Your 2023 deer season
10-11-2023, 03:09 PM
#21
Fork Horn
Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 115
Shot this eight point last evening but the hit was a bit marginal and I didn't want to push the deer in the dark. Tried to find it this morning but after a couple of hours with no luck I finally called a local member of United Blood Trackers. His dog Sadie found the deer after about two hours. It was her first deer recovery. What a treat to watch her work. It was in an area on my property where I had some timber cut two years ago so it was no easy task. Lots of tree tops and brush. The deer went about two hundred yards downhill before piling up in a small stream. No blood until the last fifty yards or so.
I was using a Scorpyd Death Stalker 420 crossbow with Gold Tip arrows and Shwacker #261 broadheads. It was about a thirty yard shot but the buck jumped forward at the shot so the hit was a bit farther back than ideal. The Shwacker did it's job though. Crazy thing was that the deer fell right in front of one of my other stands which you can see in the upper right corner of the photo.
I was using a Scorpyd Death Stalker 420 crossbow with Gold Tip arrows and Shwacker #261 broadheads. It was about a thirty yard shot but the buck jumped forward at the shot so the hit was a bit farther back than ideal. The Shwacker did it's job though. Crazy thing was that the deer fell right in front of one of my other stands which you can see in the upper right corner of the photo.
10-27-2023, 07:30 PM
#27
Typical Buck
Join Date: Apr 2017
Posts: 995
Those antlers would be perfect for rattling. Good tine length for harmonic resonance. It's always been my own personal opinion that an old buck can tell the difference between those store bought plastic junk and rattlin bags and other BS gimmicks but not only that but I think they can pretty much tell if it's a big boy or not just from the sound. They don't get old and big from being stupid.
10-28-2023, 07:49 AM
#28
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Wahoo Nebraska USA
Posts: 277
Nebraska special landowner
It starts 11/4 and lasts 3 days,will be out trying to get a buck,then have a 4 day break then the rifle season starts and lasts 9 days. Our muzzle season is from December 1-31 and we have a late rifle Jan 1-15. All the seasons i hope to hunt, if the snow and cold doesn't get to me