Excalibur Crossbow Forum

Good Point Dart and the doe doesn't get very big over the year either as she's pregnant. I had such a doe and her small fawn wandering around under my stand all fall. I don't think the doe weighed 100 lbs and the fawn was really small.

Dan O.

Thanks for the reminder, Ninepointer. This year I actually kept a little journal of each outing and recorded the number of turkeys and deer. I was surprised at how many of each I'd seen over the 3 month period. I used to try to remember but the memory isn't what it used to be.

Dan O.

On to steelheading since the rivers are still open. I'd like to go ice fishing but not for a while yet, if ever!

Dan O.

It's like riding a bicycle; you never forget how! congratulations HighBow and welcome back to the woods! Great confidence builder as Hester mentioned.
Dan O.

Thanks folks. Thinking next year I'm going to just go with one tag and once filled move on to steelheading. Having that outstanding tag plays huge games with one's competitive head. It's weird eh! It's only $30 bucks or so and yet I passed on alot of other activities I like just as much in order to ...

Had tied the bow and dropped it. Just ready to undo the harness and 3 deer walk out. Geez up comes the bow and i slide an arrow in as quietly as possible. I'm looking at 2 yearlings and a large doe. Didn't have a good shot at the doeand decided the herd needed her more than i. Took a shot at the lar...

Finally got the deer back on pattern ............ and I'm running out of time!
Dan O.

Thanks for the motivation to give it one last try! That's alot of deer to see this late in the year. Congratulations and I admire your patience.

Dan O.

Well I found them thanks to the snow. There's only about 4 deer in a herd that usually has 10+ deer. Poor winter and overharvest likely. They're bedding in a well drained conifer stand. It's only about 5 acres so they're pretty hard to approach. They move predawn to the corn and they don't come back...

Good Luck John. Someone on the Board suggested they stay close to water.
Dan O.

Good one but you'll never get your Christmas Goose after she reads that joke.

Dan O.

That's a good one J Krug. Well if I see one I'm going to take my usual amount of time "shopping". With the lack of snow they seem to be everywhere and nowhere.

Dan O.

Just wondering if anyone has any suggestions as to where the deer have moved to. eg. swamps, higher ground, conifers etc. I'm not seeing any activity and yet they were there 3 weeks ago. I'm in an area that usually has winter yarding but with this weird winter...........I'm lost as to where they've ...

Unfortunately they use a Shelterwood Cut system in Ontario and I don't think it opens the canopy enough. There is alot of popular and maple that show up. Maybe the lack of deer is as result of overhunting and heavy winters. Dan O. Dan, I have headed north for a few years now and hunting cuts and ha...

That is a BIG doe! Lots of snow in South River eh! Don't blame you for wanting to track right away. The snow would make it alot easier anyway. Congratulations!

Dan O.