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If you've been reading the threads for the past couple days you know I met up with Mdbowhunter(RICK) to help him put in a stand. I found a sure fire place about a week ago and just hadn't gotten around to hanging a stand. I took him out and helped him hang a stand there yesterday in preparation for a hunt this AM. We parted at the path junction and went our separate ways in the dark. I climbed into my tree after the usual hassle and sweating in this dang heat. I called Rick on the radio and said I was set. I stuffed the radio in my pocket and herd a crunch. Some deer was going directly under me in the grey gloom. He high stepped it with tail high and left. IT wasn't very big, about like a big dog.[&:]

Some where in the AM I managed to change the channel on my radio. I called Rick a couple times around 8 but got no response. I got down at the appointed time and went out. His truck was gone. I shed my climbing vest and was reaching for the cell phone to run him down when he pulled up. YUP, the rascal had whacked a buck about 6:50. As Tom Miranda would say, he came down the "GARDEN PATH" and ran into one of Ricks broadheads. He made a classic double lung shot that exited catching the shoulder muscle right up against the bone. He already had the bugger gutted and loaded when he got to me. We brought it to my houseand boned it out so he would survive the trip back to New Jersey.

I know ya'll want a picture. WEll, we had a little difficulty there. We didn't want to take a picture of him laying in a truck. We were two old farts who were too lazy to unload and then load him again. So anyway, I took a picture of Rick to record the killing.:D:) We were doing QDM this AM. We said it had to have 3 points on a side, it had that at least on both sides. We said it had to have a spread.... well .... it had a spread and now it's dead.;);)

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congrats hes a brute:D:Di didnt know their selling camo for deer now

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Well, he's not exactly a brute but he was a nice deer. Ya'll congradulate Rick/ a.k.a Mdbowhunter, on a great shot. No "I wounded one" this time. He drilled him dead center where you want it. He said he hardly bled at all. Just filled up. All that junk under the shoulder just didn't let the blood out. But anyhow.... CONGRATS RICK!!! How to show these young whipper snappers to do it.:D:D:D

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Congrates Rick. glad to see someone is going hunting

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Congrats on a successful hunt. :) Nice to see folks having some early season success in this warm weather.

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CONGRATULATIONS GUYS ON YOUR EARLY CATCH:)

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It was warm to say the least. Just standing by the truck with camo on this morning in the dark made us wonder what the hell are we doing:D. Anyway it payed off. The rascal only bled a drop here and a drop there but I heard him crash and was able to see the direction he took of so I tried to shorcut it and walk up to him, wasn't going to be that easy. Went back to the shot site and tracked it drop by drop. Many proablly would have given up the search if they hadn't heard him crash cause I had to get on all foursmany timesto find blood. Anyway David, many thanks for the pre scout and don't forget to get the orange ribbons marking the blood trail out of there. Won't be able to go again till sometime in Oct as I am moving the end of the month and next weekend is yard sale #2 to get rid of all the last minute things we needed up till the end then the following weekend is the move.. Wait a minute, I'm retired now, I can go anytime. Weather has to cool first though. Great hunt David.

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Congrats Rick! I'm really glad for ya. I went yesterday here and never saw a thing in this dang heat. I skipped it this morning too, but am getting ready to head out now..

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Congrats!!

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Great Hunt????? To heck you say. All I got was sweaty and bug bitten. Then on top of that I got blood all over my garage floor. Got a skinning knife to clean and sharpen. The camo is in the washer.... AGAIN. You left me Christmas decorations in the woods to pull out. What's so GREAT about it???[8D][8D][8D]

Glad to see you made it home in one piece. There's no need to wait too long to come back. There's a couple more in the woods with your name on them.;)

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OK,.... the REALLY happy hunter....

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Good deal!! Congrats Rick......nice shot.
(figures they don't invite me)[:-];):eek:

Hey rick he didn't wear the blue long john undies did he?[8D]

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CONGRATS MD Glad to see people still getting deer even in this heat

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Congratulations Rick...though I have seen better pictures of ya.

;)

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PABowhuntr.... the thing is he's now got this "RETIRED" tummy. You know, it vasilates between "Sofa Stuffed" and "Food Faced". That's why you've seen better pictures of him.

NY.... I showed him the Blue Undies yesterday afternoon before we went hunting. He said something about not shooting anything in a while. I told him I"d break out the Blue Undies....that he had to dress for success. I showed him I never travel without them. Just the sight of the things brought him luck. :):);)[&:]
I guess I better start wearing them now. Len had to fill all our crop damage permits himself. I think he filled 8 out of 10 or maybe 9 of them. Now Rick has broken the hex....it's my turn.

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Congradulations to both of you. That's what it's about. Camaraderie:)

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[8D]Camaraderie be danged.... I'm trying to get close to one of those good looking daughters of his.

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Congrats to you both!

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Way to go Rick!!

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Congratulations guys!!! Glad to hear of the early success. Question though: How do you gut, skin, clean up,and bone out, a deer in 90-something degree heat?

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LOL! Congrats MD.. :DAnd you too daveyboy ...good work on the skinin' and butcherin' ;)He got the rust nocked off your equipment, now your ready to start the david/len slaughter...[8D]

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Ahhhhh... you just do it. Takes about 30 minutes to get 'em on ice.

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One thing about David, he's fast. For an old man he just don't slow down. I'm constintly telling him to slow down. He damn near runs through the woods and gets all wet from sweat, I tell him to slow down, nothing doing. He's teaching me about retirement but he moves much faster than I want to.

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I'm not Fast... you're just half as slow as me, you might say... Half fast.[8D][8D] Len went up on the hill this AM and saw a button a rag horn 3 point and a small 6. I saw feet 75 yards away through the thick stuff....that was all.

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Looks like the "Zoo" is back!

I've been two mornings and two evenings and the only blood drawn has been mine--from the dang skeeters! [:@] I haven't seen ANY deer yet--and for me, that's a long dry spell. I'm used to seeing 'em every time I go, even if there's no shot. Oh well, I'll give it another shot next week -- hopefully it'll cool off some and the humidty will drop below the 1000% it feels like.

Congrats again Rick.

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I can tell you for sure the deer just aren't moving like they were a couple weeks ago. I'm still walking my kids dog. I know you saw the pictures of all the bucks I took while walking. I haven't seen a deer in a week on my walks. Before that I saw multiples every time I went. They're just hunkered down in this change of weather. The ZOO is NOT back. Not nearly the sign we've had in the past. Of course we're surrounded on 3 sides by standing corn too.

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Saw about 30 last night and Sean had a nice 8 pointer about 30 yards from him. He didn't shoot because he knows his limitations and I told him on the radio that we have the entire 5 month season to get 'his' shot. I've taught him patience and he was happy to let it walk - for now.:)

Of the 30 I saw, there were some small bucks and 2 piebalds. One of the 30 didn't leave the scene.;) Fresh steaks on the barbie tonight.:D

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Hey Len,I hope you were wearing your new "lucky hat"....Bob

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Ya'll are way too much!!

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Wherez dat worm??