PeltHunter

Awesome looking buck man congrats! Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United mobile app

I bought a 220 a couple years ago I need to break in as well. Bought it and a slugmaster for it and about 2 months later they switched everything to rifle. Still use it when I hunt in the western part of the state though. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Good luck tomorrow everyone! When everyone around here goes south tomorrow I think I’m gonna head north in the afternoon and see if I can get on a big ones track Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United mobile app

A couple days early to be sighting the guns in. Must be coyote hunters [emoji23] Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United mobile app

That is an awesome looking buck. He’d be hard to pass but if he keeps that junk next year he’ll be really sweet. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Absolutely no movement for me this afternoon. Temp here plummeted in the last hour of light too Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United mobile app

All the snow started falling off the trees once it warmed up. Figured I’d sneak out and get some tires thrown on my car while I wait for it to settle down Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Just heard a grunt look over my shoulder and a doe comes blowing out of the brush buck in tow, couldn’t tell what it was. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Nothing moving here yet nor any tracks on my walk in. Hopefully a big boy shows up quick because it’s turning to sleet/rain here now. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Seems like a lot of deer on their feet this morning j Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United mobile app

I made a rookie mistake tonight. Had my new stand in the tree about 12:30 and decided to sit in it the rest of the day. About 230 a little first rack buck comes cruising through no idea I’m there. Nothing until a little after 430ish. I was standing in my stand thinking about the squirrels making so much noise was gonna screw me up if a deer shows. Sure enough 5 minutes later the squirrels are behind me running around, I turned around to double check and it’s a buck, didn’t think it was a shooter, it knew something wasn’t right and went around the tree and I still never grabbed my bow until it was too late. It was a shooter.... Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Put this stand in today and just had a first rack buck come by about 30 yards hopefully that means good things to come from this set. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United mobile app

PSA: don’t sell your truck right before deer season. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United mobile app

That’s a great buck whaler looks even bigger dead than in the trail cam pic Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Got a new spot today and setup in the only semi decent opening between really thick stuff and food. A lot of buck sign in this clearing (not that it matters much now). Made a bit of noise getting a setup in here but looks promising for future hunts at least. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Depends on how they’re moving and what kind of shooting lanes are there. I try not to if I can help it because I’ve had them jump the string in my mind at least because I tipped them off before Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United mobile app

One doe so far moved through with a sense of urgency but no buck in tow. Squirrels are active for the first time in days so hopefully the deer follow suit Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Also saw one first racket right at dark, one of my only times in the woods I’ve wanted it to get dark sooner Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Sitting in a blind again to stay out of the wind, holding on to the top of the frame to keep it over me. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Cold with on and off wind here just had a first rack buck chase a doe right in front of me, only 2 so far. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United mobile app

^thats what I meant by the petals centered. Center of the individual petal not centered between them. Sorry for the confusion. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Nothing moving here and this damp cold is harsh. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United mobile app

That’s not necessarily true (not implying that you had them wrong). The original rage used just the o ring, the last generation used just the slip cam, the new ones use both for whatever reason. When you align the slip cam the “petals” are supposed to be centered over the lips on the blades. If they’re lined up with the slits between the pedals it can cause issues with the blades deploying. If the slip cam did not allow the blades to fully deploy then the hair could’ve got in there and locked them up further. You’d have to imagine that with as fast as that arrow is moving from an xbow and the energy behind it that the hair would not have time to stop the blades from deploying (never had a problem like that with a compound). Not saying your wrong, stranger things have happened, just playing devils advocate. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Just got out of work early should be able to be in my ground blind by 1 and I have all of next week off to hunt a couple of new spots I picked up. Can’t wait, weather and field reports look promising. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Congrats! Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United mobile app