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another pic

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nice buck....congrats!

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Great looking buck congrats

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Nice one Mite.

Stay safe over there dhnut1973.


No hunting for me this weekend (10/21-22) Had to help the old man finish an addition on his garage--good time though. Hopefully be out tomorrow evening. Continued good luck all

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Nice buck!!! Congrats.

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This is my son Jerod with his very first ever buck with a bow. This is a nice 5 point buck. He dressed out at 120 lbs!

Father and son score their first ever bucks with in one week of each other!

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Congrats to all my fellow WV hunters that have filled their tags. I'm still looking but I have a feeling it won't be long. The rut is about to hit and I have next week off to hunt.

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Congrats to those that have scored.

I've seen more deer in my 2 days on stand this year than any other 2 days I can remember in Braxton county. No big bucks...but 4 or 5 small ones. The first morning I saw 30+ deer from my stand, all within 100yds.

I stuck a fat doe about 4pm...and I hit her good. I've been bowhunting over 20 years, and have killed a large dump truck load of deer with a bow. Until last Saturday, I had only lost one.

I waited about 1/2 hour...climbed down and found the arrow. It was dripping with good blood, I thought. I looked in the direction that the deer went...not a drop. I went to the last place I marked her at about 100yds...not a drop. I walked from there back to the arrow...not a drop. I even followed her "hit down" marks through the leaves for about 150yds...not a drop. I looked until dark, got a good light and looked some more. Probably 4 hours total. NOT A DROP OF BLOOD.

In hindsight, I think I was too far back and the blood was liver blood and guts plugged the hole. (She was angled a bit) That's the only thing I can think of.

I was sick about losing the deer, but pumped about all the deer I was seeing. While tracking her, a spike walked to about 25yds from me. LOL

I'll be back at it Fri and Sat the next 2 weekends. Come on cold weather!

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I got permission to hunt the property up the street from my house last night. It's only about five acres, but it is all a wooded hill and valley right in the middle of the city. This is my first year doing the urban hunt. Hopefully I can get a shot at one of the big boys that roams my neighborhood at night. I scouted it last night and it is very thick in there. I am going to try and hang a stand friday night without causing too much of a ruckus. There is very good buck sign down in there.

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Al, any signs of bucks seeking does yet? Here in Maryland, I am hearing of some action, but the consensus is that it should pick up in a few weeks.