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LIVE from the stand 2020-21

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Denny
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Straight in the middle. Four now underneath @15yrds.
 

Cogz

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I hit one high yesterday due to misjudging yardage and I’m in a deep depression. Had a dog come out who never hit. Had decent blood in a spot where he stopped then nothing more. Made mistakes before and after the shot that could have prevented this. Hoping he lived. Walked 4.6 miles yesterday. Doing some more today.
Put in another 1.5 miles today. I’m confident that deer lived after replaying it in daylight. I will say the dog service gave me some closure along with my hike today, but without the dog work I’d be more sick.
Here is was happened. I have two shooters known to me. I run few cams and hunt ultra low impact stands. I got a little too aggressive with days I chose to hunt borderline winds this year. Gave it a couple days rest. Logged off work at 4 and shot my G5 montecs because I had a suspicion that my self sharpening job may have impacted their flight. All hitting left and my fieldpoints were dead on. So, being greedy, I grabbed a 125g rage two blade from my daughter’s xbow bolt and headed in. I was climbing up at 430 and found him at 35 yards while I was half way up my tree. I climbed down and snuck out into the field and was at 30 yards. I debated before that based on the broadhead decision if I could grunt him in to ten yard. Worried he might get down wind and him not knowing I was there I decided to keep quiet. I kept my pin at 35 yards based on the heavier head and that was a mistake. Hit him in no mans land, very high, shocked I didn't spine him. A couple bubbles in the blood where he stopped. Thought he went into the creek and bedded down but he didnt. No blood to speak of and arrow was still in him although it passed through. I’ve shot the 100g rage practice heads and the 125g xbow head just to test and they fly the same. I’m moving on from the montecs. Shitty blood trails and questionable sharpness and impact pf self sharpening isn’t worth this feeling. Picked up rage two blade 100g today and I’ll run those again. I’m at peace with my effort to find him and ready for some time in the woods, especially with my wife. Hoping we get a chance to finish the job on him and hoping he isn't too miserable right now. Curious on opinions of the blood, maybe a three linear foot spot where he stopped.
 

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Bowkills

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. Another adrenaline night. It's very suspenseful hearing deer come through standing corn at close yardages. Only a spike a bb came through. But Wylie coyote came through at the end. I took 50 ud shot. Sucker ran back into the corn. Low phone battery. So I'm trecking back out....n a bit