love the video and i am so happy to see you wearing a safety harness! i swear more than half of these videos posted have hunters in tree stands not tied in!
Thanks Rich! I am a big proponent of wearing a safety harness and not just the safety harness but the whole lifeline. When I was young and dumb I would climb 20' up a tree putting tree steps in along the way and then mounting one of those old loc-on stands on the tree with no harness or nothing. Then I bowhunted out of that little loc-on stand with nothing. It is only by the grace of God I never fell. How foolish I was back then. I think everyone needs to wear a safety harness and use a lifeline. Every year there are bad stories of people falling from their treestand.
I know the feeling of what you just did in the harvest of that fine doe!! Sometimes tracking the deer is as satisfying as the shot!! Well done my friend!!!!
Great video! Thank you so much for showing everything in detail, especially the blood trailing. I am preparing for my first deer bow hunt, did not grow up with hunting or people who hunt so I have to self-study. This is very helpful!
The biggest take away you need for starting out, especially if you are hunting with a blade. If the animal runs off, your inclination is to get down and go track the animal. Don't do that unless you visually see it fall and can see it lying there dead. Give it time. Wait 30 mins or so. A good hit the animal will typically expire within 30 seconds. However, if the hit was not solid, then it still may be a kill shot but it may take time for the animal to bleed out. A lot of people when starting don't wait long enough after this kind of shot and start tracking the deer. What happens is they end up pushing the deer and things can get shifted around inside the deer and then all of the sudden the deer takes off with no blood trail because the hole is clogged now. So when you get that first kill - be patient. If you are in a tree stand you are going to need to wait to stop shaking anyway ;) Best of luck to you!
That's true but you can get to a level of too many does which turn into a doe factory. If you get too many does they tend to run bucks off. There is a balance.
I sometimes take an orange roll of survey tape and hang a small strip of ribbon at last blood if blood trail starts to get sparse. That way, if I loose the trail, I can return to that spot. I like orange, because nothing else in the woods is orange. If you hang several, you can look behind you and possibly get a general direction the deer may be heading. That can get confusing when you are staring at the ground and lose your bearings in heavy cover.
Oh that is very helpful. Also if you are tracking at night I have learned to set a battery powered lantern type light at the last spot of blood. That way when I am looking for the next spot I can easily find the last spot at night.
I use toilet paper to mark the trail as I go. That way if you lose the blood trail you can look back where you have been and pick up a good general direction to look for more. I don’t use orange tape because toilet paper easily breaks down in short order.
Yep. I have done that before as well. Another tip at night is take an LED small Lantern style flashlight and put that on the ground at the last spot of blood, so i can look back in the dark to see where it was easily.
Love the content! Just picked up an m370 because of your videos. Any particular choice on broadheads? Looks like you got a freezer filler on your hands.
Zach - Thanks for the comments man. I still love my M-370. I use 100 grain NC Rage 2 bladed broadheads. Love them! Been using Rage broadheads for years.
@@BooneDownSouth Good work! I see they've been getting the job done. Seems like I might have to head down that route. Did you like the string dampening system upgrade?
@@zachprim3851 Yea 2 bladed Rage broadheads have never let me down. Been using them at least for 15 years or more. I like the string dampening system because I think it helps stop the vibration of the strings right away. It does reduce noise some as you can see from the audio comparisons with and without, but I don't know that it is super noticeable without recording it and listening to it.
@@BooneDownSouth thank you im new into hunting with a crossbow and I was looking at those broadheads on Amazon and seen 2 different grains wasn't sure which would be correct im hunting with a barnett crossbow with the walmart 20" bolts for it
@@bryansaltsman6947 So here is the thing. All crossbow and bolt and broadhead combinations are not equal. My crossbow shoots the factory bolt with a 100 gr Rage 2 Blade NC broadhead most excellently, that does not mean yours combination will work the same. What size field points are you using? If you are using 100 gr, and that shoots great, go with 100 gr Rage. If you are shooting 125 gr, go with 125 gr Rage broadhead. The Rage 2 bladed broad heads tend to shoot just like the field points when you match the grain weight.
This stomping of the foot serves to loudly alert other deer that there is a potential threat, and the stomping may be directed toward the potential threat in order to make the predator move. In addition, the foot stomping behavior leaves an olfactory warning via the interdigital gland on the deer's foot.
Excellent hunt! Thanks for taking us along!
Glad you enjoyed it Tom.
love the video and i am so happy to see you wearing a safety harness! i swear more than half of these videos posted have hunters in tree stands not tied in!
Thanks Rich! I am a big proponent of wearing a safety harness and not just the safety harness but the whole lifeline. When I was young and dumb I would climb 20' up a tree putting tree steps in along the way and then mounting one of those old loc-on stands on the tree with no harness or nothing. Then I bowhunted out of that little loc-on stand with nothing. It is only by the grace of God I never fell. How foolish I was back then.
I think everyone needs to wear a safety harness and use a lifeline. Every year there are bad stories of people falling from their treestand.
I know the feeling of what you just did in the harvest of that fine doe!! Sometimes tracking the deer is as satisfying as the shot!! Well done my friend!!!!
Thanks Big Dave! Definitely right about that.
