Thanks 8pt...these are pictures of the deer last year. We believed him to be 4 1/2 at the time.

thats a nice deer
goodluck

Patients...Patients.....and keep learning what your doing wrong and what your right,pretty soon your going to nail one of those "BIG Buck's" and Victory will be that much more sweeter!!!!!


Try some different tatics,grunt calls,make some scrapes,drag line or scents and possibly a decoy?Don't give up because we all have faith in you!

Sounds like you got your set up dialed in.

I will make the assumption you are practicing with (or have taken a few shots) with your broadheads, and your bow is tuned.

One other thing I thought of, when I practice during the season, I try and wear the gloves I will be hunting in (or ones similar, my hunting ones are 'clean' ) and my hat (boonie, big brim, takes some time getting used to) if the weather is a bit cooler I will put on a heavy coat also, to simulate my hunting jacket.

All these things could possibly throw your form off, and when you get out on stand you will be confident that your mechanics are good. Now all you have to do is make sure you dont shoot through some nearly invisible brush like I did last year [>:]

Finally, great way to build up confidence is take a lower pressure shot and harvest a doe. Not only will you gain the confidence that you know you can make the shot, you will fill up your freezer also.

Been bow hunting 23 years now and if you can think of a way to mess up, I probably have, every time out it is a learning experience.

the comment about practice is right..u are missing deer in wide open spaces..big deer(big target). i would
agree thatyou may need a little or it could b nerves??

That is, in my opinion, the PERFECT textbook Illinois buck. That's what dreams(and many sleepless nights)are made of. Good Luck!!

You know, you might have better luck getting closer if you move back in the woods a ways and get off those fields. I've had people tell me all the time, "Oh man, you got to sit here because that field is full of deer". I tell them I really don't need to be seeing tons of deer at 100-200 yards with a bow in my hand. I'd rather have one doe at 10 than a dozen at 100.

Your deer must be a lot more tamer than any I've hunted. Where I hunt you'd never see that deer, or probably ANY deer out in that much sunlight and in that open country.[&:]

Ditto on the drag line and the decoy with a scent bomb close by.

Buddy how can you call that a bad season?! i would kill for a few buck sightings like that!