Here is my first deer of 2011. A 99lb dressed doe for the freezer and the bonus tag. Taken on Oct 4th on the AM sit.
Here is my 8 pointer from mid October. Dressed at a little over 100 lbs. That's the bow I used this year, a mathews Z7 Xtreme, 62 lbs, ICS hunter 400's with montec CS 100 gr broadheads.
Here's my second buck, a decent 8 pointer from Mid November in Suffolk. AM sit. 110lb dressed.
And my bonus busck this year. A deer I was chasing and watching from May, but he never showed himself during the day until Thanksgivng. My nine point drop tine buck. The first buck I ever took with a drop tine. He is hanging in my living room next to last years ten pointer 131".
We went on to kill a lot of deer this year from my property in Suffolk and friends properties in Orange. It was a banner year with 17 deer taken from my deer camp.
Some frist were, my nephew Ian taken both his first deer. his first was a button buck he thought was a doe and then in December he took a real nice 6 pointer. this was Ian's first year hunting and he did it all with a bow at 15 years old. justin took his second deer but his first buck, another nice 6 pointer. He shot this with one of my old bowtech Equalizers that i gave him. ian shot his with Justin old equalizer that I had given him before the newer one. patrick took his fourth deer at 19 years old. A big 7 pointer measuring 107 inches with a 18 1/2 inch spread. Both of these boys were with me Sunday at Thrill of the Hunt shooting. Outside of work and girls, there is nothing more these guys like more then shooting their bows. patrick has won 1st place at pinewood Archers A class, first place at peconic river Sportsmans Club A class and 2nd place at Peconic river Sportsmans class B class. This Sunday he shoots AA with me at the Peconic Shoot. I hope he pulls off another trophy, even if it means he beat me. Nothing better then watching family gorw in the shooting sports, except maybe deer camp with them.