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Congrats to the young man. That second pic is great,lol:)

I just picked up the Bow Madness myself. It came with the WB. Have shot the drop aways and thought I would want to upgrade from the buiskit. No way. I realy like the WB for a hunting rest more than any prong rest or drop away I've ever shot from. Wondering now why I didn't try it sooner.

Just padding his posts for next years deer contest requirements. Least he could've threw in a smiley:pop:

Good deal! Congrats to your fiance. The deer gods must have been feeling generous when they threw 2 bones on her doe. Coulda been what all that comotion was about before it morphed into a buck and expired.:phone:

That's a great buck Kyle. With another buck tag left, I wouldn't sweat taking that dude. At least you wont regret not taking him later if things don't pan out for ya. Just don't let it happen again now that you know what your really looking for. Congrats to ya!

...and to be rewarded with some prime eats after a long day at the office is just icing on the cake. Congrats on what sounds like a great hunt.

Hopefully this little lady will break the ice for bigger things. Was a tough archery season so I didn't hesitate to get some tender cuts in the freezer and get the new ML her fist kill.

Great buck show-stopper! He got to go out with a bang in more ways than one.

Way to wack your target buck. Congrats.

Great buck Quacker. Taken in Niagara County??

Happy belated b-day. It's only when YOU forget about it that you need to start worrying. Sounds like you had a nice relaxed day.:yawn:

Have a safe trip and hurry home for Saturdays opener.

Great job Dan. Where I come from a 3 1/2 yo buck is a mature deer. Congrats.

Congrats Randy. Glad you found time to slip away from it all and connect on a good one.

Same here Ruth. I'm blaming it on everyone sighting in their shotguns over the weekend for Saturdays opener. Any deer over a year old knows what's coming and is testing out the old hiding spots again.

So you're saying the description of this "magic potion" holds true that it doesn't smell like amonia. Try the "lavender buck" next time and what you don't use you can toss in the dishwasher. I tried the doe estrous this year. Something about synthetic pee trails I didn't have much hope for but it was all that was left on the shelf. I did have one young doe follow it to the blind, but in my own mind it was doomed before I even used it. It smelled pretty close to real to me but I've had a cold for most of the season. Always skeptical of products like this.

I'll never forget that worm growing in someones bellybutton. Sure I'm not the only one that skipped dinner that night. Still gives me the heebee-jeebees just thinking about it.

That's coming along now. Looks great. Do update us as more progress is made.

Sorry for your loss New. May the memmories and her spirit live on.

Ouch....:crutch:heal up quick.:robot:

Lol, that's what I thought in the beginning. Welcome aboard.

Good topic Randy:) Just a few points I got to add to what's already been said. Clotting doesn't take long to begin and often can be found within the first 150-200yds into a track. Hunters often mis-identify clots as tissue or organ chunks along the trail up to the first bed when in fact it is the blood already clotting on a marginal shot. A false hope then sees the hunter marching on toward the bed earlier than they should. Waiting 1/2 hr isn't long enough. Before that buck beds to stop the bleeding, he'll most likely stand to survey his surroundings for aproaching danger for 10-15 minutes before bedding (indicated by pooled blood before the bed site). If it takes you 15 minutes to bump that buck from his bed, in all reality he's only been bedded for 15 minutes. That's plenty of time for him to clot up an external wound, get to his feet and leave no sign from the bed to be followed while still bleeding internally extending your track farther than it may need to go or could have ended. Blood color, hair color and length of it at the shot site(yes there are about 6 different combinations of white, tan, grey, black and brown of various lengths on a deer) to narrow down the impact point, bubbles and their size can tell if 1 or both lungs were hit. It's freaking crazy the amount of clues a good tracker can discover to make you feel like a real greenhorn on the trail of wounded game. If you ever get the oppertunity to tag along on one of these recovery missions I highly recomend doing so. The dogs are amazing to watch work a trail even without blood, they pick up the individual scent of the interdigital gland of mortally hit deer. I think from what I've experienced here on shots I'm not sure of impact, I'll be heading home for a few hrs to rest up for a potential drag instead of wasting time chasing any wounded deer out of the county unecessarily.

WTG Blake. Get them suckers entered and break that big ole goose egg for us. Hopefully the rest of us can follow your lead here soon. Us being the old farts we are....we were letting yo pull all the weight around here from the start while we were pacing ourselves for crunch time!:clown: Congrats on your kills buddy.

Looks scrumptious MH. I'll take one of those for Christmas over that crummy gift you sent me last year.

You guys that say this is a definite dead deer are fooling yourselves. I was unfortunately fortunate enough to ask a licenced tracker this same question yesterday afternoon searching for a deer of my own and the bigger question is how long can a single lung hit deer survive. Her answer was that there was no telling for sure on the unrecovered deer but she has gone on trails over 48 hrs old with her dog and dispatched them seemingly going about their normal lives, but yes they can survive. The only way to know for sure that you got one lung is to recover him. Your shot may not have hit where you think it did as it's not common but does happen. With over 60 recoveries per season under her belt over the past 5 years, I tend to believe her field observations. http://www.deersearch.org/