Breaker Breaker 1..9.. Can I get a radio check.. Just a few hours until the sun comes up on our 13-14 deer season and wanted to start it out ... Post up kills, thrills, misses, kisses, blood and mud. Detailed stories are nice but pics are worth 10,000 words.. Let us all be safe and remember who makes the sun rise and set on us in the MS woods. Pick a hair and let it loose!!
Cool thread, I hope to contribute tomorrow evening.
Great words there Seth!
Up a tree now partner.
The guest of honor have not shown up for the party
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I must be the one guy in MS that everyone talking about, You know the one with a job.
It must suck to be that one guy in Ms with a job with no vacation days
No takers here either. Gotta get down in 20 and head to a meeting.
Had class at 8 so no morning hunt but hope to be in the stand by 3:30 this afternoon. Good luck guys!
I'll be up a tree in a couple of hours. My wheel buddies got to hunt this morning, and killed a doe and a pig between three of them.
It's that ugly bow you got hangin up in the tree that's running them off Widowdoublelung! Just kiddin buddy, very nice looking bow. Good luck to you guys.
Charlie :archer2:
Wish I could nock his tines off
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thought about you guys today. grew up in Pascagoula. course, I was out snapper fishing in AL, haha!
caught some good ones.
Doe down with the new Tall Tines. Meat in the freezer. The Simmons tree shark almost passed completely through her at 25 yds It entered high in the spine and was such a wide cut hit her spine and she took 3 steps and collapsed. I got down and quickly dispatched her. Man was it hot!!!
You boys are quick! Great Job Tom :thumbsup:
I'm headed out tomorrow to hunt my place north of Vicksburg until Tuesday. Hopefully I will have some pics to add.
Bonner
It was hot but I had a little luck, the rest of the story is in the powow.
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Nice Caleb! Great story. I saw quite a few yesterday but no does got close enough and all the bucks needed couple more years .. Hope I'll have a story or two before my baby gets here
Thanks graybark and best of luck to ya. I saw a few does too but they didn't get close enough. Its so early that they seem to just be browsing on everything still. I'll be waiting on a big boy or maybe two the rest of the year.
Saw a lot of deer yest. Had a doe come 300 yards to 20 was facing me when the crop duster flew over and ran her out of there like scalded dog. After that only small bucks in range. Getn back after them tomorrow aft. Looks like it's gonna be a good weekend!
Awesome CMane.
Awesome guys gettin done. It will be an interesting nasty weekend with all the hot weather and rain coming. Good luck
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Got a Mississippi fryer on opening day!
Does anyone know if the National Wildlife Refuges in Mississippi are closed due to the government shutdown?
Went to the Dahomey NWR website and the DOI message board was up stating that all NWRs are closed until further notice. There goes my hog hunting!
They are definitely closed. Or at least I know Panther and Noxubee are
I apologize for posting the question regarding the closure of NWRs in the state and side tracking the purpose of this thread topic. So, getting back to the original intent be sure and post stories along with photos of the harvests you make no matter what species.
Was a tough weekend saw little deer movement. Nothing like 100% humidity and as sopping wet as if you had just gotten out of the shower all afternoon long. Hope to get a hunt in this aft hopefully be better after the front.
Same here. If the front clears out they may move this evening, but it is still a bit nasty here now.
Tomorrow should be great though, so I'm going to be up a tree for the afternoon.
Sunday evening Sixer. The cooler temps had our deer up and moving and was able to get an arrow in this buck at 8yds with my Widow KB 56' 52@28 . 250 gr Abowyer Large Bonehead. Ran 75 yds and gave up. I got a baby girl due anyday now so I will have to put the Widow down for a lil' while and pick up diapers and baby wipes but it'll be worth it. I might be down for a little while, but I'm not out... (http://i1244.photobucket.com/albums/gg561/graybarkhunter/sixer1_zps1db01a38.jpg) (http://s1244.photobucket.com/user/graybarkhunter/media/sixer1_zps1db01a38.jpg.html) (http://i1244.photobucket.com/albums/gg561/graybarkhunter/sixer_zpscff95c06.png) (http://s1244.photobucket.com/user/graybarkhunter/media/sixer_zpscff95c06.png.html) (http://i1244.photobucket.com/albums/gg561/graybarkhunter/lung_zps940674e3.jpg) (http://s1244.photobucket.com/user/graybarkhunter/media/lung_zps940674e3.jpg.html)
So there are 2 WidowDoublelungs :bigsmyl: Great looking 6 pointer!
