mikewink Posted December 3, 2011 Report Share Posted December 3, 2011 I went out tonight for muzzle loader opener. We will find out tomorrow morning wether I was able to upgrade. Had a monster come in. Field was full of deer. I was sitting in a little blown over cherry tree on a fence row between two fields. I was covered up by deer. A big boy came in. I fired and missed. I was able to lay flat on the ground and reload sit back up and fire a second shot, with out a single deer blowing out.....on the second shot the buck was the only one to leave. I might have shot over his back as I think I may have misjudged the distance as he was on a hill higher than I was and my range finder wasn't working. Went to go look for him and my younger brother had a nose bleed start and couldnt get it under control so we backed out till the morning..... gonna be a long night........ :bang: Hard to look for a blood trail looking like this --> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted December 3, 2011 Report Share Posted December 3, 2011 Guess you will have to have daylight...what a time for a nose bleed.."Hey,..he went out the way we came in..look"!!..jk my little bro used to get em...he had to lay down and even then it took a while for it to stop..Good Luck with the buck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoosierhunter Posted December 4, 2011 Report Share Posted December 4, 2011 what are the results? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikewink Posted December 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2011 After 2 days of looking. No sign of me hitting the buck. Yesterday, I reworked the entire thing, the buck was much closer than I first thought. I missed...I've been sick about it on the off chance that I wounded him. I saw him tonight in the same field, I was sitting on the south side of the field, he crossed on the north side. Now I have a week to close the deal.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikewink Posted December 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2011 Update Update..... I spent all day Saturday and Sunday searching the corn field I shot at the big buck in. I found no blood or hair what so ever in the 150 yards the deer covered across the field before getting to the woods. I searched the wood line and an old grown over road that runs parallel with the field edge 15 yards inside the wood line it is a major runway. I walked the old road and checked and double checked every trail leading off the field and the old road. Not a single drop. Which didn't make sense. As the deer appeared to be hit hard as he exited the field. But, I thought I saw him cross the north side of the field late last night as I was combing the west side of the field. I resigned yesterday that I had plain ole missed him twice. I even shot my muzzle loader yesteday to check that it hadn't been bumped. Dead nutz at 100yards. So it must have been me. I decided to go hunting again tonight. I sat in a treestand 40 yards north of where I had sat on the ground and shot at the big buck. Tonight the wind was blowing pretty stiff from the north. The temperature took a severe dip after I got into the stand at about 3:15 pm. I saw my first deer about 4:00 in the field to the east, on the far south side about 250 yards away. I am sitting on a fence row that runs north/south between 2 cut corn fields, 1 field to the east 1 to the west. At about 4:05 deer started pouring out of the south edge of the corn field to my west. 10-12 deer quickly closed to with in 40 to 100 yards. Feeding quickly to the north. A buck came out following the does I could see that he was wider than his ears, but I couldn't get a look as I was getting glare from the setting sun in my bino's and scope as the deer was straight to the west. He closed to about 100 yards then to about 85 yards when I could see he sported multiple points on both sides. I shot he took 3 steps and fell. I reloaded and climbed down, I then walked up to him, 9 pointer 17 wide, broken G2 and appears to be a broken drop tine too.... The ole smoke pole did the job. So you think a guy would be excited right?! Here is the deal. This buck was the same distance away at the big buck from 3 nights ago. I swear that I hit that big buck with my second shot. When I walked up to the buck from tonight I hit the buck right were I was aiming. Right in the bread basket. Here is where my hair pulling starts. I roll this buck over no exit wound, not a single drop of blood......I walk the 400 yards back to the house get my truck and drive out to the field. Load the buck into my truck still no blood. I haul the buck in the back of my truck 800 yards to my gutting spot. Pull him back out of my truck still no blood.....I am shooting 200 grain Thompson Center Shockwave Sabots pushed by 100 grains of 50/50. Now I am wondering if the same thing happened the other night, now I am second guessing wondering if that buck is laying out there...........Time to start feeling sick again :chair: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkneck Posted December 6, 2011 Report Share Posted December 6, 2011 I missed this earlier, that was pretty funny about looking for blood with a nose bleed! haha Too bad about the big boy, congratulations on your buck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PotashRLS Posted December 6, 2011 Report Share Posted December 6, 2011 Congrats on the buck. Muzzleloader hunts are a ton of fun. Your results with no blood are why we went away from Powerbelts. My buddy lost a bear that way. Found him 4 days later when the crows and buzzards were on him. Now I shoot the Hornady 300gr. SST on top of 120 grains of fffg Pioneer Powder. Puts a hurt on em. Knowing a little about the UP and some of the areas that are filthy with deer, what made you not take a doe or two if you are seeing that many? Once winter up there comes, food gets a little scarce for a large population of deer. Just curious cause we pounded three does with my muzzleloader this past weekend. Too many deer going into the winter. Bucks are lacking and fawns are small. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbHunterNY Posted December 6, 2011 Report Share Posted December 6, 2011 congrats on the buck! to bad about the big one. everybody misses at some point that's for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikewink Posted December 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2011 Knowing a little about the UP and some of the areas that are filthy with deer, what made you not take a doe or two if you are seeing that many? Once winter up there comes, food gets a little scarce for a large population of deer. Just curious cause we pounded three does with my muzzleloader this past weekend. Too many deer going into the winter. Bucks are lacking and fawns are small. Potash, we usually do take does. 1 was taken by my wife this year. I have 90 acres of corn. My neighbor directly to the north east has corn and beans. The month of September that farmer harvested 22 does for crop damage. The farmer to the northwest who has corn harvested 28 does in September for crop damage. We opted to give a pass on does this year......50 does with in a 1/4 mile is sufficient...but to still see the #'s I am seeing I'm not complaining. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PotashRLS Posted December 6, 2011 Report Share Posted December 6, 2011 The month of September that farmer harvested 22 does for crop damage. The farmer to the northwest who has corn harvested 28 does in September for crop damage. We opted to give a pass on does this year......50 does with in a 1/4 mile is sufficient...but to still see the #'s I am seeing I'm not complaining. Wow.........that is a ton of antlerless deer. I see your point. Again congrats on the buck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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