NYmathewsman

I ended up getting a doe on Friday evening at about 4:50 pm (talk about coming down to the wire, with my bow of course). Opening morning I saw 7 total, all small ones. After opening morning I didnt see to much. Also, not a lot of shots fired around my hunting area. Good luck to all over this extended weekend!

Congratulations on your deer! Kinda cool having those stickers on the left side.

That thing looks sexy! If I had a spare 900 laying around I would be all over that. Plus, my MQ1 is still shooting like a champ, so its kinda hard to justify.

I love the forked G2's, that is an amazing deer!

What I would give to see one like that within bow range this season. Very nice buck, congratz!

See I had the exact opposite experience with my G5’s. Those things fly great for me! I don’t have to change a thing when going from field points to my broad heads. Actually the first deer that I shot with the G5 passed clean through and buried into the ground about 6” and unfortunately hit a rock. The tip was mushroomed completely over, basically junk. I thought about switching tips because $12.00 a pop is a tough pill to swallow if they only last one shot. However, after trying some other tips I determined that taking confidence into the field is priceless. Sorry for the tangent. As far as getting fixed blade heads to fly true I would recommend paper tuning (edit: I see patriotoutlaw & buckee beat me to it) and also trying to line the fletching up with the blades (obviously, this only holes true for 3-blade heads). Otherwise as others have mentioned try mechanicals.

There just isn’t something adding up. As previously mentioned the ribcage area typically carries a minimal amount of fat. And even if it was fat that would have to be a pretty big piece to block up the hole that a rage makes. Again I don’t know a lot of specifics about the shot, but I saw something 2 years ago that sounds somewhat similar to what you describe. My cousin shot a doe that, at the moment he took the shot, turned to lick her hind end. After the doe was hit she turned to run. Initally the deer bled a lot but then just stopped after 75 yards. We found the deer 150 yards away. My cousin had made a perfect shot. Its just that when she turn to run she closed the hole and prevented any blood from coming out. When field dressing her we found all of the blood was in the chest cavity. Again I don’t know the specifics of your situation and it might be possible that the fat plugged the hole (I know stranger things have happened). But like the others have said if it was a vitals hit shes around there. Good luck and keep your chin up it happens to the best of us. Just learn from this experience and you will be that much more prepared the next time you make that shot.

I saw about 25-30 deer this weekend. Had a doe stop literally 1 step short of my shooting lane, turn around and walk the other way. Overall a pretty good weekend, hopefully the rest of the season will be the same. PS: This was down in Delevan, NY

For those that are interested. I ended up purchasing one of these stands to give it a shot. All I can say is WOW, it is amazing. It is obviously not for everyone. However, if you are hunting public land or private land where you are in danger of a stand being taken, this is the stand for you. The stand is very light weight, doesn’t come with shoulder straps but those are not hard to make up. As far as ease of putting the stand up. It literally took me 2 minutes. You put the bracket around the tree, set the stand in the bracket, adjust the cable length to level the stand and finally attach the bottom strap. I’m a 270# guy and the thing was solid from the first step onto it with no noise. And the seat is a very cushy comfortable seat making long sits very easy. As mentioned above not the ideal stand for everyone. But for what it is and those that it would benefit it is a great stand!

Yep that is really really creepy, I would probably never hunt that location again.

Both are great deer. However, if it was down to one or the other I would go with the velvet deer. I would also like to know how you got them to pose so nicely for the camera?!?

Figured I would post here also since this is a more active forum. As the title says, is there anyone that has experience with this system. It seems to be exactly what I'm looking for, just wanted to know if there where any major downfalls. http://www.mysummitgear.com/indexcms.php/P45/

As the title says, is there anyone that has experience with this system. It seems to be exactly what I'm looking for, just wanted to know if there where any major downfalls. http://www.mysummitgear.com/indexcms.php/P45/

I guess this is weird, at least it is for the region I was hunting. It was very early in the morning, before shooting light. The woods where completely silent, except for this strange noise I hear in the distance. The noise sounded like a squirrel running up a tree, however it was then followed by a weird "Whooshing" noise. The noise repeated and kept getting closer and closer. Until, too my delight I saw a flying squirrel come gliding under my treestand. I had no idea that flying squirrels where in that area and had never seen one. I was really neat to see! Also, that same morning a few moments later. I had a screech owl land just behind me (of course i didnt know this at the time) and make his presence known with his lovely call. Needless to say almost had a heart attack in the treestand.

Private land. I have hunted public land when I lived in Michigan, it wasnt a pleasant experience.

Good luck to everyone! I'm jealous, I have a little over a month before I get to head to the woods.

My biggest problem when walking in alone is my mind starts to think about all of those scary movies that I have seen. It sometimes makes for an unpleasant walk when I think about "The Jackel" from House on Haunted Hill. Good God that chick is freaky. Also rabbits and birds, god how I hate them. They wait till the last possible second to run / fly away!

The one that you can take into the field and have the confidence to cleanly take an animal! All broadheads will fly straight with time invested, all will have the penetration to take the animal with your setup. I personally shoot 100 grain G-5's

I also use a one pin setup. I did it for reasons stated above. I also, had a serious issue with rushing my shots with a multi-pin setup. This mentally helped me because it forced me to focus on the shot. Though I shoot a fairly old bow, MQ-1, it shoots really flat. I leave my sight at my 25 yd setting for shots from 0-35 yds, anything over 40 yds I simply slide the sight accordingly. As Hoytguy pointed out you need to know your setup very good to be comfortable with this.