What can I say I taught him well. Ha
Great shot graybarkhunter and great deer! My other roommate just shot his first mississippi deer and it was his first with a recurve so things are looking good here in Starkville, Ms.
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What can I say I taught him well. Ha
Not so fast Willis :jumper:
Congrats again bud, that's a beaut. What is it with Mississippi boys and widows haha
Let's bring this back up top since season opened in the south zone today, maybe someone will draw some blood. Haven't been able to go in a couple days because my project has been so busy but hope to get out this afternoon.
I have a few days next week to get er done. I'll post pics. It's gonna be ugly.
Go get em ha I went this afternoon but only saw some squirrels and a coon but it was so humid and hot. Looking forward to this cool snap coming up.
Went today and made a day out of it, seen one doe this morning downwind of me and that didn't last long before the gig was up. The morning was a little cooler if you call 67 cool but down here it is welcome although it was short lived as the temps reached mid 80's by around 2pm.
My buddy seen 4 tonight but no shots. In the last 2 days (yesterday was a scout day) we made contact with 14 cottonmouth moccasins I'll say no more to protect those sensitive to harming these harmless reptiles :scared:
We have killed 2 LARGE rattlesnakes so far this season. Watch your step guys, especially in the dark.
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Killed this one opening week near Vicksburg. Not with a Widdow though.
Bonner
Good shooting Dan!
Good shootin man! We'll let the widow thing slide haha
Good deal glad to see some folks getting it done... Great shot too!
Thanks men. I'm heading back home (MS) this weekend but I will not have time to hunt. I will at least be able to check my trail cams and look over my food plots though and maybe move a couple stands mid day Sunday. I expect to see this thread up top all season as yall post your kills. Good luck MS Tgangers.
Bonner
my brother (longspur77) has a story to tell.....
Ok I'm in the woods and have not seen anything today but did jump a hog so a good deer story would be great so out with it Mr. Long spurs!
Always ready for a story! Had a doe at about 3 steps yesterday afternoon but her little one was close behind and still had spots so I gave her the pass.
Sitting in a tree now. Haven't been seeing much lately, but this cool weather should help. If the moon would leave me alone...
Ended up seeing one doe, but she came in directly below me and caught my scent. Going to try it again this evening and in the morning. Forcasted to be 41 here, can't wait.
Story yet??? Where you at Mr. Long Spurs?
I had a Fawn and Nanny under me tonight the Fawn came in unheard due to the wet ground or my bad hearing and the Nanny was a few seconds behind it and I moved at the wrong time. I would have passed anyway but I would have like to have done it on my terms :saywhat:
Saw a bunch of deer this afternoon. Took out a doe with my 2 day old Talltines.
Will, how about some pic's of your deer and that new bow.
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Bow is myrtle veneers and bocote riser. Got a low grip on it 60" 55@28. Best grip I have ever felt.
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Beautiful bow and nice doe, and that camo really breakup your outline at least in that night shot, is it Sitka?
It's kuiu. I prefer Sitka when it's cold. Kuiu is not wind proof.
Contras on a nice doe and that's a beautiful Bow!
Basinboy X2!
Nice deer and bow.
I just got busted a few minutes ago by a doe. I went to draw, and the spike that was with her (that I had assumed was too dumb to bust me) spotted me and spooked. Oh well.
Had a great thurs aft-sun. Saw some deer finally. Ended up killing 3 does with new Talltines. Spurs hunted with me all weekend saw a few couldn't get one to act right. Graybark killed one this aft as well. It looks promising weather wise for the weekend.
