WNY Bowhunter

Nice shot!

There's WAY more too it than most people realize. I don't do my own tanning now, but would if I ever tried to make a career out of it. Another thing that most hunters don't realize either is that there's a HUGE difference in a crappy deer head on the wall and a true quality deer mount.

I have a feeling we'll be seeing a close up of one of those guys this season!

Dang, you've had some beauties over the years! Several legends there. Old a

My cousin's pics but a good one from the area I grew up hunting. He made a great jump from last year!

Four years of history with this deer. Not a huge rack but at least 5.5 but more likely 6.5 this season

First card pull of the season at this spot. Not too bad for only sitting for 3 days. Beautiful frame on this guy.

Nice! NY or OH deer?

Honestly, there's not that great of ag crops in these areas, just enough cover to allow a few deer to survive gun season.

I think I first started running cameras in around 2008 as well. I've had some pretty slim picking years but this one is probably the worst. I do have several pretty nice bucks on camera, but not what I'm accustomed yo. Interestingly, I've got several buddies in the same area and they've got some really nice deer on camera this year.

Dang, at least you have Ohio and MO!!!

That's ok, all of these bucks are confirmed dead except possibly for the droptined buck from 10/8/21. I didn't hear of him getting shot last season so I'm hoping he will resurface this fall.

It'll be fun to see the "Ones that got away" from other areas of the state. Post them here!!!

It's been the slowest summer on trailcam that I've ever had for big bucks. It was to be expected as the local buck herd got slaughtered last fall. The other day I was looking through old pics reminiscing about some of the awesome deer that I've had history with over the past several years. I decided to post a few of them. This isn't the midwest by any means but most of these bucks are 5.5 to 6.5 years old with a couple being 7.5. It's almost unimaginable that a deer can evade a rifle bullet for that many seasons. All these bruisers are from Steuben County 8P/8R in areas that are far from being considered intensively managed...

Good shed hunting? Lol

Seems like a great area for deer hunting out there in Tompkins County!

Only one more mount to put together and the '21 batch is finally completed. This is one of my favorites from last season...super massive bases with a mere 13 3/8" inside spread!

I honestly don't remember if I did or not? Sorry.

The entry fee into the state book just went up from $20 to $25...

I would definitely resign from my volunteer services if this were the case...

I'd probably enter one if it was over 150". Typically, if I score one for people who are not going to enter it or I know that it's not going to make it I just give them the gross score and not worry about the net (unless I enter it into our excel spreadsheet that does everything for you).

It's most prominent on these McKenzie /Dennis Behn forms. I actually rasped some of it off on this one at the customer's request.

I am an official scorer for NYSBBC. I score most of the deer that I mount for people but only a handful of taxidermy clients and other people actually end up putting them in the record books if they meet the minimums.