Good Luck NY Bowhunters!

[Mint]

Been seeing good movement except for the last couple of days. I'm at work today but have tomorrow and Friday off so hopefully it picks up by me. This weekend hopefully a bunch of the compound shooters head upstate to hunt with the gun since it has been pretty crowded.

[glenbo]

Nice buck Mint

[Sean B]

Nice Mint, Catskills buck???  Congrats!!!

[kevsuperg]

I haven't seen hardly any deer this bow season. I was washing dishes the other day, complaining to my wife about it. I look up and there's a buck walking thru the backyard. Go figure .
Now two days till gun season and the weather is getting right.

[Biggamefish]

Well I had a rocky week.  This weekend I finally started seeing deer move.  Not just one deer a day!  I had a nice buck come in on sunday and when I took the shot I ended up hitting my tree stand seat.
 So on to Monday and I was just hunting the afternoon.  About 330 I hear crashing behind me.  I see a doe and a button buck running through.  They stop right at my stand 15 yards out.  The doe finally steps out and I have a shot.  As I am pulling back the button spooks at my movement and they both jump.  The doe only took one leap then stopped,she provided me with a clean quartering away shot.  I drew and let the string go.

[vintage-bears]

Congrats Mint!

[nashoba]

Congrats to all of you that have taken deer at the tail end of the season. I've been trying to connect with a doe before the season ends but they just don't want to cooperate with my plan. Today I had a 3 point walk about 10 feet from the base of my tree. The winter season finally caught up to the building trades so I got laid off on Monday at least now I can devote some time to the last 2 days of the season ( I'm trying to look at it as the glass is half full and not half empty).

[Izzy]

Nice one Mint, congrats.

[Biggamefish]

The instant I saw the arrow in flight I knew I was in trouble!!  The arrow was flying to far left and there was no steering wheel to turn it right in flight.  I just had to watch it zip pass her and her run off and laugh at me.  I just sat down in disgust.  I had a 12-15 yard perfect quartering away shot and I blew it!  

 I put another arrow on the string and sat for the remainder of the night thinking it was over and I had tomorrow to get it done.  Right about 4 ish I heard some shuffling behind me again and here comes a deer.  Nose to the ground almost on a full trot, he was dogging the does trail step for step.  It wasn't till he got to the spot where the doe spooked (I shot)did he stop and seemed to know something was wrong.  He stood there looking around and seemed to pick me out of the tree.  He took two or three steps forward and I had a shot so I pulled back and he spooked, jumping 2-3 leaps and stopping.  He stopped quartering away at about 20 yards.  I had about a 6-10 hole to shoot through and took the shot.  THe arrow flew true this time meeting his chest.  He took off out of there at a full run with my arrow sticking out of him.  As he got out of site I heard him run another 10 second and then just stop no crash no rusting.  I figured he was standing there but I never heard him take off.  I waited until dark to get down and look for blood. Nothing!  I couldn't find a drop anywhere.  I just started in the direction on which he ran and in 70 yards there he was.  I retraced the blood back and there was blood only the last 20 yards.

 I am shooting a Simmons land shark and this blew me away specially after looking at the hole going in.  The hole measured 2 3/4 wide.  There musta been no blood because the arrow stayed in.  I took out the one whole lung and clipped the the artery in the neck and the arrow stopped at the breast bone.

[Stone Knife]

Nice shooting Matt  

[drewsbow]

congrats Jeff and Matt

[Izzy]

Awesome Matt nice buck. If you drive that dark gray Silverado Ive got a pic for you that I think you'll dig.    

[wetfeathers]

Good job Matt and Jeff.  Good shooting guys.

[kat]

Way to go Matt!!    

[Izzy]

   Matt, I think this be your buck! I could be wrong but if 2+2 is 4 I think its him. Super cool if it is. I took this pic on 10/19.

[Knawbone]

Way to go Matt and Jeff, congrats on the nice bucks.                    


Here's what's left of my buck, I had to get him cut up due to the warm weather. I took my doe to the processors, but wanted some fresh meat, so this guy got the home job.....yummmmmmm!

 

He could be considered a four point I guess, but a spike to me. Shot him with my 60" Kota Nomad and a 160 grn Grizzly with a 75 grn woodie weight for a total arrow weight of 600 grn. It didn't penetrate any better than my 480 grn. 125 grn. two blade zwicky out of my 48 lb. Cheetah.

[Wapiti Chaser]

Nice job guys. The clock is ticking now , I always dislike the last day of bow season. No matter how much time I put in the woods it flys by and the older I get the faster is seems to go by.

[Knawbone]

Alex, stick with it bro, temps are going to get the deer moving the rest of the week. Hard on them to move when it gets much above 35 to 40 deg. with their winter coats. Get out tomorrow morning if you can! Good luck everybody. I'm really looking forward to this weekend.    

[vintage-bears]

Congratulations!

[Biggamefish]

I Dont see the deer in the pic. I am looking on my phone so I might be missing him.