Hunter25

Hey guys, I recently purchased the bow holder from Summit for my Viper Climbing stand. I put it on last night in my house and it works great. I mounted it on the bottom of my stand, then I realized that it will probably hit the top of the stand when the stand is in the tree because the stand I have has a full front. I haven’t tried this on a real tree/real setup situation yet beaus I was messing with it at 11 last night and didn’t want my neighbors to think I was crazy. Anyone have any experience with this type of Summit setup? I’m also trying to find a way to attach my quiver to the stand. My end goal is to setup my stand and be able to climb up and hunt. I hate climbing up and having to screw things into the tree. Any tips/recommendations are appreciated.

Funny you say that I always use myuddy safety harnes but the tree that my friend has this stand in is so big the tether didn't reach around.

Hey guys I finally got the video together for this hunt, check it out.

Cool !

Thanks for all the congrats guys

That is the entry hole. I was using Grim Reaper broadheads. All season I was using Rage broadheads but for some strange reason they were loose and rattling. I tried changing the rubber bands but that didn't help, so for this hunt I switched back to reapers. Anyone else have this rattling problem with the Rage broadheads?

Well after a long season of hunting with a bunch of ups and downs the season finally came to a successful end. After many long days on stand it finally came together like we all hope it does. It was Dec 27th and my brother John and I were perched high in our stands overlooking spots that we had been getting lots of trailcam pics over the last few weeks. I was watching the group of 5 does which have been in the area all season feeding out in the open and slowly working my way. I had no interest in them as I already had a doe and a 7 pt in the freezer but watching them was a nice way to pass the time as the season was winding down. Today I had one thing on my mind and it was to take one of the nice bucks that had been eluding us all season. At around 3:30 I looked to my left and saw a nice buck quickly walking down one of the trails that the deer like to use. He was going to walk right into the open but he was cursing. I quickly turned on my camera and pointed it in the deer’s direction. As the deer got into the open I quickly made a noise to stop him and sent an arrow his way. I watched it disappear behind the buck’s shoulder and a feeling of excitement and accomplishment came over me. I called my brother John who was hunting near by to help me recover the buck. We quickly found my arrow covered with good blood, we were off to a great start. Once John and I started further down the trail we realized that the blood trail was almost nonexistent. We looked until dark and found very little. We decided to head back to base camp to meet up with our buddy Charlie “The Bloodhound”. If anyone can follow a blood trail it’s Charlie. We tracked for about an hour in the dark following a sparse blood trail. Then all of a sudden we were back where we had started. It turns out that in the dark we got turned around without realizing it and were heading the wrong way. At this point I was starting to second guess my shot placement, was it as good as I had previously thought? We decided to call the search dogs to help. The dispatcher said he would call me back in about 20 minuets. In that time we started back down the blood trail. After another 15 minuets of tracking I got a call from the person with the tracking dogs, but at the exact same moment I heard Charlie say “There he is”. Finally I thought as I rushed over to see where I had hit the deer. Just as I thought it was a good shot. As we field dressed the deer we notices that the arrow had caught both lungs. The deer must have clotted up quickly leaving little blood to follow. I’m extremely happy with this buck and had it not been for my brother John and Charlie helping me track him I don’t know if I would have ever found him. It was a great way to end the season and it was the latest point in the season that any of us had ever shot a nice buck. That is until John hit the woods on Dec 31st but I will let him tell that story….

On Sunday I was hunting the public land on Long Island with my brother John when an unusual thing happened to me. I was sitting 20 feet up in my climber when I see a father and son walking through small game hunting with a dog. I was going to let them pass and hope that they would maybe scare some deer by my stand. Then the dog looked like he was on point and I was worried a bird was going to flush out and they were going to shoot in my direction not knowing I was even there. I whistled to them to let them know where I was. They came over and said that they had just stumbled upon a wounded buck that couldn’t get up. They said that they had called the check station letting them know the situation and they were told that they had to call someone else. They were frustrated as any hunter would be because they didn’t want to see the deer suffer any more than it already had. After they told me what had happened I knew what the right thing to do was, I climbed down and asked them to show me where the deer was. We went back to the area that they saw him last but we couldn’t find the exact location. They then let their dog back off the leash and he quickly located the deer. After they called the dog off I put an arrow right behind the deer’s shoulder to end its suffering. When I walked up to the deer I saw that it had been shot in the back making it unable to walk. I wonder if this deer was shot by a hunter who couldn’t find him because of the shot location and the lack of blood. Part of me thinks that a deer hit in this location would drop straight to the ground with a hit like that and I wonder if it was shot and left there by a hunter who just had poor morals. I guess I will never know the answer to this question. It’s not the way any hunter envisions filling one of his tags but it was the right thing to do. I took the deer to the butcher and I feel better that myself and another fellow hunter were able to make the best of a bad situation.

