Good Luck NY Bowhunters!

[ron w]

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

I would be very happy with one.........

[drewsbow]

way to keep after him Bob , congrats

[Pointer]

Sorry for the lost meat but he's a great buck.

[wetfeathers]

Congrats on a great buck Bob.  I think Nashoba said it perfectly.  It's always unfortunate when it doesn't end the way it should but it does happen.  Glad you got him.

[swampbow2]

Sorry for the lost meat Bob but you at least know from your trailing so close to him he died in a reasonable time and wasn't lingering somewhere. You at least got the shot off. I botched it tonight on a mature buck and I don't get a lot of chances at those. I had a beauty at 12yds quartering toward me and didn't take the shot sure I would get a wack as he walked past. I was confident he was going to walk past as the wind was perfect and I was 15ft above him. I forgot about the direction I had walked in 45 mins earlier and he hit my tracks and snorted, jumped and trotted for 30yds and then looked back at me. Bucks that make it past their 2nd season around here don't give you breaks ! He was broadside enough I should have shot but noooo I needed him to go another few steps.

[Knawbone]

Marvin, you made an ethical choice not to shoot while he was quartering to you. Good for you, I think you made the right choice. Like you said these pressured bucks are often edgy and can spook at the drop of a twig. You were waiting for a clean kill and that's commendable. If you had shot him before he spooked, and didn't hit vitals you may have really been sorry. Keep after em bro

[vintage-bears]

X2

[swampbow2]

It was more like I was cocky than ethical. I was sure I knew what he was going to do. He was almost broadside and I'm confident I could have made that shot. You're right though in that I'd be kicking myself if I had hit him poorly on an iffy angle. Good luck.

[ron w]

>>>>---------> MISSED ONE.....!  

[vintage-bears]

Tell us about it Ron.
Been there, done that!

[swampbow2]

Anybody who says he never misses or never loses a deer either doesn't hunt much, doesn't kill much, or has terrible memory. I saw 3 does and 3 fawns walking in this morning but they were on the downwind side of the field and made me. About 1030 a buck came up the edge behind me but must have got a whiff with the swirling wind and detoured about 60yds short of me. This is starting to get to be like a job !

[glenbo]

Don't sweat it Ron,it will all come together.

[ron w]

I told the tale on another post, Ghillie coats and button buck......

[nashoba]

The bucks were moving pretty good yesterday at about 2:30- 3:00 I could see a large bodied deer walking through the cut been field behind my house. By the time I was able to get my bino's he had covered half the field he turned out to be a heavy framed tall tined ten pointer. He walked right to the edge of my property line and then proceeded to walk by my beagles kennel. He then walked about 30 yards from my house and down into my neighbors yard . Seeing as I no longer have a buck tag I called my friend who was hunting across the street to let him know that he crossed onto his property with another buck . My friends son shot the 10 pointer about 4:30 he turned out to be a 3 1/2 year old and about 135 inches.

[Stone Knife]

Originally posted by ron w:
>>>>---------> MISSED ONE.....!      

At least you got a shot and no harm no foul.

[Pointer]

Just a long walk in the woods today in the lower part of the state..Rockland County..no sign  to speak of and so warm I was out there in short sleeves. Acorns still dropping and are absolutely everywhere. Covered some serious ground looking for scrapes but came up empty. Very unusual, I've always seen deer in this area, year after year but this season has been a complete bust so far.

[wetfeathers]

Spent 10 hours today on state land and saw 2 small bucks and 5 does.  they were all feeding. no rut activity.  My buddy was able to shoot one of the small bucks as we hid behind an old dead oak 18 yards away.  Unfortunately he used wheels.  It's still alot of fun to see someone else get that excited.

[Homey88]

Wow!

[Izzy]

Heres my buck from 11/02. All done and in the freezer. May hunt doe and squirrels tomorrow.  

[Knawbone]

Congrats again Izzy, cool looking buck, and that was an awesome hunt and shot.