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Well, it was a good 14 min bike ride in the cold for nothing then.

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I was in the stand, all set up by 5:30. Sat in the dark till sun came up. Was gonna sit all day but all I saw, all morning, was a feral cat so I got down at 11 and went to work. Im in 3r. What did you guys see/get?

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Saw 1 deer at 5:45. It snuck up on me. At first I thought it was a squirrel but then out of the corner of my eye I saw the deer. It was still a little dark anyway. I couldn't tell if it was a buck or a doe. As soon as I tried to pick up my bow it bolted. Then I just got to cold, I didn't dress warm enough for 25 degrees this morning

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nothing this morning
in the afternoon we had a flock of turkey about 50 to 75 yards out so all I could do is watch
then a spike came out let him go hoping that he would go to my son no such luck then about ten miutes lster he came back only to jump my string

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I struck out this morning too. I only saw 1 very early this morning but never did see what it was other than it was a deer.

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Hey what happen to Tony? I haven't seen him posting. Did he go away for a weekend hunt?

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Well..... were to start :eek:

8:50 - see my first deer .... it is on top of ridge by the edge of the field and it is startled .... from what, I don't know
9:00 - receive text from brother, "Adam hit a 6 pointer" Adam is my nephew who has gun hunted before, but decided totry bowhunting ...the kid is a sniper with a gun ..... the phrase that worried me was, "hit"
9:15 - text stating heis watching the buck who stopped 75 yards away after the shot .... my response was, "Uhoh"
9:30 - text staing they just lost sight of buck ...gonna wait till 10 to check the arra
10:00 - They got the arrow ... has an odor ... very little blood on it .... kid of slimy... I instruct all to wait to track until late afternoon
12:00 noon - Feeling guilty that I wanted to hunt my area (across the street, mile back) the whole day and not help them with the buck, I hiked back to the truck and waited with them.
1:00pm - we take off to track the buck ..... upon further inspection of the arra, the "gut" odor isn't gut odor ... they watched the buck for a half an hour after the shot....the only blood we found was in the area they saw the buck go, except for when he crawled under a fence .... very little blood in all ,,,nephew is returning tomorrow to keep searchin, but I think the buck is gonna make it ....IMO, it was a flesh wound ...all white hair ... no gut in the blood..... arrow doesnt have but a little blood on it...

3:30 - back in different stand
3:40 - Dang!! look at all these squirrels!!
5:30 - phone call from other nephew ..., "I just nailed a doe!!" I get out of myother spot (1/2 mile behind the house) during prime time
He hfound the arrow with the broadhead and 2" of arrow gone...I asked him what it sounded like when it hit her, he said, "CRACK"!
I told him he hit the "knuckle" in the shoulder .... we searched for her .....ZERO blood ....my nephews are going back tomorrow at light to see if there is anything

So that pretty much sums up my crappy 1st day :eek:

Can't hunt on Sunday's with my church responsibilities .....so after school affords opportunity for night hunts ..... we shall see ....

Just got a text from NY/AL ....DOE DOWN!!!

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Hey guys, well i was only able to hunt saturday because everyone around me got sick. My only action was Sat. morning,8 o clock i saw a spike (cant shoot pilot restriction) than 9 o clock i saw a 4 pointer 10 yards out infront of me( cant shoot)...
Than 9:05 i had a flock of 30 turkey marching right under my stand to go in the feild. after not being able to move for 15 minz,i slowly started to inch up, they spooked but i was able to get a 30 yard shot off on a perfect eating size hen, She was instantly dead.... This was my first ever bow kill and my first ever turkey, Im so happy!!!

Sat night just a cupple does running in the feild thats it.

No big bucks seen, so i blame the moon...

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Good opening day all in all in 3s. Doe and 2 fawns came by at 6:45 out of bow range headed towards my buddies stand. 7:00 I hear a crack and then a phone call from him saying he got the doe. 7:20 here come the fawns again. Normally I wouldn't shoot one with spots but I have an obligation at this spot to remove deer so I killed the bigger of the 2. Smallest fawn for this time of year I have ever seen, couldn't have been more than 20lbs on the hoof. Plus the whole morning I had another doe hanging around and a tall racked 7, a 6, and a 4.

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Well that bits Tony. Way to go on that turkey. I am trying to under stand why there is an obligation to shoot a Fawn. I didn't see anything last night. I went out this morning and only saw 1 doe on the ridge about 100 yards away. I tried to call her in but she never broke stride as to where she was moseying to. I will go back out this after noon and see what happens. But so far not much movement at all. The moon needs to go away. From what I can find it looks like the moon will be gone in about8 to 10days. Then the nights will be dark. The rut would be nice to but I think thats still a few weeks away. At least it will be cold all week at night.