Thanks for all the great comments guys. I have shot a lot of deer over the years but except for my first deer kill where I ran full speed about a mile and a half back to the house to tell my dad, none got me as excited as this one did. Best part about it is that I get to share it with all of you guys. Geno C, to answer your question, I filmed all that myself with my camera arm. I wish I got the shot better but didn’t want to risk moving the camera and risk spooking the deer. It really gets me pumped when someone says they feel like they were part of the hunt. Filming hunts isn’t as easy as most people think and sometimes it gets frustrating and you wonder if it’s worth all the time and effort. Comments like the one RichZ7 posted really give me the motivation to keep going. Thanks guys!

I finally finished the video of the 8 Pt I shot on LI in December, let me know what you guys think.

Awesome video!!!

Thanks Guys

Congrats

Hey guys my brother John and I finished the video of my 5 pointer hunt, that I self-filmed during the upstate bow season. Let us know what you think.

Thanks again for all the congrats guys and to answer your question MuzzyLoader yeah it's starting to get back to normal LOL

Thanks for all the congrats on my buck that my brother John posted a picture of. I posted the story here: http://huntingny.com/forums/topic/7597-14-years-in-the-making/

I write this post with a huge smile on my face this past weekend I had one of the best days in my hunting career. Saturday morning it finally all came together and I took my best buck ever. I have been hunting for the last fourteen years and over that time span I have shot many deer but nothing bigger than a six pointer. My friend Charlie was gracious enough to let my brother John and I hunt some of his stands Long Island. John and I were hunting about 80 yards apart on property that has been holding some great bucks. The morning started out slow with nothing at first light. Then I saw a spike and five does come through at about seven. After that I saw the small resident eight pointer walking the edge of the woods where John was. The deer got down wind of John and picked up his scent and trotted back into the woods. He was kind of heading in my direction so I got my bow ready in case he came by within range. That deer never came back out of the woods but about five minutes later I looked to my right and saw nothing but rack walking in my direction. I got the video camera on the deer and watched him eat and slowly make his way towards my stand. At this point I was starting to think that this might actually happen and my nerves got the better of me and I started shaking. It got so bad that I had to lean my knee against the tree to slow it down so the deer wouldn’t see me. I had to keep telling myself to calm down and take deep breaths. He proceeded to get closer and closer, and then froze up at 25 yards right behind a branch, then after what seemed like forever he turned to head back towards the woods. I drew back, he took a few steps towards the woods, cleared the branch and I released an arrow on him and watched it disappear right behind the shoulder with a perfect double lung shot. The deer ran about 60 yards and fell over. That’s when I lost it, I couldn’t believe what I had just accomplished and I questioned if it really just happened or if I was dreaming. I quickly called my brother who watched the entire thing from his stand. When I got down and got over to the deer we realized that the deer was the exact eight pointer that Charlie had shot at on Wednesday. Charlie’s arrow just grazed the top of his back and the wound was already starting to heal. Charlie has some great velvet footage of this buck and a bunch of trail cam shots of him. The other cool part about this hunt was that my brother Joe got to share in the action as well even thought he was hunting upstate at the time. John was on the phone checking in with Joe at the time that he noticed the buck under my stand and realized that I was probably going to get a shot, so he was able to give Joe the play by play as if he was right there with us. The feeling I felt after I shot this buck was like nothing I have ever experienced before. After hunting so hard for so long it really made me appreciate how fortunate I was to take this deer. I really want to thank Charlie for letting us hunt his stands and being such a great friend. It’s going to take a long time for me to come down from this high I’m on right now.

I took a 5 pt last week but it has been the slowest season I have experienced in my 14 years of hunting.

Awesome Congrats

Great program!!!

4R & 4S

Been the slowest start I have seen in years for me in 4R and 4S

Thanks we appreciate the kind words.

Came out good hope we can get more deer down on film this season

Nice doe