Finally got to make a trip to the lease last Tuesday-Thursday. I found scrape line on Thursday morning & decided to hunt it that evening. I had no cameras up due to loosing them in the flood. So I had no idea what to be expecting. 3:30 I catch a good shooter at 50yrds, he’s a 9 point real tall with a crab claw on his left side main beam. He comes in to 20yrds, starts making a scrape & gives me a broad side shot. I have no idea what happened but I shot about 8” low barely clipping his far side leg. He just shook his leg, looked around & walked off the way he came in. Do y’all think this effect his routine? This area was absolutely torn up with tree rubs & scrapes. It’s gonna be about 2 weeks before I can make it back out there to hunt again. I sure would like to get him. Sent from my iPhone using Bowhunting.com Forums
Doesn't sound like you spooked him much? Where are you? It's still in 80's in Central Kentucky. Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk
An arrow hitting a bucks leg should shake him up a bit...just my humble opinion. Was it a direct hit or a glance?
Newton County in East Texas. It was hot out there for sure. I have to keep a hand towel in my back pack for wipe the sweat off. Sent from my iPhone using Bowhunting.com Forums
I think it was just a glance. There was absolutely no blood & I only found 2 strands of hair on it. Sent from my iPhone using Bowhunting.com Forums
Right, I'm ocd about my scent lol. Tough to do when temps are high Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk
We found a small scrape line at our lease in newton this passed weekend. They are not really moving much in our areas yet. We Do have some high traffic areas for some bucks we got on camera off of a ridge that I hunted but didn't see anything. Hope you get a shot at that buck again man! I wont be hunting this weekend with temps saying 92 on saturday, yikes.
