This is what the area looks like during the daylight.

Congrats on the Doe. I have passed on several (15 yds or less) but all have had this years fawns with-I know they would be just fine-it is a personal thing with me. I have 2 bonus antlerless tags this year (I haven't shot a Doe since probably 1980). No bucks within bow range & thats not unusual for the area I am Bowhunting-they start showing up in force in a week or so as there are lots of Does. I like the team keeping us posted on how their season is going.
Good luck fellas-lots of time left for us to take this contest.

HELLO ALL !!!! WELL SEASON OPENED ON THE FIRST OF OCT. IT WAS OFF TO A GOOD START! I HAD A NICE 8 POINTER TALL AND WIDE SHOW UP AT 22 YARDS. IT WAS 06:59 IN THE A.M. WHEN I TOOK THE SHOT. BEFORE I START THE STORY I WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW I WILL NOT TAKE A SHOT ON ANY ANIMAL UNLESS I KNOW IT WILL BE A QUICK AND CLEAN KILL. SO HERE WE GO,,,, THE BUCK CAME OUT AT 06:55 A.M. I SEEN HIM COME OUT OF THE THICKET. I WAITED UNTIL I HAD A GOOD HEART LUNG SHOT. I RELEASED AND THE ARROW HIT A LITTLE AND I MEAN A LITTLE LIMB ABOUT 3/16" IN DIA. I DID NOT EVEN SEE. THE SHOT WAS HIGH IN THE RIGHT FRONT SHOULDER. THE ARROW BROKE OFF IN THE DEER LEAVING ABOUT 3 1/2" IN THE DEER. I WAITED FOR 2 HRS. BEFORE GETTING OUT OF MY TREESTAND. I HAD 7 OTHER DEER GO BYE ME IN THIS TIME FRAME. BUT NO SHOOTERS. I DID NOT FIND ANY BLOOD UNTIL 100 YARDS BUT IT WAS JUST ALITTLE. TRACKED HIM FOR ABOUT ANOTHER 300 YARDS AND THEN NO MORE BLOOD. I WAS SICK TO MY STOMACH!!!!! I FELT LIKE CRAP!!!!!!!!! I WENT HOME TO GET SOME HELP FROM SOME BUDDY`S AND OFF WE WENT TO FIND THE DEER. WE SEARCHED UNTIL 20:30 FOR THE DEER AND NO SIGN! I COULD NOT EVEN SLEEP THAT NIGHT. GOT UP NEXT MORNING AND TRYED TO FIND THE DEER AGAIN BUT NO LUCK. SO MY FIRST WEEKEND OUT WAS JUST TRYING TO FIND THAT BUCK. I HATE HAVING WOUNDED DEER OR ANY ANIMAL IN THE WOODS. I`M GOING TO GO BACK OUT THIS WEEKEND AND SEE IF I SEE HIM ANYWHERE. I TEACH HUNTERS ED AND A SHOOTING SPORTS PROGRAM FOR 4-H AND I ALWAYS TELL THE KIDS DONT SHOOT UNTIL YOU HAVE A GOOD CLEAN SHOT AND BEWARE OF WHATS BEHIND YOUR TARGET. BUT LET ME TELL YOU THERE IS A SICK FILLING DEEP DOWN STILL TODAY OVER THAT BUCK. IT WAS NOT THE SIZE JUST THAT IT WAS NOT RECOVERED! WELL I WANT TO TELL EVERONE THAT HAS ALREADY GOT ONE CONGRADS!!!!!!!I WILL TRY TO GET ONE THIS WEEKEND.

Congrats on the doe Todd.

I shot another doe yesterday afternoon. My brother was nice enough to put me in one of his better spots. It is a funnel of woods about 50 yards wide between the back of a corn field, and a clover field. The cornfield is planted behind an apple orchard, and that funnel connects two large blocks of woods. I had deer around me from about 5:30pm till dark, which was right at 7pm. they were running through the corn and all along the edge of the field.

There is a small water filled ditch that runs along the inside edge of the woods on the cornfield side, and the doe came walking up that ditch about 6:50pm. She poped up out of the ditch and came towards the stand. The shot was about 7 yards, went in perfectly, came out on the bottom of the deer. The exit hole was plugged up, but the Thunderhead did the job and I found the deer 60 yards away.

This was almost identical to the shot I had earlier with the spitfire. The placement was the same, the angle was the same, the distance of the shot almost identical, and the exit hole was in the same place, and plugged the same way. There was almost no blood from the spitfire entrance wound. However, there was a very easy to follow blood trail from the thunderhead hit. Both entrance wounds were the same place on the body, but the spitfire hole was much smaller. I guess that's why the blood trail was better with the Thunderhead.

There are alot of deer in that area, and I'm sure that stand will be on fire during the rut.

We're on the board. I'll measure it tomorrow. Not the biggest but it works.

TS IVE DID THE SAME THING YOU DID I NO HOW IT FEELS IT SUCKS 2 DAYS I LOOK FOR THAT BUCK COME TO FIND OUT DURING SHOTGUN SOME GUY TOOK HIM OUT HE WAS CHASING 2 DOES WITH THE ARROW STILL IN HIM, SO I FELT ALITTLE BIT BETTER HOPE THINGS TURN OUT GOOD FOR YOU.. T-IN-PA2 GREAT DEER CONGRATS YOUR RIGHT IT GET US ASCORE IVE WOULD OFTOOK HIM TO GREAT JOB

Some more info from last night's hunt.

Took the day off yesterday(Wednesday) because I took a doe Tuesday. Back out tonight to the same spot. Saw a nice buck there when I shot the doe. 6:15pm the buck appears about 70 yards away making scrapes on a path in the woods. I used a grunt call to bring him in and shot him 7 paces from my tree. He went 15 yards and fell over. I swear he looked bigger from the tree

Congratulations T in PA2, that is one fine PA buck. You put your team on the board. That's 6 entries out of 230 contestants....you've done well.

Congrats T_in_PA2!! Nice buckAnd congrats to team 17

TWO MORE DAYS TO GO THEN I GET IN THE GAME WITH THE REST OF MY TEAM, CANT WAIT, WEATHER IS GOING TO BE OKAY I HOPE, SAYING MYBE 20-25WIND BUT I WONT LET THAT HOLD ME BACK. HOPFULLY THE BIG BOY I SEEN AT THE END OF LAST YEAR PAYS ME A VIST FIRST THING IN THE MORNING ,CAUSE I HAVE A SURPRISE FOR HIM