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11 pointer from opening day of gun season, 45 minutes into daylight. Shotgun season for us here in Genesee County. He was chasing a doe up the hill at 25 yards, good thing I had some good wind, he was right on her tail. Let's just say he dropped 25 yards away. Let me know what you guys think. We've been letting the bucks mature on our property and it has paid off. Shoot straight! Good luck everyone

Dutchess County opening day, this Big 11 showed up with his girlfriend and I ruined his date, my first one on opening day :-)

My nephew and I were hunting together on opening day. Around 7am a doe came out of the Hemlocks and milled around for a few minutes. All of the sudden she ran off with her tail half raised. I told my nephew there was a buck following her and sure enough he stepped out a few minutes after she did. She was still milling around and he had his eyes fixed on her, which allowed for the noise my nephew made. LOL When the buck stepped into an opening he made the shot but the deer looked like he wasn't hit. He walked off in the same direction he came from. I waited a few minutes and went to look for him and he was down but still not dead when I found him. I waited till he expired and called my nephew to come down and see his buc, a nice 6 pointer. Still not sure who was more excited!! I'm a proud uncle to say the least!!

Got my buck and doe opening morning minutes after each other in Chenango County. I could hear movement down in front of me so i hit the grunt tube. Next thing I know the doe came in to my stand on a rope and i turned her broad side at 20 yards and hit her with a perfect shot. She only ran 20 yards and dropped. I called my dad to let him know she was down then the spiker came in. I hung up the phone and took a shot and missed because i shot standing up without a rest. He ran a little bit and stopped so i hit the grunt tube again and he came back. This time I made sure he i had a good rest and hit him right behind the shoulder. Needless to say my season was done early.

Has anyone seen this amazing deer ?This is a 15 point shot by Vance Carr in Wayne County, some wheres near Clyde.

Forget the back tag that bandana is blatant style violation.

Last one I boiled at my ex mother in-laws house. The neighbors were already used to the obnoxious stink coming from her,lol

I don't even remember seeing this post back then. I gotta say not many around here kill such deer consistently as Lawdwaz, that's for damned sure. Many talk big stories of passing up the little ones, yet have $#!+ to show for it as far as actual kills of the big ones on such a regular basis. LOL My hats off to you man! You're a lean, mean, big buck killin machine!

Biz-R-O did you see that?? That's just the vehicle for you if I ever saw one. You could hang all your mounts on it! LOL

no, no arrow. this is his car right here

Well my gun season is complete. Fianly cought up to the big 8 we saw all preseason but never during archery. BBD!!!!

I hunted behind the house last night where I started camming this summer. I was hopeing to run into Six-zilla or Kong but instead I got an oppertunity this morning at another farmiliar buck from summer and I was determined to take advantage of it! Good ole "Mr. Clean" is now a statistic of the regular season! He made his appearance about an hour into my sit this AM. He came in behind me somehow never winding me. I wasn't expecting any deer from that way but it didn't matter. When he came through at 40yds I let out a mahhh to stop him. He stopped in his tracks right behind a tree with only his head and azz viewable to me. He quickly forgot what he heard and took the last step I needed him to. I dropped the hammer and watched him run off like he wasn't even hit. I was confused how I could miss such a crack-shot...... BUT...., when he hit the 100yd mark he slowed to a walk. He flicked his tail a few times, walked another 20yds, and fell over dead as can be! The shot was perfect double lung. It just amazed me how a dead deer running still makes escape look so calculated and gracefull. I'm really happy to have taken this buck, but I'm feelin my enthusiasm for deer hunting may be wearing thin. There's a good chance this will be my last kill for a while. I may just need a break from hunting for a season or two. Couple shots of him from summer.. ...and the field photos!

The core problem is that the value of the dollar has been going down for decades. Prices don't go up, it's the value of the dollar going down. This causes the loss of our purchasing power and a perceived rise in costs. This will continue. I have some short videos in this previous comment on learning how money is created. All Americans should learn basic monetary theory. It's easy actually. What is hard to understand, is how we have been taught to believe in what hurts us. http://huntingny.com/forums/topic/12690-who-else-is-glad-they-didnt-take-anything-last-weekend/#entry162485

So why didn't they take the extra step and give it some ATV features so you could drive it from your truck to the tree and they hook it up to the tree and take the whole thing up with you. Maybe that is phase two to be introduced in a year or two ..... lol. Hey, with a little more engineering, we won't even have to walk to go hunting. We can take all the effort out of hunting eventually. Just sit back and ride everywhere .... ha-ha-ha.

LOL- screw calling DEC tipline, I'm dialing up the fashion police!

The problem is that 80 million people eligible to vote in this country do not vote (you can look up the statistics)! How many people om this site do you think do not vote but will readily complain?

That is what I meant. First pic was camo...then clothes....I would have one is pajamas....a tux...a suit...bathing suit. (NOT A SPEEDO)

http://www.dec.ny.gov/animals/44564.html

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Fishers have been well documented, same with moose, etc. Sorry, but with ALL of the trailcams out there, someone would have come up with definitive proof by now. Every single time someone comes up with a pic, its proved to be fake or misidentification.

Nobody discounts that. Heres the kicker though, the one time there actually was one in NY, it was well documented, unlike the plethora of claims that happen every year.

Does Biz-R-O's mount count as a "Mountain Lion in NY"???

it all boils down to being at the right place at the right time is all.Luck.

This buck is awesome. I can't wait to see some different angles of the rack. There's no tricky photography here that makes the deer appear to be larger than it actually is...it's just plain HUGE!!!!!!! Congrats to Vance on taking one of the most impressive deer in the state this season!!!

