Opening weekend success!

[BlackPowderGuy (AJHS)]

This small guy still has velvet on his antlers. Taken with a Barnett crossbow, Megameat mechanical broadhead. Performed well. Double lung, above the heart. He went about 50-60 yards..trail was not great but it could be followed. I think one disadvantge to hunting from ground level is that the exit wounds are high and less blood falls to the ground than if you shoot from an elevated position and the exit wound faces down essentially. Entrance side is the side with no splatter. Exit is the messy side.

 

[10acres]

Very nice. Congrats.

 

[BuckDoeHunter]

Congrats!

 

[phalanx]

Congrats!

 

[ElDiablo]

Cool - Congrats!

 

[Ninering62]

Congrats

 

[MrTom]

That's a nice eater. Great hit too. Congrats!

 

[Okie Hog]

Congrats. Good shot.

 

[BlackPowderGuy (AJHS)]

That's a nice eater. Great hit too. Congrats!

Thanks. The shot went through both lungs and avoided any bones...the bolt had enough energy behind it that it actually flew 20 yards past the deer...It had a lighted nock, that is how I found it. The blood trail though...frustrating. I did some searches and found threads at both crossbow nation and archery talk about ground blinds and poor blood trails because of the high exit. The advice there was to aim a little lower, try for the heart. One thing for sure is that at 20-30 yards, these crossbow bolts are moving so fast that I don't think deer can react to them, so holding a little lower may make sense. I found the deer after maybe 5-8 minutes, but the trail was sparse and I suspect we all know that sinking feeling when the deer does not drop in sight...

 

[illinoishunter]

Congrats on the deer. My jealousy and anxiety are rising as I don't do archery, yet.. Late November before I get a go at it.

 

[smokepolehall]

Mighty fine tick toter you got, congrats

 

[deermanct]

Congrats on a good deer. A couple more weeks for the season opener here in Oklahoma.

 

[gman57]

Congratulations for a successful hunt if the temps here would go down some I’d get out.

 

[SDK]

Congratulations on what looks like some great food for the freezer!

 

[deerlessbob]

Nice! Great broadhead performance

 

[DavidAR10T]

Mighty fine tick toter you got, congrats

Roger That. As I got older I called deer hunting, before the first frost, as hunting a bag of ticks.

 

[jd24.5.48]

Roger That. As I got older I called deer hunting, before the first frost, as hunting a bag of ticks.

I killed a nice doe during muzzleloader season last year and it's ears was covered with ticks! That was early January! Congratulations!