NYBowhunter

Thanks all. BTW it's even more special to me that both my harvests were taken using my dad's 50 year old marlin 336 35 caliber using 150 grain spear points. I told my dad who's 75 years young that he better start looking for another gun if he breaks his current 30-06 because the 35 is now officially mine...lol.. it's a sweet compact light rifle that puts them down in a hurry and makes my trek up the mountain that much easier.

Yeah I have gotten 2 on my cameras but only in last 3 years or so. I have a picture of one in my clover plot from 2 years ago that was an absolute pig, I'm guessing 400 lbs or so.

I had posted these pictures in the general hunting and bear hunting sections of the forums, but thought I would post here being it's more relevant to people hunting region 4. Considering the DEC website indicates that for 2012 there was only 1 bear harvested in Worcester NY, I find my self very fortunate to harvest this beauty on opening day 11/16/13, she scaled out at 230 lbs. So if you see only one bear harvest for 13' in Worcester NY you know it was me...lol I also took this doe 2 days later 11/18 from same stand. Hope you are all having a good season.Now I'm just hoping for one of the bigger bucks to show.

Yes 7 hours on low temps in a crock pot, go hunting then come back to a done meal. It's that simple. We grilled some steaks on the barbecue the day before, but the stew was much better hands down.

Congrats real nice representative of a 3 1/2 year old buck for our area.Nice !!

Bear was 230 lbs.

Thanks everyone. Yeah that's the first time for me that I had to pull an apple out of a deer's mouth....lol. She's all butchered and in the freezer.

Have been seeing lots of does and our freezer was empty, took this nice size doe. 5 doe came in late this afternoon and proceeded to feed under the apple trees. Was really hard to get a shot as one would eat another would look in my direction, so I had to move very slowly and cooked the hammer on my dad's trusty 35. Took aim and drooped her in her tracks, heart shoot. She will make for some good eating.

Almost have the skull all cleaned up. Had some bear stew tonight and it was delicious. Cooked stew in a crock pot for 7 hours, used bay leaves, carrots, potatoes, daikon radish, celery and mushrooms...was unreal...yummy!!!

Congrats to the both of you!!

Thanks all. I'm still in awe that I was fortunate enough to harvest such a beautiful bear. A real NY trophy!!! Some more pictures.

Congrats that is a great story. I can relate my 2 hunting buddies are my dad 75 and my uncle 79. The memories is what it's all about!!! I cherish all my days afield with them!!

Thanks everyone...BTW we cooked up some bear steaks this afternoon on the barbecue cooked slowly over apple wood and was pleasantly surprised how much it taste like beef. Tomorrow is bear stew...lol

Thanks guys.forgot to add the part where me and my buddy had to take the utv up the mountain in the pitch black of the night, that was an adventure. Had to cross a stream and then ride to the top. Glad I made trails for the utv to access alot of the steeper parts of the property, was able to get the utv within 50 yards of the bear. Wow, the memories will last us a life time. Was truly an awesome experience. Can't wait to try for first time some bear meat. Took the backstraps and one back leg, gave other leg to taxidermist. BTW she had a very nice pelt and even the taxidermist said she had more fat then usual, some places we measured the fat at 2+ inches thick, amount of fat was unreal.

What started out as a deer hunt towards end of day, was success on a beautiful bear. Hunted hard all day 11/16 and had seen a bunch of does. The afternoon was very slow and uneventful. As the day was nearing it's end I heard crunch of leaves and I thought to myself here comes a deer, looked over my shoulder and there she was coming in from behind me at a nice pace about 75 yards out. I gave the bear a few minutes as I looked around to ensure there were no other bears in tow. While looking around she must have smelled or made me out, so she veered away from me and was heading for the hilltop and would have been out of sight in less then 50 yards. So now the bear is at a 100 yards, so I improvised to stop her and i sucked on my hand to make an animal distress call and she stopped instantly. Had my dad's 50 yr. Old marlin 35 shooting 150 grain spear points. She was going up hill and quartering away hard, bullet went in behind shoulder and came out her head. She had a massive head and scaled out at 230 lbs. For what I hear this is a true trophy for otsego county as not many are taken each year. Only have had this property for a few years, I'm truly blessed.

Can't wait heading up to camp in the morning, I'll be using my dad's 50 year old 35 lever action. Took it out last weekend and I was breaking paper at 50 yards. So excited, I'll probably be tossing all Friday night. Wishing you all good luck and be safe.

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Here's another picture if it helps and thanks guys.

I'm not one to get deer scored, but I was just curious what this buck in the center would score. I won't hold anyone to their score, just looking for an approx. score. Thanks

Here's five mounts I had done.

Had a 5 pointer this weekend mess me up by pushing 3 does down the mountain (was hoping to take one). He seemed slightly interested in my drag line and decided to make a quick scrape under an apple tree. Seen 21 deer this weekend in total so they are still moving nicely on the back 40. Saw 5 fresh scrapes. Seems the little guys are giving chase right now.

Good apps for current info. Is CNN and Flipboard, they are great to stay on top of the latest news, technology, sports etc...

Where was the buck taken Hillbilly ? What a massive body, tell your BIL congrats and congrats to you for doing all your homework and putting that buck in his lap.