A REAL HUNTERS RIDE LOL :girlcrazy:

MAPLE SYRUP LOL

sorry guys but i wont join in bashing this guy even tho i dont agree w him on crossbows, ive seen WAY to many threads like this and dont want a part in it....

wow greedy union bastages not wanting an 8% paycut,,, so greedy unlike the generous Hostess executives who all had received raises of up to 80% in 2011, not too shabby for a company that carries more than 800 million in debt.

Boy, that comparison chart is so full of it. Why didn't it list "ability for a quick follow-up shot"? You know damned well that someone with a compound bow can fire a second shot WAY quicker than someone with a crossbow, but of course they forget to mention this just to make that crossbow look more dasterdly! If you don't think there isn't an advantage to have a quick follow-up shot, you haven't been hunting too long.

uh huh, right.

"I have attacked nobody personally," riiigghhttttt You started with "Use a real bow" and cursing then went into this and lets not forget the chest pounding in the Button buck thread (and this one too), by that way congrats on the two immature bucks you killed this year under the excuse of limited hunting time, makes perfect sense to claim to hold out and then kill the first couple that stumble by. You are full of it

I came home today to a Fedex sticker on my door, and two boxes on the porch. As I picked them up I noticed that one was a dehydrator I called the wife and asked "Who it this for????? She was not to happy that it was not packaged in anything, but I was pleased to find out it is MINE!!!!!!!!!!! MINT!!!!!!! Jerky ideas anyone?????

The bullet with your name on it cannot be changed, its the one with to whom it may concern that worry's me.

i actually have the same pic but it says "never irritate a woman who can operate a backhoe" still super funny tho

Also, these developments have raised the taxes so high, that farms are pretty much non existent in Dutchess County. At one time, there were over 500 farms. Today, there are actually fewer than 50. Nothing wrong with that though, huh? Developers are the hunters worst enemy-plain and simple. Even the DEC admits on their website that development is one of the biggest threats to hunting. It doesn't take a lot of thinking to figure that out. I'm just rambling on in this post!

My mother is Iriquois, not that that has anything to do with this conversation. But, then again, I've noticed that you have a cocky answer for eveything. I'm not impressed. If you don't know what you're talking about-which you obviously don't pertaining to down here, then why do you assume that things are done to keep taxes under control? So, tell me-how do these developers who are building $700,000 homes keep taxes under control? It doesn't. In fact, it raises everyones taxes. Since the need for more services goes up, so does the tax rate-to staggering proportions. By the way-I don't know where you live, but our "towns" range in populations of anywhere from 25,000, to over 40,000, within miles of each other. Crime rates are through the roof, and murders are becoming commonplace. The city of Poughkeepsie has a staggering crime rate per capita. How many people do you have living in your community?

I think there should be 2 seasons only. Bow season for all bows - compounds and crossbows are bows. Gun season for all guns - mz are guns.

Nice buck,nice pics!

nice job cleaning him up!!

simple is nice.... besides i need to exercise of using a normal climber or climbing up a tree.

You didnt answer any of my questions. I don't care what you say. Hunting from the ground (no blind) with a crossbow is just as "hard" as hunting from a treestand with your Mathews. If you don't want people "messing up YOUR bow season", then get a good enough job where you can buy your own piece of property and don't let others on it!

OK..........a couple observations. First.......cool! Second.......what if like every other mechanical thing on earth it should stop working for some reason, and you are up in the tree? You're there! LOL! The other thing, I was cringing the whole time the guy was bouncing, jumping, leaning on the rail backwards, as I was looking for his safety strap. I never did see one on him, but towards the end he did say they recommend you wear one. Did anyone see a safety strap on the guy demonstrating the stand?

erussel ---- I would love to have seen the look on the guy's face when he 1st saw the stand piled up !

It just might be that this thread has uncovered why you hear so many shots and see so few deer actually being pulled out of the woods .... lol. Seems like some guys are passing up the much larger target for a tiny lower percentage target. Sounds more like an ego thing than a meat thing.

I found a nice freshly built, pressure treated, ladder stand, the neighbor had built on our land. And I dont mean just over the line, I mean 500 yrds over the line. After he was told not to hunt there any more. I just happened to be doing a little trail clearing and found it. That machete I was using to cut brush made fast work of it and I piled it at the bottom of the tree. He called my uncle all mad during deer season and asked about why his stand was destroyed. My uncle told him because he apparently couldnt read posted signs and we figured he would get the picture with his stand piled up under the tree.

The politically correct term is "redistribution" ! Work hard to own something only to have to share it with the less unfortunate who are too lazy to work .

LOL...I would say any food grade bags, get the biggest ziplock bag you can find or use gallon bags from foodsaver vaccuum sealer they are pretty big

And then they wonder why posted signs go up, and land owners say no to hunters.

Well here is my addition, Headed out to the stand with my cousin knowing that this buck was in the immediate area and with the intention of only shooting him as we had an encounter with him two days ago but with no shot. We were hoping to get the hunt on video but things happened to fast, we were sitting in stand on a small patch of woods just off a field and had not seen a deer all morning and knew he was on a doe the night before so may of been bedded down and hanging tight. Just about 8am i head some leaves crunching right in front of us and all i saw was a huge deer with a huge rack trotting trough the woods about 70 yards away and he was on a mission. I wispered to my cousin huge buck huge buck as i put the scope on him. He then stopped and looked towards us and right before my cousin was about to say just shoot him because the camera wasnt on or even towards him i fired and he kicked and tore off. We were both so pumped standing in our stands and were about positive i put a solid shot on him we were shaking in the stand. This was by far the biggest buck either of us had seen in the woods. We got down and found where i hit him and had really good blood and found him piled up about 60 yards away. He grossed 144 1/2" with a 20 3/4" inside spread.