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Yesterday was an amazing day. Honestly I think I was more nervous/excited then I have ever been with any of my deer. My entire season so far has been focused on getting her a chance at a deer and so happy it ended up being a beautiful NY 8 point.

We have been practicing with the bow for about 8 months preparing for this bow season and made a decision prior to the season that she would not take a shot over 25 yards in the woods (even though she was somewhat comfortable out to 30 while practicing). Im super proud of how patient she was passing on deer that walked just out of her range and yesterday it paid off.

At about 9:30 we had yet to see a deer, which isn’t abnormal for the spot we are in as they seem to move around 9-10 there. Minutes after I told her we should see something sooner than later we hear a huge twig snap. We had a bunch of squirrels around us all morning and I turned to her and said "that was NOT a squirrel".

Not 30 sec. after this guy came in on a string the only problem was it was on the wrong side of our blind down in the ravine. After a bunch of re adjusting we were able to get into position to make a shot. The shot looked a little back and high but after replaying it over in my mind I realized the deer was slightly quatering away and about 10 feet below us.

After an hour we started to track because of the expected rain. Found good red blood that changed to pink blood with bubbles. Thinking she got liver and 1 lung we continued the search. 250 yards later we came upon this guy and I could not be happier!

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I put 4 cams out on the 94 acres I hunt. This picture gets my blood pumping a little. Maybe not like you see in Kansas or Ohio but pretty nice for northern NY.

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Looking for a bow to buy for my girlfriend. She has never shot a bow and I want to make it a surprise for when I buy her one. Since its her first bow and I don’t know her draw length it has to be something easily adjustable. I think i have it narrowed to the mission hype dtx and the diamond edge sb-1 after looking around today. If you guys have any insight on these two bows on which one will be better please let me know because I cant decide. Also if any of you have one of these for sale I would be interested.

My sticks and stick quiver came today and I had some time to play with getting everything together and seeing how everything nested together. One I got everything in order, I took it out to a telephone pole behind the house to make a test run. I got all of this with the intention of making it a run-and-gun stand set

Rain drops were already starting to fall so I decided hanging 2 of the 4 sticks would have to do. My first impression fiddling with everything was "man, this is a lot of straps". Between my harness, lineman’s belt, straps for the sticks, and straps for the stands, there were straps everywhere. The two sticks and EZ hang hook for the stand went up easily. I climbed down, put the stand on my back, and climbed back up to hang it and it went fairly smoothly. In comparison to climbing with my LW sit n’ climb, there are definitely more moving parts with this setup and more to get used to.

So, for those of you using a similar setup using either the Assault or Alpha, is it easier to leave the straps on the stand and sticks or keep them separate in a pocket to avoid tangling and clanking of the strap cleats? I’m a stickler for avoiding the sound of metal-on-metal when setting up so I want to eliminate it where ever possible. I have seen a lot of users of this setup using some type of rubberized tape and/or parachord to prevent the metal-on-metal contact.

The standard unpadded straps that come with the stand are functional but will definitely be replaced with either padded straps or the Molle pack system but I need to look into that some more.

Any and all suggestions/tips are appreciated. I know there are also a few threads on the LW stand and stick system so I’ll be sifitng through those as well. I can definitely see the versatility in this stand and stick combo and I’m looking forward to finding the arrangement that works best for me.

Took one of my daughters turkey hunting here in Missouri for the first time yesterday. It was my first chance to turkey hunt this year too. Took much longer than we wanted but it all worked out and she did good sticking it out. Didn’t kill him until noon. I had a great time with her and she got to see some good action.

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So this year I bought my wife a Hoyt Vixcen and let her deck it out in her favorite colors. Made her practice all summer Long and got her pumped up for the coming deer season. Well finally we got her a deer on the Saturday of the Ohio shotgun season but she chose to take a bow with her instead of a gun. A couple deer walked in to 28 yards and She actually clipped the artery in the back of the deer just below the spine. She was so happy and shaking that she didn’t hear me tell her the big 8 was walking right at us. He got within 10 yards from the tree but she never got a clear shot and he turned and walked out of range and stood until after dark. Needless to say she called dibs on that deer and is completely hooked. So proud of her!