He shot 7 times and never went to look for blood? And you’re letting him come back to hunt?

Nothing worse than hunting with a idiot.

aiming for the tree tops at that range

When did you learn to count?

We saw nothing today. I had 10 cameras out that I picked up today. There's almost no pictures in the last 10 days other than a few wolves.

I will be out again in the morning and may sit in heavy cover all day. I have not seen much sign of crazy rutting activity yet. I have seen bucks together and does that are still with fawns. I have yet to see a buck with much interest in does so it should only get better by the day.

No deer seen in the rain tonight...made doable in my Luckys blind

160 - the mountain rifle in the CDL stock looks great. I wondered, but thought nah it can’t be such a cool looking combination.

I did some mixing before too. Gave them to my son to enjoy. He sold them. If he didn’t want them, he should have said no thanks. My only remaining 700 is a LH stainless .300 RUM that came in a gray laminated stock. I waited awhile for that barreled action. I quickly sold the stock and have a super light Kevlar stock that makes the rig look great. That is a real shooter. The barrel seemed too long for handling and looks, but was to burn the powder and build speed. I had it cut so that after adding a muzzle brake there is a net loss of 3”. It only lost 30fps and did not change point of impact. With the brake it is too loud to shoot without ear protection.

Good luck to you and the other guys!

Didn't get out to my stand til mid day and only seen one squirrel. Left after dark and went over to a neighbor s and almost hit two deer about a block apart. No doubt they are moving after sundown. Hope to have better luck in the morning.

I have around 1,000 gun stocks so swapping furniture just seemed to make sense and I liked the way it looks. It had a good synthetic stock on it but I prefer wood.

I've still got cameras up. All the deer photographed are coming in at night.

I can tell y’all several hundred miles or more South, my cameras are going off all day. Our rut is starting and I have pics of does running and the next pic will be bucks on their tails. My cameras go off more during the day than at night now. We’ll see how this Tropical storm coming in the next day or so affects movement. I’ve told everyone I know that hasn’t gotten their buck yet to be in the stand as much as possible over the next 10 days or so.

When does the rut happen there?

November 1st is usually the time rut starts around here but warm weather and full moon seem to have effected things.

My daughter in law and grandson were sitting together opening morning when this guy stepped out.

I saw a small 8 pointer last night feeding with 2 does and 2 fawns. I may need to buy a ML tag this year for the real rut around the end of the month. I sat all day today and never saw a deer. I thought the rain may get them moving.

That’s awesome!! That kid is hooked for sure now!!

I sat with my bow for a couple hours until dark tonight and for the first time, I did not see anything. Nighttime activity on the camera, though.

That is one pretty buck! Congratulations.

I too thought the rain might get them moving too but didn't see a thing today either. Just have to keep trying I guess.