Maine Hntr

Yeah I’m a junkie too.. always reading up on stuff and watching blog videos daily during the season.. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I actually have had this app for a couple years now too (the free version), I like the app and the videos, I think as far as the accuracy of the DeerCast is concerned, it’s all dependent upon how good your spots are I’ve sat in the same spots with good wind on days it says good and poor and have seen nothing or had good sightings and visa versa, I still like it though and like watching the Drurys. Do you ever watch Bill Winke and the guys on Midwest Whitetail? Jared Mills, Mike and Owen? If you haven’t seen their daily blogs you’re missing out, I’ve been watching them for years and they keep getting better, this year some phenomenal deer were taken and the amount of knowledge is great. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

1. shot my personal best buck, with a bow! 2. learned more about some home turf that hopefully I can put to use in years to come. 3. would like to spend a few more days at our place in Maine in 2020 and try and get a deer down there as well, also do some good spring Turkey hunting up there.

Merry Christmas! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Sorry to hear of your loss Dave. I hope you find peace through your daughter, grandchild and daughter in law through this Holiday season. Take time for yourself but stay busy, and think about the good times had. Prayers your way.

great one William. I don't believe that is the same one, not as wide but certainly more length it appears. Beautiful deer, Congrats on a great season to you and your family!

Sorry to hear that! That’s why it’s hunting, never know what’s going to happen, good or bad. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone, enjoy good food, family, friends and maybe a couple days of relaxation.

Where’s the pics? You breeding 8 points up there? Man you got a lot of em’ Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Plural? Good for you! I saw a line doe I couldn’t get to come into bow range.. slow day for me. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Congrats to your son frank, sounds like you guys are having a great year and some fun too! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

are you going out Martin? What do you get for tags up there?

sawzall would work. If he does enough of it, a small bench top bandsaw would probably work better and you can pick them up for under $200..

Checking in, still a decent amount of season left for me. Looking to either upgrade or put a nice doe down. Huckleberry, how's your season going, any other opportunities? Great contest going this year, we're neck and neck between the 3 teams, interested to see how things end up. Some big deer have hit the ground this year for the Realtree crew!

Congrats Pat, great story and history, that's a stud of a buck.

That’s up to you William, my thoughts are your wife and daughter have both killed a good one, I’m thinking you hold out for something possibly bigger and give this guy a chance to get to 4 1/2? Also, if you were doing it for meat, do you have an antlerless tag? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Wow! looks like we had a good week! That'll put some good points on the board for us, don't know if it's enough to catch up but we can atleast make it a game! ?

awesome Catrina, nice looking deer there. Nice Mass on those antlers. Congrats!

ditto! and to all who are current/active members!

Well I finally closed the deal on my best buck and first archery Deer last night. I sat the morning with almost no movement, I kicked a couple out of the area on my walk in at dark and sat in stand until just past 11AM with no other movement. I decided to call my buddy up the road and take my climber out behind his property, somewhere I've only hunted a couple times but I knew of a nice ridge somewhat close to what I believe to be a small cedar thicket where they bed I'm assuming. The acorns have dropped this year like I've never seen so I thought being in the deeper timber on an oak ridge might bring the does in toward later afternoon and this might give me a good opportunity for a buck. I got in stand around 2PM and it was pretty quiet, when I got up into my tree I realized only 40 or so yards in front of me there was actually a nice little draw coming up to the ridge I was on, it just looked like a nice funnel area. I had brought my rattling antlers and did a sequence of rattling shortly after getting into stand, nothing.. I decided just after 3 to try rattling again, about 10 minutes after rattling I see this buck coming up through the draw I previously mentioned, he was just kind of wandering through not in any particular direction, I hit my grunt tube a couple times softly and he heard that and started coming right to it. I knew he was a big bodied deer and nice tine length, he mulled around for a few minutes, wind was marginal, kind of blowing diagonally across between the two of us. He ended up going to my right and reached a spot where he was just over 25 yards out and head behind a tree, I drew back and he didn't stand in that position long enough for me to steady and release an arrow, he kind of backed up and faced directly at me, so now I'm holding at full draw for what seems like forever, shoulder getting tired, etc. He turned back and faced away so I let down at this point to get a quick rest, he then started moving back to the right at the same distance so I drew back again, stopped him and released. Shot looked great, I could see the arrow buried in what looked to be his vitals and he was actually quartering slightly away so I figured I probably hit both lungs maybe even top of heart, he just walked off slowly and I was waiting for him to start wobbling but never did. I watch him go behind a clump of trees only 50-60 yards away at which time I lost site of him, then I see three other tails go up and run off, I had thought that was either him and a couple others or he had piled up and they took off. I waited just over a half hour and got down to try and find blood, nothing, not a single drop.. I decided to walk to where I had last seen him, I walk up and he's laying head down in a flat dry swamp area, he lifts his head and just looks at me, only 25 yards away.. he looks like he's just nodding off so I decided I wanted to try and get another arrow in him except his rear end is facing me and I don't have a good shot, I take a step or two to the side to try and get a better angle and draw back, at which time he stands up slowly, I quickly let an arrow fly, which ended up missing. He walked off again, slowly.. at this point I figured I should probably back out, I wanted to check where he was bedded first though to see what kind of blood there was, nothing, not a single drop. I let him lay a couple hours and got my buddy and went back in with more flashlights, we ended up finding him piled up pretty much where I had last seen him. If you look at the photo of him and I you can see the arrow still buried in which looks like an ideal shot but all of the bleeding was internal, I believe the arrow buried in his offside should and ended up breaking off inside him. The drag then began which was a huge task in itself but well worth it in the end. Feels good to have a nice deer down early in the season, most of my harvests have been after Thanksgiving.

Team 3 - 7 scorable points

Got it done tonight! my personal best deer and first archery deer ever, I've hunted archery a long time and like it the best of all seasons but my luck is always during gun season.. rewarding to say the least. Story to come later but here are a few photos.

congrats Frank! nice to see someone on the board for us, cause i haven't had much luck at all. I've got Friday off so i'm looking to sit both Friday and Saturday and temps are looking like highs in the 30's on both days with a little morning snow on Friday.. hopefully that coupled with the time of year has them on their feet and moving.

congrats Allison. any idea on the weight of that deer William, looks like a good heavy body.

I've been out a couple times in Maine with no luck. Only does and fawns with no shot opportunities. I'm looking to start getting in the woods here in Mass possibly this weekend and the next few weeks, getting a lot of pictures on cam, nothing too big but I'm looking to put meat in the freezer and points on the board first.