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Before any body throws up a red flag we are on DMAP and with tags you can shoot as many as you want in one day If you have tags. If you don't it's one a day
Was able to get a good shot on a doe at 10 yds this evening..saw a handful. It was good to get out..im up with my baby and my hands are pretty full...i willl post pics tomorrow
Way to go guys.
Longspur waiting on pics and story.
ill post mine.. long story short, she and 5 other came into a food plot at 10 steps and the Abowyer Large Bonehead made some groceries.. (http://i1244.photobucket.com/albums/gg561/graybarkhunter/zdoe2_zps8d8a6306.jpg) (http://s1244.photobucket.com/user/graybarkhunter/media/zdoe2_zps8d8a6306.jpg.html) (http://i1244.photobucket.com/albums/gg561/graybarkhunter/zdoe3_zps7817491c.jpg) (http://s1244.photobucket.com/user/graybarkhunter/media/zdoe3_zps7817491c.jpg.html)
Ok, been swamped and now got some pictures of the horns. Bear with me on this story.
It has been HOT, Real HOT down here the first part of October. Opening day it was so hot, i did not want to even sit in the tree, between the mosquitoes,humidity and finicky wind, the first afternoon was awful. Not enjoyable at all for me.
A couple of days later my dad, brother and i posted up again in a couple of different spots and all saw deer. I had 2 shots at does and missed both. 1 at 22 yards and other at 8. Needless to say i was upset,mad and starting to question my form, release, BOW and all of my equipment. I believe that was on a Sunday. My brother(graybarkhunter)killed that afternoon and was happy as a lark. I was happy for him because he was about to have his first baby and i knew i would be able to pull away in this race of kills that all brothers try to achieve:)
That night i got home and sent an email to a Tradganger on here Mike about a bow that i had asked him about back in August. I immediatly purchased it and said it needed to be here before the weekend preferably by Friday because i was planning on going after a deer that my brother and dad had see on 2 different occasions. 2 days later my brother had his little girl and i knew he was out for a while. Keeping dad off the spot was not going to happen so i just let it ride and hoped that the bow would come before Friday so i could tune her and go.
I saw a thread a while back on Timberghost Hybrids. I was intrigued and decided to do research and ask as many people as i could on the bow and how it performed. From all the info i decided to put a want ad on here. I had 2 offers. I talked to Mike Spaulding numerous time as well as Kent from Timberghost and both were unbelievable in helping me.
I dont know about you guys but i am an impulsive buyer, and a guy told me once not to make any decisions when you are mad because it might come back to haunt you. It did not matter, i was pissed and did not blame my Cheyenne for the doe misses, it was operator error BUT it did give me a reason to buy a new bow! So i emailed Mike and told him the situation, he said he would have it here if possible.
I wanted to wire the money to him so he would ship as soon as possible. He would not have it and said that he trusted me and would stick it in the mail Tuesday, BEFORE MY CHECK EVEN SHOWED UP. Unbelievable!
He mailed it Tuesday, sent me the tracking number. I checked Wed and it was still up north somewhere.
Thurs morning i checked track again, OUT FOR DELIVERY.
My Postman usually runs between 12 and 1. needless to say i was at the house from 11:45 till 1:15. No mail truck anywhere. I drove around the neighborhood stalking him. Finally at 230 i found him about 2 miles from my house and he flagged me down because over the years, he knows what is in the tube or box.
Got to house shot it few times and really liked it. Got it tuned as as well as i could with brother help and felt good. I wanted to really start over with new arrows but i just felt like i was good or good enough. It hit where i was looking ,so on and so on.
Tuned up, Centaur big games sharpened and thermocell refueled. Friday i left work early and met dad at the farm and told him i was going to go after the buck that he had seen on Wed. He said go ahead, we had pictures the day before at around 6 pm and he was in there. There is no way that he will come back i thought.
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Here he is the day before, so i knew where i thought he might be coming from and was ready at 415.
5:05 i am texting with Widowdoublelung,Spurs,dad and Graybarkhunter just killing time when i look up and see a body move thru a patch of sunlight.
Picked up binos and saw his rack and knew it was him. He was coming straight down the trail he was supposed to in the food plot. The trail he entered on was at 20 yds coming straight on so he entered the field and walked to within 13 yds but was facing me the entire time.
