idn713

Thinking about getting into the crossbow game to extend my range and open my options up a bit. Any specific recommendations? I keep reading that a lot of the crossbows come with junk scopes, so I am looking to avoid that. Thanks!

The huge eight just out of range again. Unreal.

Glad to see that the warm temps didn’t keep the activity down last night, I had deer around me as well. Let’s hope the need to procreate is stronger than the need to stay cool! Mornings should start to take the edge in production in the next few days though

Deer are def moving. Between me and my buddy many bucks sighted including a nice shooter right on a doe. He then worked a scrape and split off to do his own thing

I don’t think the warm fronts will matter much, deer will be comfortable and moving all the same as the rut moves into full swing. Scrapes around me just went ice cold, sure sign that bucks are up to other things. Had a huge 8 at 69 yards last night as he lumbered around in search of does, many daylight pics of shooters......only need one mistake.

Back in the stand and already bleated in a small buck. They are moving today

How on earth did they hear you? Wind was whippin! Bucks where still on the move as I had a few around, none big enough though

I’m out here too and it’s nuts, did have a smaller buck at 10 yards though

Just had a nice bodied but small rack six at 10 yards. Why can’t my big deer do that

So who Is gonna let one fly by moonlight this morning? 🤣🤣

You using ozonics?

Finally starting to make daytime mistakes on my property. This is a slammer out in my rye plot with some does, in the next pic he walks away from them though. I still do think next week it’s gonna be on.

Much better movement tonight, four smaller bucks and 5 doe. They are def starting to snif after the does but the does are having none of it.

Very quiet morning so far but cameras had big bucks moving last night

LOL So did I. I added 100 lbs of rye to each of my .5 acre plots. Thank God I did!

It’s funny you got light browse, I am surrounded by ag fields but my plots of beets and turnips got pounded since September. Luckily they developed some great bulbs and still putting out new green growth

Some times the property just does not setup well for daytime movement. Last year was the first time I hunted on a new property that my father bought and it had tons of deer sign, but hardly any daytime movement. I knew I would have to manipulate the circumstances in order to get numbers during legal light. So three food plots later I have at least 8-14 does during legal light every day. It's just tough for the guys who are not able to make any land improvements, I feel for them as they are in a real bind if the property is not a good one.

Hunt the 130 and hope the bigger one screws up!

Frosty morning boys, deer should be moving well! Hopefully some slammers fall!

I always have it with me, what’s your typical strategy with grunting?

Funny you should ask that. I might start this weekend. I have never had ANY success grunting. Never even gotten a real reaction. Never had any reaction to rattling.......BUT I have spun 3 giant deer 180 degrees on a bleat call. Bleat has by far been the most effective for me.

This freaking tank has been in my back plot at night. I’m stoked, he knows where the brassica and rye are, and the does are there every morning and night. Just a matter of time till the SPYPOINT tells me he is making daytime mistakes!

Nope, from a tree stand about 19 ft up, but the doe was on the high side so it was prob more like 15 ft up from where she was.

IDK man, my only theory is that a piece of internal organ or tissue clotted the hole quick. An instant pass through with an opposite hole that low should dump blood, but if gravity pulls a severed piece of flesh there, then I guess I could mitigate blood loss. I don’t think I can rightly blame the broad head though, it did do it’s job.