Saw five does coming from the "wrong" direction (I was expecting them to come from the left). By the time I got the camera turned on, it was too late to shoot the first few. Then my safety harness tether got stuck, and I had to unsnag it. By the time I got drawn, the last doe was trotting to catch up with the others, and I had to mouth bleat a couple of times to stop her. I then had to fire off a split-second arrow, which hit a little back and center-punched the liver. I left the woods for a couple of hours, then my wife and I went back and found her dead. She was already stiffening, so she'd more than likely expired right after the shot.

Cool

When i was watching the video you emailed me i told Shelly those deer was going the wrong way. lol

Awesome!!
I'm headed to Indiana in 17 days to hunt with my brother. Can't wait!
Do me a favor don't kill em alll before I get there.

Nice. I've still got 13 days until I can start enjoying the fruits of all my labor. But I do have 5 pounds of jerky in the dehidrator right now

Second kill of the season:

Jeez, at this rate you'll limit out before the rest of us hit the woods.

whew... you done pissed off that squirrel!

I use a little swingarm. Here's the camera:

http://www.amazon.com/Sanyo-VPC-FH1A-Video-Digital-Photos/dp/B002Q4VC9G

I always place my archery stands at 20 feet, be it a lock-on or climber. If I'm using a climber, I hook one end of my 20-foot bow rope to the base of my stand, and attach the other end to my bow on the ground. When the rope pulls tight when I'm climbing, I know I'm at 20 feet.

He was on a mission and wasn't going to give me a "perfect" opportunity to draw (head behind obstruction, etc.), so I had nothing to lose. To be quite honest, I've never been busted while drawing a bow on a deer.

One more thing, all the deer in the videos were between 15 and 20 yards when I shot them. The camera fools you into thinking they are farther than that.

Great stuff!

On average, where you have clear lanes, how high are you hanging your stand?

Thanks

Nice moments captured there.

I thought I was in your woods Saturday morning. I went blind into a patch of woods I've never been in and wandered into an outstanding hillside looking over some thick bottomland. Had thick cover up high on the hill, clean water stream below and fresh acorns on the hill (acorns are scarce this year, were covering the ground last). It was non-stop activity in the woods from dawn to about 9 am when I ended up sticking a doe at 15 yards. Deer and turkey galore. I saw six deer and no less than 10 counted turkeys moving in a flock raising hell, mostly hens with a couple of toms. Then 30 minutes later, one lone grandaddy gobbler with a beard dragging the ground sneaking along their same trail. They were all over 40 yards away, near the first tree I was thinking about climbing that was up higher on the hill. Most of the deer and turkey were following that same path, so I'm going to try that tree next time. The doe I got was sneaking along the edge of the swamp down below like I though they would.