Yahoo!!! Got my 1st buck with the smokepole on Monday afternoon, a 7 pointer. not huge but a decent size set of bones and a very stocky and healthy buck I got him at 4:15 when he came out of a cedar thicket and down the hedgerow where I was sitting in my ladder stand. A 50 yard shot, quartering towards me. Bullet entered in front of the right shoulder and exited just behind the left shoulder. After I shot, he took off and I seen him losing altitude real fast. By the time he reached the next hedge row 40 yards away, he was plowing the ground with his chest. He went thru that hedgerow and I seen him hit the ground and flip over. That was it!!! I seen 8 other bucks that day!!! I seen 5 of them during the morning and all were too far to shoot and 3 together with 6 does that my buddy pushed up to me on a 1 man push in the afternoon, they were only 50 yrds. away but running. There sure are alot of bucks around for next week. Hey Jerseyjoe, I'll be up there all week. How long are you there for? If you're there all week, we could meet at the Forge & Anvil for lunch on like Wed. or Thurs. Let me know. How'd ya make out in Maine?