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  1. trebor69

    Your thoughts on wounded deer.

    Theyre tough! I have actually seen with my own two eyes.... two bucks that when skinned out for mounting had broadheads lodged in their skull from previous attempts on their life. Both wounds looked to be several years old and were completely healed over. count me in with the crowd who thinks...
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    Crossbow Failures

    Well....being from Ohio my whole life(48 yrs) Ive been around xbows quite abit. The only one Ive ever personally seen fail/explode was completely the fault of the user. He asked me if he could uncock it by dry firing it....I said NOPE. He couldnt take my word for it and had to find out for...
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    Bears for Deer

    I dont think I did that year..... bears ate all the eggs? lol
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    Bears for Deer

    THINKS? hahaha all in all they are pretty harmless....in the last few years hunting in WV Ive been within 20 yards of several....all of them while walking to or from my deer/turkey stand. Turkey hunting I dont worry as much cuz I figger a 3 inch turkey load is capable of adjusting their...
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    Bears for Deer

    yes I feel your pain on that one.....they are hell on any feeder they can get to and they piss us off when they chew up our trail cameras too !! My cousin and his buddies have taken a few off the property the last 8 years.....most around 275 lbs.... one I think was 350. But they live there...
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    Bears for Deer

    yep not far from Maryland stay with my cousin in Morgantown and hunt his farm in Independence... several bears around....but getting one in your sights not so easy lol
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    Ground Blind Question

    Yes it will open the blades. Seen it been there done that. (although it wasnt the xbow version) My dad asked me that very same question 4 years ago. I told him not to try it. Guess what....I was not a happy camper 4 hours into the tracking job. 16 hours later after waiting til the following...
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    Bears for Deer

    Just thought Id chime in and say WV does have bears. I see them every year while deer/turkey hunting but Ive never tried to get one or had one in bow range while bow hunting. Im not sure the rule on hunting them there. I hunt pretty far north from the OP in Preston Co. But here is one that...
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    Do you know?

    Dang....antler falling off already?
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    Hear Ye, Hear Ye

    Nice! cant shootem in the house right? lol
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    Has this buck been posted here yet?

    Supposedly a north central Ohio deer that grosses 218 and nets 203 I think... shot Saturday of the xtra gun season
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    Decoy use

    I love using decoys and have had pretty good success over the last 10 years. But....its always been between Halloween and Thanksgiving. Last year I shot a 10pt and this year my dad shot a 10pt....from the same stand with the same decoy (scarface) in the same position. We always use a buck decoy...
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    Have 1 Day Too Hunt, Which 1?

    Id hunt sunday ... i try to avoid rain.... ill melt lol
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    Got to hunt 1 day of gun season but luck was on my side

    A little more info just because lol We run several trail cameras on this property including one on a very active scrape. The scrape is about 400 yards from where I shot this deer and has been active year long for at least the last 8 years. We get TONS of buck pics there. Usually somewhere...
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    Got to hunt 1 day of gun season but luck was on my side

    Gordo that looks pretty cool.... I have several other bucks "euroed" that I might try that on. This years is at the taxi. They talked me in to it lol. Going with a full sneak offset shoulder. Looking left to try and put his best side forward lol. I was considering a lip curl since he was...