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SO I thought I would share this... I saw this somewhere online and bought this "blood trailing flashlight" based off the comments I read from others. It works great. I brought it into the field this year on recoveries and the damn thing works well. I also tested it in the daylight hoping it would be fairly useful but nope. But in the dark... wow. The way it seems to work is by flashing lights and it highlights the color red and literally illuminates it. The flashing light makes the color red blink and man does it work well. If your tracking at night this is a must have. The video I shared is extremely accurate and not an exaggeration. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08Z3KRRF7?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title

What a weekend! My kid was in the same set both am and pm hunts on the opener hoping for a chance at one of our shooters. We both sat in the punch/funnels that connect the two big chunks of woods. He passed up a few small bucks and a slow afternoon turned into chaos. Chasing in the thicket behind him for an hour eventually led him to put eyes on this great 8pt. The buck made his way to him from over 200 yards away. And eventually the deer walked directly in front of the stand about 20 yards, the kid waited until the deer was past him, quartering away before he stopped him and hammered him. The kid was close enough that once I heard the shot, I got to watch the deer on a death run through binoculars. Perfect shot heart and both lungs. Deer ran 50 before falling over. Big mature 8pt with decent mass. I'm guessing 4 years old as we do have pictures from him last year. Love these great dad moments! As for me... Day 2 of gun Going where the SW wind allows me I ended up in one of my best sets. Saw a couple of young bucks cruising early. I decided with buck sightings to pull out my can call and dumped it 3 times. 5 minutes later this 8pt was standing 20 years directly downwind from me without a care in the world. It was at that moment I realized that my kid and i had been confusing these two deer on camera. And that we had 2 8pts that we had been watching. The deer decided to continue on his path from right to left and gave me a 20 yard shot. Easy track job. Deer probably ran 70 yards. I enjoy bow hunting so much more but man is rather shoot them with the gun. It's devastating. Although I'm tagged out now it was a great moment to have with my kid!

Here's a video of the quick track job from yesterday. By the initial blood trail I figure he didnt go too far and I thought I heard him crash. He was about 30 yards inside the woods from the edge of the field and less then 90 yards from the stand. By the amount of blood and where it was I assumed I had an exit wound but nope. Bullet caught the opposite shoulder. No doubt the biggest blood trail i have seen with only a 20 gauge entry hole.

Thank you sir. Once you draw blood you are done with that hunt. I could pay to play again and believe me I have already thought about returning.

Dead deer!!!!

Walked passed the shot site as I was walking out. Great blood. Snuck out of there and going back in awhile with some help. He ran in the direction he was facing. Sounded like he crashed less then 70 yards away from the stand in the thick stuff.

BBD! Shot looked great. Thought I heard him crash.

My kid punch his tag on a great 8. Story and pics coming...

The streak continues!!!

My kid just hammered one... BBD

Good luck everyone