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Re: YEEESSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!! congrats!!!! the dog

Re: Nice WNY deer congrats!!! the dog

Re: opinions on expandables I took a nice buck last year with ROCKET AEROHEADS. the dog

Re: First Buck!!!!! Congrats!! the dog

Re: feeling bad about a shot i took You did a good thing by walking away and letting her lay over night. the dog

Re: got to my stand late and missed a massive 10point Congratulations!!!! Remember: "it's not the kill, it's the hunt"!!! the dog

Re: 1st buck with bow. Congrats!!!! the dog

Re: Uncle being sent to Iraq Thank him for making this the greatest country in the world!!!! the dog

Re: got a nice 8 point Congrats!!!! the dog

Re: Rattling?? Anyone give it a shot yet this ye Had luck on Sunday, 10/25. see: "grunt and rattle 10 point" in the bowhunting section Good luck to all the dog

Re: First Oklahoma Bow harvest for 2004 hey OKBWHTR, was it "seeing" the Mathews or seeing you!!! (LOL, LOL) Just kidding!!! Congrats on your nice deer Good luck to all the dog

Hey guys!!! I went out last Sunday for muzzleloader season and took an 11 point atypical that just scored 134 (see photo below, where I am wearing the blue hat. Well, they had been seeing a nice 10 point so I went back to that same tree one week later (Sunday). It is the perfect morning: 36 degrees, 1-2 mph wind and clear starlight skies which later turn to the deepest blue, after sunrise!! I LIVE FOR THESE MORNINGS IN THE WOODS!!! I am set up in a tree on a fence row with a scrape 30 yards to my north. I see nothing all morning until 8:45 when he crosses the pasture on my back side and is headed towards his bedding area. I look him over and see that he appears to be a shooter (not overly large, however a shooter). He then turns and walks away from me so I grunt and stop him in his tracks at about 120 yards. He looks a seems mildly interested. He then rubs on a small tree in the pasture. Next he turns left and heads up a draw towards the bedding area, so I grunt a second time. Once more he stops and looks for about one minute. He then continues on (I am getting frustrated). I grunt a third time and stop him once more. Figuring that he may go into his bedding area a small 2 acres of woods I get out the video camera and tape him looking at me from 120 yards away. I think how can I get this guy to come in??? I then pick up my rattle bag and make the softest rattle I have ever made, barely audible. Instantly his ears go up and he stretches out his neck and looks right at my tree. He then procedes to walk towards me and stops at a fence at 90 yards distance, looking for the "other bucks". He then jumps the fence and walks across the unpicked bean field and stops broadside, 70 yards out and just stares. He then raises his foot and stomps gently twice!!! ("I AM BUSTED" goes through my mind). He does not run, however, and I hope that he would go to the scrape 30 yards to my left. Wrong once more as he procedes to turn and walk straight towards my tree. He had pin-pointed the rattle and grunts to the exact tree that I was in, from 100 yards away, amazing!! He would walk 5 yards, stop and look. then repeat this. By this time my knees are shaking (they haven't done that in years). He stops at 20 yards out, facing me (with a small tree between us) and I figure that this is a good time to draw back. Well, another first .... I can not draw back I am so excited. I finally get a grip on myself and draw back the bow without him seeing me. He then turns and walks broadside and hits an opening at 20 yards and I let the arrow fly when he stops. NO IT WAS NOT A DOUBLE LUNG SHOT OR A HEART SHOT ... I will admit to all the forum readers that it hit is right kidney and exited the left flank!!!! In all the excitment I MADE A BAD (less then desirable) SHOT!!!! Knowing that the shot was not perfect I got down out of the tree and headed straight home and decided that Monday (24 hours later) would be a good time to find him. Well this Monday I found him 75 yards from where I last saw him running. He is almost a perfect 10 that rough scores 144, 17 1/2 inch spread and the longest tines are 9 1/2 inches. Small by IOWA standards, however, a trophy to me. He is the buck where I am wearing the "TEAM REALTREE" camo hat. Two nice bucks in one week from the same tree. I wish you all the luck that I have had this early season. It's been a good week and I am truly blessed. Great friends, family, job, health and places to hunt in northeast Iowa. Thanks Lord. Good luck to all the dog

Re: Will he be seen again? Hey Rosman!!! My bowhunting experience has been: If they "KNOW YOU ARE THERE, THEY WILL STAY AWAY". Now let me clarify: I do not think the arrow hitting the branch would be a problem because it sounds "natural" to him. The question is "DID HE LOCATE, SEE, OR SMELL YOU"! If any of the three are yes you are probably out of luck. Those boys learn real fast!!!! good luck to all! the dog

Re: 2004-05 R.T. Forum Deer Contest - Entry Thread muzzleloader buck Pointingdogsrule 11 point 10/23/04 Realtree Renegades Tag is attached to the rack (yellow). Good luck to all!!! the dog

Re: boys first bow deer CONGRATS!!!!! Always good to get that first one under your belt!! the dog

Re: First bow kill - Nice Buck (photos) CONGRATS!!!!!! THE DOG

Hi guys!!! Been a while since I was last here. Had no luck in Wyoming thi year. The big ones out smarted us. Only smalller non-shooters came by. Muzzleloader season started yesterday here in Iowa. I have not shot anything but does the last 5 years with the muzzleloader. (no oppoptunities at any wallhangers). Well, this morning it was 30 degrees and calm (i love this mornings). This buck comes into view at about 100 yards, walking between a cornfield and a bean field. He looks like a typical main frame 8 and I decide he is not a shooter. He then works a scrape at 30 yards and I look him over a little better, still no shooter. He then procedes to walk to me and stop at 15 yards. I then catch sight of some "extra points" and an "ATYPICAL" point coming off of his right beam. After a few moments I decide he has nice character and is a shooter. My Knight muzzleloader drops him right in his tracks. Ends up he has 16 inch spread, 11 points, his atypical point is 7 1/4 inches long and comes straight out and he "rough" scores 133. He had a real nice body and I had deer for dinner today (yum, yum!!!). I will hunt that tree later this month with the bow and I can only hope that the real big one that they have been seeing in that area comes by. go "REALTREE RENEGADES" GOOD LUCK TO ALL THIS SEASON THE DOG

Re: Scent Lock Hi Guys!!! I have a Scent Blocker suit and like it. It is not 100% ... play the wind. As far as no proof. My Scent Blocker suit had a "scratch & sniff" tag attached to it when I bought it. Scratch the paper and it smelled like garlic .... you then placed a swatch of the fabric over the paper and the garlic smell disappeared (100%). I was sold and impressed. Just my thoughts Good Luck to all the dog

Hi Guys!!! Does anyone else think the Arctic Cat ad in the magazines is stupid??? The ad where the guy is in BLUE JEANS, SUNGLASSES and sits in his little camo tent coving his ATV?? I am sure the camo shirt helps confuse the deer. He could use the rack to rattle in a deer to his tent!!!! LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! the dog

Re: Got my fall Turkey... hi guys!!! congrats!!!!!!!!!!!! the dog