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Any ADK buck is a good one... took one myself today in 5H... congrats

My southern tier lease is notorious for ticks and I thought this would be a bad year for them bow hunting... haven't seen one yet.. go figure

Yes it was raining like hell... wasn't bad while hunting... sucked for dragging up hill in the wet leaves though... I was going to carry the buck on my back but it was so slippery going uphill I was afraid if I fell the weight of the buck falling on me might injure me... or I might get gored by the antlers... lol... I'm no spring chicken any more as you can see by the grey in my beard

I didn't weigh him... he wasn't that big.. maybe 160-165... I believe he is at least 3 1/2... but he just doesn't have that "old buck" body... a very handsome specimen of an ADK buck just not an ADK slob buck... but I'm very happy.. especially as the smoke pole patch & roundball... it was a great hunt.

Snuck up within 8 yards of this 8-point feeding just of a trail in ADK's Fulton County in the pouring rain... had to wait about a minute before I could get a shot at his shoulder... My biggest muzzleloader buck with patch & round ball... I was dreading the drag out, but it wasn't too bad at 2 hours... I just love the big woods

Always fleece for me on the outside... use to be wool, but fleece is just as warm & water proof and much lighter... poly long underwear under and maybe a poly turtle neck if its really cold... that and a good pair of boots is plenty for me with the way I hunt.

You're right Doc.. the answer is that we all must have a little tolerance when it comes to others approach to our beloved past time... there will always be subtle differences in each hunters minds as to the where, when and especially how of hunting. Hunting will forever mean something different to each individual hunter... so is the human condition.

Even if we as hunters know the laws it still becomes a problem if the enforcers of those laws don't know them... although you may be in the right, it is possible that you still might be ticketed or arrested by an officer that doesn't know the law... meaning that regardless of an outcome in your favor when it's all over... you still will be subject days, months or even years of the inconvenience of fighting the issue. Or worse yet you will have those breaking the law not being dealt with because the officer doesn't know the law... either way the hunter is the one getting the shaft... it is imperative that law enforcement know the new (and old) laws to affectively do their job and serve the people fairly.

Some of this years bucks http://www.nyantler-outdoors.com/2014-new-york-whitetails.html Youth hunt photos http://www.nyantler-outdoors.com/2014-youth-hunt.html

Really cool!

Nice.. like the full sneak

Good for her... nice buck

Looks like a young buck to me.... body small.. especially where the neck meets the chest.. just not indicative of a 3.5 yr old

1. I like late November best because the rut is still on and snow is more likely... tracking is the best way to consistently kill ADK bucks. 2. If you get back in a ways you will probably have the woods to yourself 3 You won't find deer as high up once the snow flies and the rutting starts... early season the bucks stay high on the mountains

I've called more bucks in than I can remember with my grunt call... I never go in the woods without one... other than my weapon its my favorite hunting tool.

That is pretty much it in a nut shell...

Passing any deer for any reason except to help out age structure makes no sense... if you would shoot a young buck, then you should have no problem shooting a fawn... or a doe that has a fawn... saving one deer for another for any reason other than to stretch out the age classes serves no purpose... especially if the goal is population control... having said that.. if it bothers you emotionally to shoot a certain deer then you shouldn't shoot... there is no ethical or moral question here... none of your DMP tags say "no fawns" or "does with fawns"... because in the scheme of things it makes no difference in achieving the conservation goal in NY. A doe with a fawn doesn't get a pass here if and when I'm hunting to fill my DMP's.

That's a beauty... he's got everything... congrats!!

It's very hard to explain rocket science to someone that is not a rocket scientist... not engaging antis is the best way to handle their nonsense... I will however defend hunting to those who have never hunted and are trying to understand the attraction, but are not necessarily anti-hunting... there is no sense in having a conversation with someone that has already decided they don't want to listen... Doc hit it on the head... I can only add that antis, like liberals, have this notion that they can someday lead us all to Utopia which clouds there ability to see reality... it is very hard to have a realistic conversation with these kind of people... so I won't.

A good 2.5 year old... bruiser potential

I left two very good jobs with the federal government and state government... simply because I had enough of being taken advantage of by "live to work" bosses and co-workers... I work for myself because I am able to set my own hours and charge my own fees... I only get paid for working... I have a rule at 55... I NEVER work more than 40 hours a week... and NEVER work weekends... I understand that is not realistic for everyone.. but for me, work is something I do to live... it is NOT my life... it always takes a back seat to the things that really matter in life.. and at this age if I have to work more than 40 hours to get by.. I have really done something wrong in my life.

I just find it hard to give up the recurve for crossbow... maybe in the future I'll get one for the regular season southern tier... be cool to take a buck with one during the gun season... something different.

I shoot a 60# Martin Recurve ... I just purchased a 52# self finish longbow that I'm gonna try to hunt with this year..

Sorry... forgot to say congrats first...congrats Aaron

Sorry but I'm old fashioned and didn't want to know until the birth