Well everything worked out like it was suppose to up to the recovery. Hunting in Bankhead and the rut is pretty much kicking for the most part. Hunting a small bowl of hardwoods with pines fingering down from 4 sides. Lots of scrapes/rubs in the pines getting worked over pretty good. Didn't see anything so I decided to do some rattling at 8:30. About 10 secs into it I hear a deer barrelings off the bluff down to my stand. By the time I put the antlers down he was standing below my stand. Amazing the terrain they can cover in such a short amount of time. This buck litteraly jumped down a 5 foot rock face. Unfortunately I had dropped my jacket while climbing the tree and the buck went right to it and got jumpy and started to haul butt back up the hill. I did a doe bleat and he paused giving me a nice 70yd quartering away shot. When I hit the buck he rolled back on his back two hooves and tumbled three times down the hill before he jumped back on his feet and ran over the hill top. I found five drops of blood and that was it. I searched for 3 hours and did not find another drop of blood. Can't believe I lost this buck when I hit him he was dead to rights stiff legged falling backwards. SMH

Just checked a few cameras in my shorts and tank top......dang it's warm lol. Some daytime doe picks but all the bucks on camera moving at night.

Good Lord what a sight that mustve been.....you in shorts and a tank top beeboppin through the woods. You must be trying to scare the bears away. Ha

Back at em just got set up 30ft up a Chestnut tree looking over a hardwood bottom... 73 degrees is hot but hey it's better than black Friday shopping.. Good luck