I'm up in my climber, same spot as last night. Phone died right before last light, coyote came in as I was lowering bow but that and 1 black squirrel was it. Chitshow continues, ebike would not power on this AM so I came out Amish style. Pedaling got me a little sweated up but breeze is light so I'll be OK. Good luck AM crew
Im at the plot stand . Eff these Hawk steel sticks so friggin noisy. One let out a huge creak and a deer mustve blown for 5 min straight. Pretty awesome I forgot this stand still needed a bow holder so gere i sit one handed typing this. At least ill be ready bow in hand if something comes in. Good luck killers
Goodluck out there this morning guys! I’m off to scout the ridge at the top of thick as hell hill… got two cell cams and a regular cam going to see what I can find!
At least I know this place has deer bc plan A, B, and C all involved blowing deer on bedding pts. They were already there 1.5 hrs before sun up. Holy crap. I adjusted to plan D(D for dumb) and set up on a ravine by bedding with oaks dropping. Hoping something comes in eating those before bedding. One can dream after sounding like a human cannon.
Just let a huge trash panda walk at 20, slight quarter away right in one of my lanes. Just need a deer to do same.
Not exactly sure what just happened. Had a decent size doe come in with a yearling in tow. She was right about at the lane so i drew. When i did my string rubbed on my bino harness and alerted her. She calmed back down and i was at full draw. I had a small hole where she stepped at 20 yds. I think my string mustve undone my bino harness flap and it made contact when i shot cause i heard that make contact again. The shot sounded money that classic Thwack but she ran off flicking her tail about 75 yds away and just stood there. I thought i saw an exit hole that would have been 100% dead deer. But she kept standing there and finally started licking her back. Maybe i shot way high??? Idk shot sounded so good and it was a chip shot but like i said my string may have hit my bino harness ugh……. Guess ill let things calm down then go look for my arrow. Maybe an hour
Guess the spine makes a thwack too but it was loud. Dirt behind her so i didnt hit a tree. If it was that loud it had to have hit something hard. she sure didnt act like a spine shot deer.
If anything i would have shot low. After ranging it was 26 yds. I guessed her at a tad over 20 so i just used my 20 pin. Oh well another arrow knocked and hopefully shes dead
Don't beat yourself up guessing. It sounds like a low hit and I've been there more times than I'm happy about. Lol. Treat it like a good hit. Give it time. Keep hunting until you feel comfy getting down to track.