Team 1 ~ First Blood ~


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I think I know most of our team. My name is Frank but most call me fly (except for William). IL season starts Oct. 1st but I've got a KY tag this year too. Will be hunting Thursday this week in KY. Hope to get a doe early then focus on a trophy. I have a unicorn buck on trail cam and would be a happy man to have his blood stain my license plate.

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First blood is great!

I've been out 3 times. I had a doe drop under my arrow at 42 yards yesterday morning. She wasn't alert, but it was dead quiet. I didn't have time to ranger her and thought she was around 45-50. I held midway up and should have known she would hear my bow with no wind. Nothing big is showing up on my urban spot. That spot requires earn a buck so a doe will definitely come first there.

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Well this is the first time I have ever killed a deer in September. I love it! Got my doe entered. Checked the jaw teeth - she was a 1.5 year old. The area I'm hunting is loaded with deer. In 2 days I saw at least a dozen different deer and a couple large gobblers as well. The largest buck was only a 5 point so he walked at 35 yards (same trail I shot the doe on). There were other larger does but they had fawns (some still had spots). Not sure if the fawns would make it without mom so they all walked. One thing I have noticed is that the deer in KY are smaller than in IL. Both bucks and does are shorter (nose to tail) and weight about 10% less. The racks all seem to be very typical. The trail cam pics have some 120-130 inch deer, but all are typical 8 pointers. Tall tines, but not so thick. Anyway, I'll go back down Oct. 11th and 12th with my son for youth season. Great start for the 2014 season!

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