In the video, you will see the maps I made of the tracking. The deer was still alive 9 hours later....the dogs jumped it 600 yds from the shot and the handler wasn't sure they could catch it. They did and that's how we recovered her. Good blood at the site of the shot and for 100 yds but...
The crazy thing is that if you saw the entry and exit holes, you would say "great shot". The bullet hit that sweet spot just behind the heart and under the lungs....he's going back to the shoulder shot!
I thought my season was over with my buck that I posted, but I got a call on the MLK holiday that a friend had a deer down and needed some help. By the time I made the one hour drive, he had called a dog team, so we waited.
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Sorry for the double post as this video is about my 9pt buck I've already posted, but it includes some great footage of not only that hunt, but a hunt earlier last week. Was a great season for us and we're "tagged" out just as our rut gets heated up!!
Also be on the lookout for an upcoming...
Friday afternoon hunt. 15 minutes in the stand and at 215 a 4.5 y/o 6pt comes thru. Pass. Feeders go off at 330....NOTHING. Spike comes out after 4 pm and eats all corn. Never saw a doe. Nothing came to 2nd feeder in another plot I can see.
Sunset at 505 and right about that time, spike is...
They were mainly deck areas and clear cuts when we established the plots. When they replanted pines, they planted around the areas we had under tillage. If you're working with 100% planted pines in rows, that's going to be challenging to grow plots even with the right soil amendments because...
Yessir. 13 years of trial and error...I think we've got a pretty good system down. I've got a complete video documentary of our plotting on a playlist over on YouTube if you want to check it out. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLG5yS75HLzo3B_kuSLkG7zUbMJ22vw4GS
They are all JUNK considering how much they cost. I was a Bushnell fan year ago, but not sure why, because I probably sent every one I ever owned back for replacement during the warranty period...at which point they would actually ask "was it outside the whole time?" as they tried to weasel...
Hunted yesterday morning in Northwest Florida...about 44 when I walked in at 0500. Saw about 8 deer or so and had a shooter 4.5 year old 6pt come in around 0900. Decided to pass him up. Here's a video I took posted on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CYq_2KZhzBg/
It's just starting to turn on! No bucks on the tailgate yet, but some great action last Saturday in an all-day hunt on my favorite plot. Watch it on YouTube and click the LIKE button under the video!! :
Here's my other two recorded hunts this year that I previously posted in the "Live from...