Great video! Thank you so much for showing everything in detail, especially the blood trailing. I am preparing for my first deer bow hunt, did not grow up with hunting or people who hunt so I have to self-study. This is very helpful!
The biggest take away you need for starting out, especially if you are hunting with a blade. If the animal runs off, your inclination is to get down and go track the animal. Don't do that unless you visually see it fall and can see it lying there dead. Give it time. Wait 30 mins or so. A good hit the animal will typically expire within 30 seconds. However, if the hit was not solid, then it still may be a kill shot but it may take time for the animal to bleed out. A lot of people when starting don't wait long enough after this kind of shot and start tracking the deer. What happens is they end up pushing the deer and things can get shifted around inside the deer and then all of the sudden the deer takes off with no blood trail because the hole is clogged now. So when you get that first kill - be patient. If you are in a tree stand you are going to need to wait to stop shaking anyway ;) Best of luck to you!
That was a real nice hunt ,and a good tracking job. the Lord blessed you with a good size doe
The Lord is good.
that is the one i said id shoot too... great shot.. Thanks
Thanks man! I appreciate it.
Great shot and stress free tracking job ..
Thank you and yes we love those stress free tacking jobs! ;)
What a great hunt.
Yes it was for sure.
Good shot!
Thanks Kevin!
Nice trailing job and great shot
Thank you James!
Great video do you still use m-370 now and do you get pass through with it
Well done!
Thank you!
Great hunt! Love the track job too! Content is solid!
Thanks man! I appreciate the nice comments!
All those doe brings😊 in bucks
That's true but you can get to a level of too many does which turn into a doe factory. If you get too many does they tend to run bucks off. There is a balance.
Enjoyed that tracking job!
Appreciate that!
I sometimes take an orange roll of survey tape and hang a small strip of ribbon at last blood if blood trail starts to get sparse. That way, if I loose the trail, I can return to that spot. I like orange, because nothing else in the woods is orange. If you hang several, you can look behind you and possibly get a general direction the deer may be heading. That can get confusing when you are staring at the ground and lose your bearings in heavy cover.
Oh that is very helpful. Also if you are tracking at night I have learned to set a battery powered lantern type light at the last spot of blood. That way when I am looking for the next spot I can easily find the last spot at night.
Toilet paper works great.
Biodegradable... @@billm2078
I use toilet paper also.😊
@@dannylang7971 Biodegradeable. Good idea.
I use toilet paper to mark the trail as I go. That way if you lose the blood trail you can look back where you have been and pick up a good general direction to look for more. I don’t use orange tape because toilet paper easily breaks down in short order.
Yep. I have done that before as well. Another tip at night is take an LED small Lantern style flashlight and put that on the ground at the last spot of blood, so i can look back in the dark to see where it was easily.
Good job Brother.
Thank you MrJimanderz1!
Nice doe and good shot placement!
Thanks chickimac1!
Nice one for sure.
Thanks!
Nice video 👍
Thanks for watching!
Nicely done 👍🏼 ❤ my WickedRidge
Thank you Dean. Yea I love mine too!
That’s a good doe ! Congrats
Thanks James!
Love the content! Just picked up an m370 because of your videos. Any particular choice on broadheads? Looks like you got a freezer filler on your hands.
Zach - Thanks for the comments man. I still love my M-370. I use 100 grain NC Rage 2 bladed broadheads. Love them! Been using Rage broadheads for years.
@@BooneDownSouth Good work! I see they've been getting the job done. Seems like I might have to head down that route. Did you like the string dampening system upgrade?
@@zachprim3851 Yea 2 bladed Rage broadheads have never let me down. Been using them at least for 15 years or more. I like the string dampening system because I think it helps stop the vibration of the strings right away. It does reduce noise some as you can see from the audio comparisons with and without, but I don't know that it is super noticeable without recording it and listening to it.
Nice video
Appreciate it!
We call that a "Ray Charles" blood trail- !
Yep. Wasn't hard to see at all!
im weak so im almost in tears
Going a week without food will sort that right out.
What rage broadheads do you use the 100 gr or 125 gr?
100 gr NC
@@BooneDownSouth thank you im new into hunting with a crossbow and I was looking at those broadheads on Amazon and seen 2 different grains wasn't sure which would be correct im hunting with a barnett crossbow with the walmart 20" bolts for it
@@bryansaltsman6947 So here is the thing. All crossbow and bolt and broadhead combinations are not equal. My crossbow shoots the factory bolt with a 100 gr Rage 2 Blade NC broadhead most excellently, that does not mean yours combination will work the same. What size field points are you using? If you are using 100 gr, and that shoots great, go with 100 gr Rage. If you are shooting 125 gr, go with 125 gr Rage broadhead. The Rage 2 bladed broad heads tend to shoot just like the field points when you match the grain weight.
@@BooneDownSouth ok thank you
This stomping of the foot serves to loudly alert other deer that there is a potential threat, and the stomping may be directed toward the potential threat in order to make the predator move. In addition, the foot stomping behavior leaves an olfactory warning via the interdigital gland on the deer's foot.
Yep it is one of their self defense mechanisms - and I greatly hate hearing/seeing that when I am hunting. Normally once that starts you are done.
Try canning the deer meat.....tasty
Yea I have a friend that does that.