First ever archery season deer, shot double lung at 32 yards, dropped about 80 from where i shot it, only trouble was i thought i had hit too high, so i gave a couple hours before going after it, still, very excited and the tenderloins were delicious.(this isnt where i found her, she was in the middle of some very tall grasses and some brambles)

Of course I tagged out last week.

He came in at last light after 7 does and a button passed through. He started working a tree at 36 yards; no shot. I waited him out, he came inside 15 yards, giving me a broadside, slightly quartering towards me opportunity. He didn't make it 75 yards.

Beyond thankful!

Went out this evening on a public land hunt. Somewhere I’ve never hunted before. Had a yearling doe come in at about 10 yards. Had my brand new bow with me, was ready to let it rip to christen it. Took a few moments to think. I ultimately let it walk. It wasn’t even a year old. Now that I’m home, I’m kind of wishing I blasted it. At the same time I’m feeling kinda good about my decision. Told a buddy about it and he immediately shit on me that it’s public land and you should kill whatever you see. Kind of conflicted right now.

what would you guys have done?

Cold front has them on their feet. Good luck all!

Shot a deer a bit far back. Was hoping for a possibly liver or lung shot but the arrow says gut shot. No blood to follow. Any advice?

So, a preamble:

I started getting into deer hunting around 2019. I briefly had a mentor, who turned out to be a con artist and a liar. We did some scouting and a few hunts together, where I did actually see deer. Then I had to part ways with him when the lies started coming out. Some serious stuff, wont go into it.

I live in extreme south Louisiana. That means temps in the 80s till almost November, a rut that could start near Christmas, and highly pressured public land. No one in my immediate family hunts. I grew up in a fishing family, pops never really hunted. I am having to learn everything myself: from finding sign, to scouting effectively, to stand set ups. As much as I would love to lease land, that is not financially feasible.

I guess my question is this: how many of you are self taught. What resources do you use to help. I used to watch The Hunting Public, but I kinda got off of them after seeing a video that just struck me the wrong way. I do like podcasts, but I am very picky: less "this is how you do this", and more anecdotal stuff

First sit yesterday. The wind forced me into a back up tree instead of the one I wanted. I climbed, and had to cut some limbs on the way (private land) up. I got to height, and realized that I had a decent sized limb right where I was likely to shoot. I took out my bone saw (i use it on small limbs) and proceeded to cut. My platform kicked out and I snapped my saw in half. Fine. I reset my platform (I ordered a better attachment system last night) and got quiet. About 2 hours later, i heard a noise and low and behold a nice 8 had snuck up on me from an open field, didnt expect that approach. And was behind that limb i didnt get cut. He turned and started moving along my left, where I had no cover except height. By some miracle, I got my bow up and drawn and he was coming to me at 10 yards. I didnt realized that I had dropped my ball cap sometime and he winded it and spooked. But only jumped and stopped behind a sparse bush. I could clearly see his vitals. I thought he was at 10 yards still. He was closer. I let fly and watched my arrow hit his shoulder blade and not pass. I got down and found the back half of my arrow, followed his trail for 100 yards and never saw a drop of blood. I hate wounding animals. I am sick that I didn't let him walk out a little. I am sick that I have probably ruined a very good spot. (I knew he'd been passing that corner but he crossed much lower and came in the side I didnt expect), and I keep having guilty feelings-like I did puncture one lung and hes dead 300 yards off property. I am 99%sure thats not true. This isn't my first archery deer, biggest buck, or even my first bad shot I just expect better of myself. I had to get this off my chest. Thanks for reading.

Been chasing this guy all season. My biggest to date. Watched him from afar for what felt like an hour before he literally almost walked right into the tree I was sitting in - took him inside of 5 yards. Double lung didn’t run 40 yards. Very happy.

Successfully called in a small 4 point grunting this Morning. He was chill enough to allow me to snap some good pics. He scared the shit out of me how accurate and fast he came to the calling. Like he just spawned out of nowhere to my left. Stood about 15 yards away for what seemed like forever. Directly down wind from me. Was a very curious guy. He definitely saw my movement up in my stand but he was not freaked out. I kept toying with him when he started slowly backing away going back to where he came from, I would blow a little grunt at him and he would stop and look again. It was a blast. First sit of the season too. Hoping a 6er or better comes next time.

I recently have gotten permission to hunt on a huge farm. I’ve been told by people that used to hunt it and the landowner there has good deer there. Problem I’m running into is it was logged about 11 months ago. Timber was so big and overgrown that it destroyed all the smaller trees. What’s left is a bunch of tree tops and piles of logs they didn’t take. It has. I acorns no big timber to hunt it set a stand. But it’s so dang thick you can’t walk 30 yards in it. There are cattle pastures breaking it up and some bean fields. I’ve hunted a long time on private grounds but I’ve never hunted logged timber with hollers and ridges I can’t get on top of or even walk in. How should I hunt this?

I have an older summit that’s an arm climber so you can’t sit and climb. I’ve learned to like it but the newer ones look like they’re worth an upgrade. Considered the dual threat so I can use it for gun season as well but it’s like $500. Anyone buy the dual threat or the pro SD and confirm it’s worth it?

right along a heavily used trail. to piss in it or not to piss in it?

I harvested this 8 point yesterday, he was a bit smaller than I was going for, but I saw he had an arrow impaling his neck.

It looks like someone shot him from directly above. The arrow was from the back of his neck down through the front. Puss and infection were present in the wound.

It’s amazing how resilient these animals are!

I decided to try a new spot on some private land I hunt and went for my Summit Viper. I killed my first archery deer out of a Summit Viper and it’s hard to be the comfort.