Olly's in a tree stand! Keep me company

[3legged_lab]

They fall like somebody flipped the gravity switch to "yesterday".

I like that.

[Olly]

Just got in my stand. Busted a button buck feeding when I walked up. Maybe that's a good sign for today.

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[JGUN]

You should have been on the stand an hour ago.

[assateague]

It's your day, brother! Even though family's more often than not a pain in the ass, it does suck a little on holidays when they're not around. Relax and enjoy the day- you can hang out with my family in spirit!

[Olly]

Stupid no doe during rifle season rule. Just had the biggest doe on or off my cameras I've seen all year come in followed by a smaller doe and a small button buck. The buck wasn't anywhere near big enough to shoot.

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[OGblackcloud]

Good luck Olly

[Olly]

Just made a shot at a small 4 point it looked like it connected. The deer jumped up and ran a little ways but I think I heard him go down. My hearts racing a million miles an hour! Gonna sit for a bit then go check out the scene.

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[OGblackcloud]

How long do we wait ? I wanna go now

[Olly]

I wanna go now but I'm gonna give it 30 min or so.

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[JGUN]

He's dead go get him. We want pictures.

[OGblackcloud]

Dont you watch TV ? When ever they jump like that their dead ! Lets go

[Olly]

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There is you a picture JGUN that was his girlfriend he followed her right in. Oh man I'm shaking haha. He was a bigger deer but had forked spikes that were pretty tall, I debated with myself if I was gonna poke at him but decided not to pass up a good sized deer in front of me based on antler.
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[JGUN]

Shooting them with a bow it's one thing to wait. A rifle you can go almost immediately.

[Goldfish]

Everybody's deer be running this year. What is going on?

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[OGblackcloud]

Come on Olly I cant stand this

[Olly]

I'm standing over where he was looking for blood and I see some white hair but that's it.

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[OGblackcloud]

Hes got to be close ! But then again Buck Fever strikes when you least expect it to

[Goldfish]

You guys are killing me, lol. Slowly walk the direction he went taking one step looking up, then looking down for blood. Continue till you find something

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[Olly]

No blood to be found.... I walked in the direction he went for a while taking it slow and saw nothing. I'm back in my stand, not going to push him if it was a bad shot... I'm not going to rule that out right now either.

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[Bulldog0156]

No blood to be found.... I walked in the direction he went for a while taking it slow and saw nothing. I'm back in my stand, not going to push him if it was a bad shot... I'm not going to rule that out right now either.

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Rifle kills with shock, you aren't going to hurt anything by going right after him although white hair is not usually a good sign. They don't bleed much if you hit em higher in the boiler room, it all goes into the body cavity.

[Bulldog0156]

Everybody's deer be running this year. What is going on?

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Mine got the AT gravity switch applied to it.

[Bulldog0156]

Where exactly did you aim, how far of a shot was it, did you have a stable rest, and how exactly did he react?

My first forken horn was out of Mackinac county. It was a 3.5 year old deer. Some tough feed and bad genetics in that general area I think.

[Olly]

He was broad side and I aimed right behind the shoulder and no there was not a rest and it was about a 90-100 yard shot. When I shot he jumped and ran into the cover in front of him. I'm sitting on a stump right now taking a break been doing a search pattern getting bigger and bigger. I'm not so sure I even hit the damn thing.

Not going to try and play manly man, I was nervous and could have easily shot low and totally missed him.

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[JGUN]

If he jumped and kicked his back legs he's dead.

[Bulldog0156]

He was broad side and I aimed right behind the shoulder and no there was not a rest and it was about a 90-100 yard shot. When I shot he jumped and ran into the cover in front of him. I'm sitting on a stump right now taking a break been doing a search pattern getting bigger and bigger. I'm not so sure I even hit the damn thing.

Not going to try and play manly man, I was nervous and could have easily shot low and totally missed him.

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That's a pretty good poke without a rest! I'm with Jgun, if the back legs came up over the head he's dead no question. If he was hunched front shoulders lower than back legs as he ran off he's also probably down. Keep an eye out for blood waist high to breast high. To be honest, I never seem to find much blood, sometimes even with snow. I always seem to have the body cavity fill up and they don't bleed until they're going down. It's not what a lot of people would do, but I would go to where you heard him stumbling around, he could be right there. Look for the white tail, they suck to find without snow but the tail/underside should stick out.

[Olly]

Well shit is all I can say. I've spent the last 2.5 hours looking for this deer. I'm gonna head back to my stand taking the same amount of time looking for it but I don't know what else to do. Pretty sick with myself right now..... Reminds me of the first time I lost a duck while hunting.

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[JGUN]

I can't believe you missed. What kind of guy misses a deer.

[Eric Haynes]

If I don't have a rest and it's a decent shot, I always go for the neck. If it hits, its down dead, otherwise its a clean miss. I usually don't like taking questionable shots, but when the last week of the season comes and the freezer is empty, I get antsy in my pantsy.

[Bulldog0156]

I go for the "shoot at everything that's legal" approach

[assateague]

Yep. Olly, what gun are you shooting?