Intense is about the only word there is to describe the situation because he was looking thru me or under me, i was not sure but standing up waiting on a broadside turn felt like 20 minutes but was probably only about 2. So i was looking away just trying to keep my Sh**&%t together so that i would not look at his horns all the while using my periphrial vision to notice a turn one way or the other for a shot.
Finally, he turns to his left, i draw, anchor and loose.
Slightly quartering away, my first thought was oh no it is a little high but being so close it should lodge down in.
The arrow hits, sinks in about 15 inches and stops, no pass thru and arrow sticking out at 45 degree angle with green lighted nock flashing while running off hitting trees. I saw last tree he ran by and he disappeared and seconds after i lost sight, i heard him bellowing like he was dying while running up a small hill. Kind of struggling.
Like i said , my first thought was HIGH and no pass thru BUT when i heard him bellow i felt better and honestly thought he was dead within 100yds.
Long story short, we came back 2 hours later and found zero blood, arrow, hair, deer, green lighted nock,nothing. I came back with my 4 year old the next morning and did another search to no avail.We were sick and again i was second guessing my equipment, release , form etc.
I did not know what to do. Told my neighbor that i had shot one and be on the lookout for buzzards. All hope was lost, i even hunted the same spot 4 days later to look for buzzards.
This past friday i get a text from my neighbor and this is what it was.
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I could not believe it. That was him and his caretakers had found him next to his lake which was about 700 yds from where i shot him with my arrow still in him. He was severely decomposed and cutting the horns off is a another story.
I was pumped to say the least and have not had another shot at a deer since. HaHa, doesnt matter because my confidence is back up and with the Timberghost coming thru, i cant say it is the equipment. It is an awesome bow to say the least. Thanks Mike
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56" Timberghost 56@28 225 grain Centaur Big Game head
I need that kind of luck brother. I am very happy you found your deer. He is a brute!!! Coming back down this weekend to hopefully see one. Ha
Glad you found him and have that closure, he was a great buck and will make a great trophy!
What are you guys feeding those deer? Y'all had some great ones last years and are off to another great year.
Great buck! Glad you ended up finding him. May not have been the way you wanted it to happen but that's the way it goes sometimes. Reminds me of a buck I killed a couple years ago. Shot him almost right under my tree and only got one lung because of the steep angle. I knew he was down and ended up finding but not before the coyotes did.
Glad you're liking the bow, sounds like it found a good home!
Next time when I see a shooter Nobody will know :biglaugh:
Naw, I guess I'll tell.. At least one of us got him congrats again bro
Glad you found him, not having any closer sucks. He is a good one for sure.
Good work MS guys! Been seeing little bucks, no shooters yet and no good shots on a doe. Cold front later this week should have them up and moving.
That's a great deer I'm glad you got your hands on him.
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Nice "buck" Doug.
Wow, what luck you have longspur!
great googly moogly, that's a nice buck!
That's a great deer! glad you found him and way to whack those does boys! I have a similar story but with no happy ending. I have debated even telling this but I will. I have just been sick to my stomach ever since.
Friday evening I hunted a spot of public land here in Starkville that I had only been to one time in the past. Long story short, at about 6:20 I look up and see a good buck coming my way. He was a solid 8 with high antlers and at least a 3 year old maybe more. Well he decided to flank me and walk a logging road and not come in. I had one hole at about 35 yards. I stopped him in it and drew back. My form and shot felt perfect except for one key thing. In the heat of the moment I rushed the shot, I guess cuz I didn't think he would stand there long, and didn't completely touch my anchor on my face. The shot was perfect up and down but I hit him forward in the shoulders.
He tore out and I backed out and came back 4 hours later with my buddies. I was shooting tree sharks and when hit blood and he started pooring. We trailed him through a clear-cut and he was pumping out both sides. We probably trailed him for close to a mile it seemed and never found him. He eventually clotted up and the blood quit. Went back the next day and didn't find anything. I hope he'll make it but man am I sick. This is the only deer I've even drew back on since my buck opening day and too say its a blow to my confidence is an under statement. Just gotta get back at it tho.
