Well my season went a lot better than I thought it would with four in the freezer all I can do is hope next season is just as good. Goals for 09 is to get a deer off Quantico Base.

nice deer all

* Shot a small doe in the early archery season.
* Got a 230lb 8 pointer on Oct 25 that grossed over P&Y but netted under due to deductions. (pic attached)
* Got a 135lb doe in rifle season.


Taken in PA. The two biggest in the big woods of northern PA.

I only got a doe this season, she dressed out at 128lbs.


My cousin got this really big 8 pointer! 215 dressed, I think it grossed just shy of 140".

some nice deer taken! keep up the good work!
i hope to get my first p&y this season i have been watching a nice 10 and 12 both look to be in the 150-160
may have to let the little guys walk this year

Got one Doe this past weekend. Check out my post and there is photo there.

ill shoot a doe any day! good job

tell the story about your guys hunts!

Over for us... killed a little doe and a monster 8... very slow season in MA.

We were up for a work party weekend on the weekend of October 25th. It was raining cats and dogs. However, the weekend before I saw a lot of bucks and saw some rutting activity. I decided that, if we finished work early, I was going to put on rain gear and tough it out for a while.

Nothing was moving so I decided to sneak around with the rain to quiet my steps. I sneak up to the edge of a hayfield and see a bunch of does being followed by a really nice buck. I try calling and he seems interested. Then, one of the does busts me. They all take off snorting. The buck doesn't know anything is up, but decides to follow the doe anyway.

I decide to head in. As there is abot 20 minutes left of legal quitting time, I decide to try one more rattling sequence before quitting. With in a minute of putting down the antlers, I see a deer coming. It has a big body so I grab the bow and get ready. I see a high rack so I draw. I'm on the ground so he sees me. He stops and looks at me. Then I see the 23" wide rack. I place the pin on his chest and fire.

I'm sure I hit him, but the light is poor and the woods is like a lake. We can't find any blood. We go back and watch the Phillies win another game in the world series and then head out 7:00am the next morning. I bring my little mutt dog who is great at recovering deer. After having no luck searching much further than we should have,we head back towards the truck. On the way in, I can't get my dog to come to me. Yep, he's standing by the buck. It only went about 100 yards.

The end result was this: