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Offline Ryano

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Re: Deer hunting update.
« Reply #150 on: November 06, 2007, 05:48:05 pm »
Killed a smaller 8 pointer this morning, there was a larger one with him but I couldnt get a clear shot at him. We got our first snow of the year last night and today and these deer were both chasing a hot doe. He not huge but probally one of the nicer bucks Ive killed with a bow and only my second buck with a selfbow. I will post a picture here in a minute...still got skin him and get him hanging.
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« Reply #151 on: November 06, 2007, 05:57:15 pm »
here he is

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« Reply #152 on: November 06, 2007, 06:15:10 pm »
Excellect Ryan. Nice little buck.     I'd love to hunt in snow sometimes.    Pat
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Re: Deer hunting update.
« Reply #153 on: November 06, 2007, 08:38:00 pm »
  Great job Ryan,look's too cold for me.
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Re: Deer hunting update.
« Reply #154 on: November 06, 2007, 09:15:58 pm »
Good damn deal man!! That looks like a big bodied deer to me, their not all that big here usually - congradulation's!!
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Offline Ryano

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Re: Deer hunting update.
« Reply #155 on: November 06, 2007, 11:20:58 pm »
Thanks guys. ;D I'd say he's a 2 1/2 year old deer, weighed about 150 pounds Field dressed thats pretty common around here. The bigest buck that Ive killed up here weighed about 200 pounds field dressed. Now he was a big deer. I shot him with my 50 cal flintlock a few years ago. ;D
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Deer hunting update.
« Reply #156 on: November 06, 2007, 11:39:44 pm »
That is a big bodied deer. 150# field dressed is a big deer for us.      I've hardly hunted and only seen a doe and 2 fawns early this season. I'm heading out Thursday am for my club in GA. The rut ought to be close. We'll see.      Pat
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Re: Deer hunting update.
« Reply #157 on: November 07, 2007, 02:23:14 pm »

Outstanding Ryan! I'm really glad you got one! Looks like a good buck to me, I'd definitely have flung an arrow at him if given the opportunity. How long of a shot, and were you on the ground or from a stand? ;)
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Re: Deer hunting update.
« Reply #158 on: November 07, 2007, 06:19:56 pm »
Greg, I shot him at about 8 yards slightly quarting towards me. The arrow went clean threw him and stuck in the dirt on the other side. The arrow entered perfectly behind his right shoulder and came out just behing the last rib on the other side. I got both lungs the diaphram and liver, he only went about 30 yards. It always amazes me how deadly a good sharp broad head is when its put in the right spot.

Im not saying its not a nice buck (you cant eat the horns anyways) but Ive been seeing much bigger ones, I just didnt have the will power to pass him up with only 4 more days of archery left here and I can hardley bare the thought of dawning the high powered rifle anymore.... :-\
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Re: Deer hunting update.
« Reply #159 on: November 07, 2007, 11:11:47 pm »
Congrads Ryan - nice deer.I passed on a small doe  at 13yds last weekend,still wondering why I didn't shoot.
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« Reply #160 on: November 08, 2007, 08:23:21 am »
I was able to sit my stand for about the last 1-1/2 hours of day light yesterday afternoon. Had three does come in straight down wind of me, and although they never spooked and got within about 15 yards, I didn't try drawing the bow and risking a shot on very alert deer. A little while after they left, I saw a doe and two fawns enter my food plot about 60 yards or so from where I was. I had to wait until well after dark to get down because they wouldn't leave. :)
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« Reply #161 on: November 08, 2007, 11:16:24 am »
I heading to GA for a few days. The rut should be getting near and I'm just ready to spend a few days in the woods. ;D I'll be back Sunday evening...maybe with some interesting pics.  Shoot straight everyone!  ;)       Pat
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Offline Ryano

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Re: Deer hunting update.
« Reply #162 on: November 08, 2007, 11:56:19 am »
Good luck Pat!
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Re: Deer hunting update.
« Reply #163 on: November 08, 2007, 12:13:46 pm »
Git em Pat - good luck, maybe I'll have some pic's over the weekend also (fingers crossed).
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Re: Deer hunting update.
« Reply #164 on: November 08, 2007, 11:10:12 pm »
hey nice buck you shot ryan! a short track is the best aint it?!  are you allowed more than one deer in PA? i remember my uncle and some friends used to drive down to PA because they were allowed to shoot like 5 deer with a rifle? is it split up into different zones in the state? any ways good luck to the rest of ya! i havnt been back out with the bow since i scored on my little button buck. i can still get another one with my bow and one with my muzzleloader. for archery, you can actually buy as many tags as you want in the expanded archery zones in maine! one of the zones is practicly across the street for me! its 12$ for a doe and 35$ for a buck. i got home from up north yesterday from deer camp. i was still hunting in the rain walking the edge of a swamp when something stood up about 100 yards away and walked up the bank. i thought it was a cow moose because of the size and of course with fogged up scope and glasses i couldnt see the head but then it flipped its tail back and forth and i saw a white butt then in two bounds it was gone. that deer was well over 250 and if it hadnt been for seeing the white on its tail and butt id have believed it was a moose. if i could have seen clearly through my glasses, i probably would have seen that monster buck and could have had an easy shot at him. i guess if i hadnt gone out in the rain i wouldnt have seen him at all. next year i already have my spot picked out for that area! theres so much woods in northern maine its hard to find were the deer stay. good luck every body!
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