard.
Last edited by On_Point; 10-15-2012 at 08:02 PM.
