Good day in the woods. A few weeks ago I made my best shot on a game animal to date. It was a male spruce grouse. He was about 15 feet up a tree and the tree was about 12 yards away. The brush was too thick to get any closer. Perfect headshot. He was a couple feet from the trunk of the tree, out on the limb. A good clip and he was straight down out of the tree. Couldn't get in there to grab him but that's what my little dog is for. Needless to say I was pretty sure that arrow was gone. We looked for a little while but even Sadie-May couldn't find that thing. Until now! Went hiking through that area again checking out the new tracks in the snow. That right there is the beauty of a good flu flu fletch and stump head. Standing practically straight up and down. Cannot believe I found it.

Just finished modifying my bow. Added lamination to limbs to increase draw weight. Installed string nocks. Made my own quiver also. Just ordered some wooden arrows to complete the outfit.

Hit a nice buck. Tracked for close to 2 miles then lost blood. Going to have drone come look in the AM. Never not recovered a deer. Weighing heavy on me.

The finished bow was too light on draw weight. Have added laminated strips to inside limbs to strengthen near the handle and thus stiffen the limbs increasing the draw. Will show it when cured and finished off. The 2 laminates are stepped and add to where I took to much off originally. It’s an experiment. I’ll see how they tiller. Stay tuned.

Any advice for post rut hunts?? Rattle? Avoid rattling? Hit feed areas? I'm getting all sorts of advice online- yes, no, maybe? Morning vs evening?