So it's been a pretty good year for me as far as hunting goes. I harvested my first trad deer and now I have harvested my first trad buck and it happens to be the biggest I've ever taken. He's not a monster but man what excitement. A memory I won't ever forget!
I was hunting some friend's property in Westchester County. The deer weren't moving much, a full moon and warmer weather was keeping things pretty slow in our neck of the woods, but at about 4:00pm on Saturday things changed. I caught a white rack moving through the woods out at about 70 yards, I got excited and waited and watched. My knees were knocking my hands were shaking and my heart was pumping. The buck meandered around a bit then started working away from me. I grabbed my grunt call gave a couple quick grunts and he looked back over his shoulder but kept walking away. He went out of sight and I quickly grabbed my bleat call and started bleating and grunting at the same time for what seemed like two minutes. I stopped and listened and I heard the sounds of a trotting deer coming up the ridge behind my stand. I quickly grabbed my bow of the hook and got into position just as he crested the ridge and came into view. He took about ten steps and stopped... and looked and looked and looked and looked...finally he started to work along the ridge toward my stand one slow step at a time. He eventually took a step behind a large tree and I was able to draw and anchor just as his front shoulders cleared the tree, he took one more step and the arrow hit its mark. I hit him a bit high in all the excitement, I think I jerked the string, or maybe I was shaking so bad that I could barely keep the arrow on the rest, but regardless...I spined him, he went straight down. I grabbed a second arrow and quickly put one through the boiler maker and he expired quickly. Got him with an Assenheimer recurve, CE 250's, and I believe it's a Zwickey broad head I got on a trade from tradgang, but I don't know what model it is.
(http://i1022.photobucket.com/albums/af350/howitzer4040/P1010014.jpg)
That's a great buck. Congrats on your first traditional buck!
nice! :thumbsup: congratts!
Beautiful deer Neil...way to go.
Congrats on a great first buck. :thumbsup:
Nice! And those Assenheimer's are sure good shooters, but I don't have to tell you that!
nice buck!!! congrats
Nice one pal. Ol Dan will be proud of you even though he always gets mad when we refer to you as his son in law.
Good job!! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
That's your first?? Well done!
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Congrats on a fine deer. :archer2:
Congrats!! Great job! :thumbsup:
Congrats on a great 1st buck, good job.
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These are my favorite threads. Congrats brother on a great buck.
What a great experience. Congrats!!
Awesome! Congratulations sir! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
A beauty!! Congrats!!
Great job. Congrats! :thumbsup:
Congratulations on a great buck! Nice story to go with it also.
Bernie Bjorklund
NC Iowa/SW Wisconsin
Hooooooweeeeee! Congratulations on a fine memorable year! :thumbsup:
Nice Job
Congrat! A :thumbsup: fine Buck
Congratulations!
The fact that you called him is even better.
Well done.
Well done, and congratulations!
Excellent! Nothin' like that first trad deer. Congrats!
Good job dude!
QuoteOriginally posted by HOWITZER:
So it's been a pretty good year for me as far as hunting goes. I harvested my first trad deer and now I have harvested my first trad buck and it happens to be the biggest I've ever taken. He's not a monster but man what excitement. A memory I won't ever forget!
I was hunting some friend's property in Westchester County. The deer weren't moving much, a full moon and warmer weather was keeping things pretty slow in our neck of the woods, but at about 4:00pm on Saturday things changed. I caught a white rack moving through the woods out at about 70 yards, I got excited and waited and watched. My knees were knocking my hands were shaking and my heart was pumping. The buck meandered around a bit then started working away from me. I grabbed my grunt call gave a couple quick grunts and he looked back over his shoulder but kept walking away. He went out of sight and I quickly grabbed my bleat call and started bleating and grunting at the same time for what seemed like two minutes. I stopped and listened and I heard the sounds of a trotting deer coming up the ridge behind my stand. I quickly grabbed my bow of the hook and got into position just as he crested the ridge and came into view. He took about ten steps and stopped... and looked and looked and looked and looked...finally he started to work along the ridge toward my stand one slow step at a time. He eventually took a step behind a large tree and I was able to draw and anchor just as his front shoulders cleared the tree, he took one more step and the arrow hit its mark. I hit him a bit high in all the excitement, I think I jerked the string, or maybe I was shaking so bad that I could barely keep the arrow on the rest, but regardless...I spined him, he went straight down. I grabbed a second arrow and quickly put one through the boiler maker and he expired quickly. Got him with an Assenheimer recurve, CE 250's, and I believe it's a Zwickey broad head I got on a trade from tradgang, but I don't know what model it is.
(http://i1022.photobucket.com/albums/af350/howitzer4040/P1010014.jpg)
Wow!!! Great deer and great post.
Congrats on a special deer!
Congrats!!
Awesome buck, congrats on your first as well!!!
Congrats! Great buck. Thanks for allowing us to share in your success.
Very nice indeed! Glad to see people still tagging deer!
Josh
Very nice. You gotta be fired up!
Great job. I've never had much luck with the calling, but stories like yours make me want to renew my efforts. Nice buck.
He is a dandy,Congrats
Way to go!! Great buck!! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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good :archer2: ing
Well done, pilgrim! Another great picture. The trad boys say I should get that Assenheimer out of your hands, but I know you can shoot any bow well. Neil is my future son-in-law that shoots well and hunts often--- I am lucky!
Awesome buck! Congrats.
Congratulations on your first trad buck! SWEET! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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Congrats! :thumbsup:
Congrats. Thats a great deer! Gotta love Westchester!
Congrats! :jumper:
Thank you all, and I wish all of you as much success as I have had this year! This year has made me a trad bow hunter for life. A great community to be a part of. I would also like to thank Oak518 for getting me started in traditional archery and also for allowing me to marry his wonderful daughter! To all a safe and joyful holiday season!
Congrats on a beautiful first buck. :clapper: :clapper: