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Deer hunting update.
The Singing Bowyer:
Cool, Glenn. I can always use a new calendar for the workshop! ;D
We had a good rain last night and this morning, so hopefully the woods won't be quite so noisy....
Ryano:
I saw a small buck working scrapes last night, he wouldnt come close enough for a shot, I'm not sure if he was legal anyways. This hot weather sucks. The deer dont move untill right before dark.
sonny:
I hunted Wed afternoon for a few hours but saw nothing....
'til I was driving home and nearly hit a deer.
DBernier:
I am really bummed out about this. Was out back in the lower 40, (two acers in back of the house) and in my ground blind. Two does came out to feed at about 5:45. That is about 1 hr and 30 min before total darkness. Well the smaller one was in at about 15 yards and I popped up and took an instinctive broadside shot. I thought it looked like a good hit, little low, but there. She jumped and did a 180 and went down toward the creek. I waited about 20 min. and went to get my arrow. The tip was missing a very small piece of it and there was a very small amount of blood on the white cock feather. I looked for blood and found a small amount and trailed it for about 40 yards and it stopped. I did a search pattern all the way down the hill, about 100 yards, and could not find any trace of the deer. I retraced my steps and did another search and keep it up with lights till 9:10 pm. Of course it rained last night and we have not had rain in over 10 months. Well me and the boys, my two dogs went out this morning and looked for another 3 1/2 hours. No luck. All I can guess is the hit was not fatal and hope she is not laying out there some where. I sure do not want to come across her in a few months as a carcass. This is the first deer in 50 years of hunting I could not recover. I am bummed out. :'( There are plenty of deer here and I have a lot of time to get some, but ----------------!!!!!!!!!!
Dick
DanaM:
Dick if you did your best to recover the deer that is all anyone can expect.
Bound to happen sooner or later, sad when it does though.
If she is lying dead somewhere she will feed the birds and beasts so not a complete waste.
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