Good Luck NY Bowhunters!

Sockrsblur · November 03, 2014, 09:55:00 AM

Drag him home Bob!

Stone Knife · November 03, 2014, 11:07:00 AM

Mr. Brown will tell the story

Stone Knife · November 03, 2014, 11:08:00 AM

Mr. Brown will tell the story.

November 03, 2014, 11:32:00 AM

OH BOY!

Sockrsblur · November 03, 2014, 11:38:00 AM

Nice buck! That one deservers a double post

Izzy · November 03, 2014, 11:46:00 AM

Awesome! Mr. Brown is hell on those western NY bucks.

Bowsey Wails · November 03, 2014, 12:35:00 PM

Hey, that looks like last year's mount! Where's the part you eat? Just kidding, nice deer.
Tim

1/4 away · November 03, 2014, 12:41:00 PM

Way to go Bob! Can't wait to hear the story.

Stone Knife · November 03, 2014, 12:51:00 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by Sockrsblur:
Nice buck! That one deservers a double post

Sorry I double tapped the mouse

swampbow2 · November 03, 2014, 12:52:00 PM

I love a story with a happy ending. I hope your not showing the head because the coyotes beat you to the rest..

Knawbone · November 03, 2014, 02:38:00 PM

Ye HA! Way to go Bob. Looks like the one I saw this morning that I couldn't get a good shot at. Give us the details bro.

Wapiti Chaser · November 03, 2014, 03:14:00 PM

Well the tracker came over at 8 this morning. We discussed the shot and looked at the arrow and hair. We got up to the start of the trail and that wire haired dog put his nose down and went to work on the trail. When we got to the last spot of blood I found yesterday the dog went straight about forty yards then took a hard right crossed the creek and up a cliff that is so steep not to mention thick that you have belly crawl up, at this point the tracker wasn't sure about the trail and started back down the lane which crosses the creek 30 yards further down the creek while I was searching for blood along the creek. In a matter of seconds the tracker yelled I have him ! I thought he had found blood but the dog went back to the creek and found the deer in a big popular tree that fell down. Unfortunately the coyotes found him before we did and really did a number on him. All I could save was the neck meat. I was within 20 feet of the deer when I called the tracker yesterday. I feel like two or three more steps and I would have found him. The tracker said he was surely a 3.5 year old deer and commended my tracking him that far and said I had done the right thing backing out no being certain of the hit. This beautiful animal deserved a better death and I hope he was dead when the coyotes found him. I know I did everything possible and that along with encouragement some fellow gangers have given has eased my mind some. I filled out my tag and will do everything in my power to never feed the coyotes again. Here is to the greatest game animal the whitetail.

longrifle · November 03, 2014, 03:24:00 PM

Your a good hunter and sportsman Bob, it happens and you did everything right that you should have it just stinks the Yotes got to him first.
He's a nice buck.

longrifle · November 03, 2014, 03:25:00 PM

OK so that leaves Jim C and myself , come on we just need a chance.

ron w · November 03, 2014, 03:55:00 PM

Off to the bow only zone near Albany in the AM. I think I'm changing bows to see if my luck can change. As far as luck.......if I ever had any.....lol!

Knawbone · November 03, 2014, 04:05:00 PM

Ditto on what Gerald said Bob. Iv' lost deer before and never found them....it happens. Congrats on a beautiful animal.

Izzy · November 03, 2014, 04:25:00 PM

Sorry for your lost meat Bob. He's an awesome buck none the less and as you know it happens to anyone shooting arrows at deer sooner or later.

nashoba · November 03, 2014, 04:28:00 PM

Bob I know we talked earlier on the phone but bowhunting is not an exact science your odds are more than likely stacked against you when you are trying to kill an animal with a bow . Unfortunately losses do occur its all part of the game nobody wants it to happen but if you shoot at enough animals it eventually will just know that you did everything right. Sometimes success and failure are measured in fractions of an inch just like we talked on the phone that deer could have ducked or jumped the string but without slow motion replay its hard to say. I know the ones that I have lost still haunt me so the best advice I can give you is put it out of your mind for now and keep hunting the does.

Knawbone · November 03, 2014, 04:32:00 PM

Man, best of luck Ron, we can never have enough speedies.LOL Hope you get two or three.Best of luck my friend!!

vintage-bears · November 03, 2014, 04:54:00 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by Wapiti Chaser:
Well the tracker came over at 8 this morning. We discussed the shot and looked at the arrow and hair. We got up to the start of the trail and that wire haired dog put his nose down and went to work on the trail. When we got to the last spot of blood I found yesterday the dog went straight about forty yards then took a hard right crossed the creek and up a cliff that is so steep not to mention thick that you have belly crawl up, at this point the tracker wasn't sure about the trail and started back down the lane which crosses the creek 30 yards further down the creek while I was searching for blood along the creek. In a matter of seconds the tracker yelled I have him ! I thought he had found blood but the dog went back to the creek and found the deer in a big popular tree that fell down. Unfortunately the coyotes found him before we did and really did a number on him. All I could save was the neck meat. I was within 20 feet of the deer when I called the tracker yesterday. I feel like two or three more steps and I would have found him. The tracker said he was surely a 3.5 year old deer and commended my tracking him that far and said I had done the right thing backing out no being certain of the hit. This beautiful animal deserved a better death and I hope he was dead when the coyotes found him. I know I did everything possible and that along with encouragement some fellow gangers have given has eased my mind some. I filled out my tag and will do everything in my power to never feed the coyotes again. Here is to the greatest game animal the whitetail.

Congratulations and well done!
We do the best we can and the coyotes do too