It happens. Sounds typical of a muscle hit, which tend to be non fatal.
Great thread!! Keep the updates coming.
Richard,
By your profile pic I see your no stranger to Big Bucks, Very nice sir :thumbsup:
They're callin for a frost fri night / sat morn!?? The deer aren't gonna know what to do..
I hope it kills all the mosquitoes. Should be a good one.
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So Will that's how you make the color orange? By Mixing Red Blood with yellow Fetching :scared:
Also had a big doe bust me, again.
Well I busted a big doe, can't seem to get on a big enough buck yet. They didn't move as good as I thought they would have today.
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Nice. I'm going in the morning. Hope I can break my dry spell, it's been 2 years since I killed one.
Got another doe yesterday evening. First deer out of a ground blind! Pretty exciting have 5 deer within 12 yards at ground level. Haven't figured out how to post pics....
I missed a coyote this morning. I was sure that I hit it and even heard him growl right after I shot. No blood, hair, or anything else on my arrow though. Sucks cause I had already skinned him and made a euro mount in my imagination by the time I got down 3 hours later
Those coyotes are tough with a bow. I got skunked tie evening. Probably wont get a chance to get back in a tree again until next Saturday.
Skunked again :knothead: Nothing seen today beyond squirrels.
Looks like more warm weather this week. Hopefully it will be good again by the weekend.
Killed another doe sat aft. It beats last year, it was cool during the week and hot on weekends. Looks pretty cool for weekend at this point.
Way to go guys, I got this dude friday morning. Full story in the powwow.
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Awesome man!
I'm no psychic but I see red on the ground over the weekend...
I hope this vision holds true ha should be nice with this little cool front we have coming in.
Going to take 4 days off starting sunday for some turkey/deer/hog hunting at the camp. Shot one spike so far but need to kill some does...looks like i will catch some beautiful weather next week
congrats to everyone this year that are on the meatpole
Going to hop in a tree in about an hour. Should be a nice evening. Good luck to all.
Skunked!
Saw a good one this aft had him at 41 yards. He and 2 more bucks gave to 30ish in some thick stuff no shot.
No luck thus weekend, but i managed to do some scouting and found some good white oaks. Hope to get to hunt them later in the week.
On another note, any if you guys left handed? My buddy has gotten interested in trad, but since he's a lefty he can't really try out my bow. I was hoping there might be a MS tradganger in the area who is left handed.
Had a good doe at about 10 steps Saturday morning but she was very poor looking so I figured she had a fawn so I let her slide and got skunked saturday evening. Headed to the delta this weekend tho!
Jkm I am a lefty and would be more than happy to let someone shoot my bows if they would like. I have my widow pa and two longbows.
Good to hear. You're in Starkville aren't you? I know my buddy works in Macon a few times a month, so he might be able to come to Starkville at some point. If not I'm sure we can meet up sometime after season.
I see Hattiesburg in your sig, for sone reason I was thinking you were at MSU?
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No luck this weekend.. Saw a handful but none closed the distance
Looks like another good weekend coming.
Thoughts on this Data?
Mississippi White-tailed Deer Simulated Mean Conception Date Map
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Great pic Greybark
Looks about right to me One Mississippi.
Seems pretty close for my neck of the woods
I had an interesting hunt yesterday that turned out well. I had a stand near a pin oak that the deer were hammering. No matter what I did I would get winded as the deer would always circle down wind. To give myself a better chance I hung a dirty T shirt in the oak and moved my stand down wind about 50 yards. This fat old girl stopped by for a little sniff.
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Nice. I've used that trick before too.
It's amazing how calm she and the other deer were assuming the bugger was 50 yards away.
Nice trick that using your kidney! Nice deer!
I have not been seeing anything at all.
I had 6 does get by me yesterday afternoon. I was trying to pick one out, but everytime I got a good angle there was always 2-3 others looking my way. I didn't force it, and let them walk away.
I have had a very hard time getting it to come together myself this year. I've been busted more than the last dozen combined. Bad shot angles, too far , too close you name it. I was glad to get this old gal and am in need of a couple more does for the freezer.
Been a really tough year for me. I missed a pig of a buck Thursday; but took this doe yesterday.
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Nice Mark! Hate to hear its been tough, but still plenty if season left.
My buddy Wade killed a nanny on my place a couple weeks ago. He is a TX boy and is not used to hunting where he can't see a feeder. This is his first MS deer. I hope it won't be his last as I intend to continue shooting critters on his place here in TX. We were watching the solunar tables and it called for midday movement. He sat from Before daylight till 1:30 PM when he made the shot. Perfect heart shot with a great 60 yd blood trail.
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The conception date data is interesting. My place is in the north end of Warren county and I still have a bunch of spotted fawns. There are older fawns too but a lot of little ones. We also have a lot of deer like the one Wade killed. She was about 80 LBs. Too big to be this year's fawn but not nearly 1.5 years yet. Generally a yearling doe will weigh north of 100# there. My bet is she was born about October last year putting her conception date right around April. We are seeing a lot of of this in my area. Another buddy killed a 100# button buck in October. I wonder if we are hammering the big does a little hard and maybe fawns are coming in late and getting bread?
Bonner
Might be, something is up. I guy I work with was telling me about a doe with spotted fawns he saw over the weekend.
I have a place in OK that typically breed early enough that I have never seen a spotted fawn in bow season. This year I took pictures of 2 does, both with twin spotted fawns inn mid Oct. WE assumed they were trying to hold off for Obama Care
I have pics of a buck breeding a doe on Feb 15th of last year, and on the same property have seen them breed in late November.
I'm from perry county and last year the latest report of a doe being bred was in March during turkey season. We start seeing fawns in august and most years we are still season some with spots around Christmas it seems to be very spread out down here and I imagine it's like that for a lot of other areas too.
I am in North Ms and have seen bucks chasing the last two days. Reminds me of a real rut??? I haven't seen much of that here before. I'm sure it will be spotty as usual, but these sightings were quite a distance apart. Different counties. Looks promising
I had a great hunt Sunday. I went to a stand that has always been good but saw no sign. Decided to relocate and on the walk out stumbled across a very hot spot. I backed up against a gnarly Osage and waited about 10 minutes and did a long grunt with my mouth. I heard a noise and shifted to my right but saw nothing. Looking back to my left was a nice buck walking straight to me at less than 20 yards. He stopped , hooked a limb and started a scrape. He was pissed. He then turned broadside at 10 yards. I took careful aim and sailed a hand made sitka shaft over his back. It would have been perfect had he been 40 yards out. I love it.
That's what it's all about. I've been close to a lot and nothing has panned out but I saw my first good buck this week so it's got me excited hoping to hone in on him soon
Well it's getting close to go time. Seeing a lot of mature bucks on there feet. Looking forward to the next couple weeks should be some good ones.
An arrow has been loosed!!!
Update?
Widowduobleung put down a nice one today. He will chime in soon I am sure. :campfire:
Looking forward to the story and the "PICTURES" Will :readit:
My season has been in a dry spell for a while now hope things pick up soon.
He sent us pics , but I'm gonna let him show n tell... :knothead:
The impact of the Battle Axe 2 feet from where he was when I shot
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Looks like two holes...
300 grains up front it made two holes
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Were you using the new Tall Tines?
Actually I switched bows yest. I had not killed a deer with my widow I got last march. Black and white ebony 57@28 "Black Death" . I would say its first hunt was a memorable one.
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Based on that pic Will I'd say it was a very short blood trail....
Will try to get full story in powwow Soon!!
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Great buck!
Wow
Wow Will judging by that last pic of the deer in the brush it didn't look so big. What a different the right angle makes. Really nice buck :thumbsup:
great buck !!! congrats. glad to see this thread is still alive. the rut is just fixing to get strong where Im at in Claiborne county
anybody have any luck this weekend? Im still coughing some but Im going Thursday cough or no cough. Had it since Thanksgiving afternoon :rolleyes:
Came close. I had a decent 7pt at 25 yards, facing me. But he winded me before I could get a shot.
dang it jk. hate it when that happens but at least you got to see one. 2 bruisers killed close to me in the ms bowhunter thread. wish I could see a buck like that. the ones I see are in pics. LOL :D
Yep. But after Thursday I'm off for 16 days, so I'll get more chances for sure.
