idn713

How on earth did they hear you? Wind was whippin! Bucks where still on the move as I had a few around, none big enough though

I’m out here too and it’s nuts, did have a smaller buck at 10 yards though

Just had a nice bodied but small rack six at 10 yards. Why can’t my big deer do that

So who Is gonna let one fly by moonlight this morning? 🤣🤣

You using ozonics?

Finally starting to make daytime mistakes on my property. This is a slammer out in my rye plot with some does, in the next pic he walks away from them though. I still do think next week it’s gonna be on.

Much better movement tonight, four smaller bucks and 5 doe. They are def starting to snif after the does but the does are having none of it.

Very quiet morning so far but cameras had big bucks moving last night

LOL So did I. I added 100 lbs of rye to each of my .5 acre plots. Thank God I did!

It’s funny you got light browse, I am surrounded by ag fields but my plots of beets and turnips got pounded since September. Luckily they developed some great bulbs and still putting out new green growth

Some times the property just does not setup well for daytime movement. Last year was the first time I hunted on a new property that my father bought and it had tons of deer sign, but hardly any daytime movement. I knew I would have to manipulate the circumstances in order to get numbers during legal light. So three food plots later I have at least 8-14 does during legal light every day. It's just tough for the guys who are not able to make any land improvements, I feel for them as they are in a real bind if the property is not a good one.

Hunt the 130 and hope the bigger one screws up!

Frosty morning boys, deer should be moving well! Hopefully some slammers fall!

I always have it with me, what’s your typical strategy with grunting?

Funny you should ask that. I might start this weekend. I have never had ANY success grunting. Never even gotten a real reaction. Never had any reaction to rattling.......BUT I have spun 3 giant deer 180 degrees on a bleat call. Bleat has by far been the most effective for me.

This freaking tank has been in my back plot at night. I’m stoked, he knows where the brassica and rye are, and the does are there every morning and night. Just a matter of time till the SPYPOINT tells me he is making daytime mistakes!

Nope, from a tree stand about 19 ft up, but the doe was on the high side so it was prob more like 15 ft up from where she was.

IDK man, my only theory is that a piece of internal organ or tissue clotted the hole quick. An instant pass through with an opposite hole that low should dump blood, but if gravity pulls a severed piece of flesh there, then I guess I could mitigate blood loss. I don’t think I can rightly blame the broad head though, it did do it’s job.

Well she was 10 yards from where I lost blood and she laid down so neatly there was no white belly. Found her in 3 minutes in the daylight. I went double lunged through the bottom and cut the major heart artery. Barely any freaking blood and she acted like nothing happened. Absolutely wild. Not a great look for my Magnus Stingers which I am using for the first time. Amazing pass through, but where is the blood!!!! Anyway happy that one less matriarch is off of this doe circus.

She wasn’t flagging. I want to say tail down. Arrow thumped her but passed through so dang quick. Like she had no clue. Covered in good red blood. Ugh.

So here is what what down, I shot a big ol doe tonight at 18 yards and made what I thought was a awesome no doubt kill (I thought heart) shot. Arrow blows through the doe and she takes five steps like nothing happened, looks back and forth and then walks away with her yearling. I get down after 45 min (after 8 deer leave my plot) and then start tracking. Arrow is covered in blood from start to finish. Find deep red blood and start tracking, find a decently solid trail of deep read blood with a few puddles here and there, the next 20 yards the blood thins and then I hear something trot away, I would assume the yearling. But I can’t find the next blood spot and I am petrified something crazy happened with the shot and I don’t want to take chances. I backed out and I am waiting till I get daylight. So here is my question, ever shot a good arrow into a deer that literally acted as if nothing happened? The deers reaction has me questioning everything and my mind is freaking swimming. I practice regularly to 70 yards, did I botch a chip shot that I was 100% confident was a great shot? I’m so rattled.

Button buck and yearling doe here for me. If a mama shows, she gets an arrow

All of my beets and greens are getting HAMMERED by does right now. I am getting annoyed lol, leave some for season. Go eat the standing corn and soy!