Sorry guys, been real busy and just now able to chime in. Just read through the thread and you guys have been laying them down! Congrats to all. I have been hunting hard and very fortunate this year. Will post some pics of my kills in a few days.
Im off starting thursday myself. dont go back til jan 2. good luck jk. you hunting with just the widow?
looking forward to the pics swine. :)
Yep, all Widow for be this season. It's been a learning experience for sure, but I'm getting more and more confident. Maybe we'll both get a couple in the next few weeks.
thats awesome jk. Im not a good enough bowhunter to just use a bow all year. I tried it for a few years and almost starved. lol good luck and dont forget the pics of that monster your gonna get next week. :)
I will be off from the 20th -6th so I plan on logging in some serious hunting. In the next few days I think it will break wide open, but I usually kill my biggest bucks post rut.
A few from this year. More to come! (http://i1212.photobucket.com/albums/cc447/swinestalker1/212_5628.jpg) (http://i1212.photobucket.com/albums/cc447/swinestalker1/hogsmallfile2013oct4.jpg) (http://i1212.photobucket.com/albums/cc447/swinestalker1/hogtractor2013.png)
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Damn Mixed bag!!!! How You liking the widow?
Love the Widow. Last but not least is this guy from last Thursday. Huge 8 with some stickers off the base and brows. Used my Thunderchild on this hunt. Bonus buck, never knew he was in area. Been a very good year! (http://i1212.photobucket.com/albums/cc447/swinestalker1/436c83a6-42e9-47e3-9e11-ccb181d2df32.jpg)
Man that's a great deer swine!!!!!! Great picture too.
I understand you took him from on the ground, right?
That is a Giant GREAT BUCK!!! We need to figure out what was up Thursday that is when I killed mine as well
QuoteOriginally posted by awbowman:
Man that's a great deer swine!!!!!! Great picture too.
I understand you took him from on the ground, right?
Natural hide I built in a pinch point between 2 large creek bottoms under a magnolia tree. Saw 11 deer the first time I hunted it and him the second day.
QuoteOriginally posted by Widowdoublelung:
That is a Giant GREAT BUCK!!! We need to figure out what was up Thursday that is when I killed mine as well
That's amazing! You can bet I'll hunt every December 12th for the rest of my life now!
It was 51 degrees with a north wind at 9mph and a falling barometric pressure 30.47.
Great deer Cliff!
No that dosnt sound right nor do justice.
Let try that Again...
:eek: :eek: :scared: :saywhat: :clapper: :clapper:
Much better! Seriously you guys all of you are doing great. Me not so much, need to learn how to hunt better.
QuoteOriginally posted by Widowdoublelung:
I will be off from the 20th -6th so I plan on logging in some serious hunting. In the next few days I think it will break wide open, but I usually kill my biggest bucks post rut.
what are you hunting post rut? food sources or funnels?
Funnels from bedding to feeding. The edge of thick travel areas. Cutovers are usually really good that time of year also eating whats left of the greenbriar.
Me thinks 20th - 6th might be a bad time to be a deer in Will's neck of the woods!
Some little ones chasing next 10 days will be the time. Could be best visible rut in years. Given the weather.
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Travis your starting to get on my nerves. Your making the rest of us look bad. Congrats
rut is in full swing at my camp in Rocky Springs. just a few spikes I have seen so far but I hope ole sleuth foot comes dragging along shortly. Missed a doe today. Need the meat. lol
well I dont know what happened but the bucks are still working scrapes every night. used a can to call up a 2 year old 8 point and he seemed uninterested once he got there. just kind of wandered off. we havent seen much chasing at all but granted we dont have any deer this year either but we always pull a ton off neighboring properties this time of year. Been a crazy year
Congrats on all the great kills I'm going back at it this week hopefully something will go in my favor.