2012 Bow Hunting Harvest Thread

[Red]

i like hearing stories about big ones taking near letchworth ill be out hunting the park thi weekend i cant wait.

[phade]

People are freaking testy on this site for some reason. I mean, way more than normal. Getting hung up on a causal and "general" phrase and insinuating late shooting?

I just don't get it, really.

[Guns&ReligionCop]

Legal shooting time is when I can see the deer and my pins clearly until I can't. Hunting in the woods instead of fields its always to dark for me before my times up

[88GW]

People are freaking testy on this site for some reason. I mean, way more than normal. Getting hung up on a causal and "general" phrase and insinuating late shooting?

I just don't get it, really.

Agreed 100%

People just seem to be hanging on every little word . Makes it very difficult to post quickly. Must proofread or be ready for the accusations if not worded 100%. Most of us aren't English teachers, just regular people sharing a common interest.

[nyslowhand]

Topic is - 2012 Bow Hunting Harvest Thread

[newbreed]

_{Someone show me a dead deer fast im going through withdrawl!!!}

[13BVET]

Guys, my deepest apologies. What I wrote, was not quite worded right, obviously. It certainly was NOT an insinuation that anyone did anything wrong.

It pretty much goes back to a situation where a friend of mine took a deer, in the woods, and, yes-it was darker in the woods, than in the adjoining field. He was stopped by DEC-he was dragging it out after sunset-and the DEC officer asked when he got it. When he said "It was just getting dark in the woods", he was ticketed, even though he had shot it during legal shooting time. The officer assumed that it was taken after legal shooting time, only because of that statement. That's all I was trying to say.

As for the watch thing, I was actually asked about not having a watch on, by ENCON (I had left it in the car by mistake), because he stated there was no way I could tell when sunset would be without one. I actually have two friends who got tickets for "hunting after legal hours", simply because they exited the woods mere minutes after sunset. The officer stated that "you have to be out of the woods by sunset".

[phade]

I think we should modify this thread as it is one of the two major ones during the season.

Another site has the deer lineup - ie the only post in the thread is the pick of the buck. No comments allowed. I like that approach...you can look at all the bucks, does, etc. without needing to scan through the BS.

[nyslowhand]

Last year wasn't this a category with individual threads/topics on sucess stories within it? Then members can comment on each specific hunt! This single thread is really cumbersome and most members might not want to follow! We aren't really into the high success stretch (rut) and at 18pgs already.

[Doewhacker]

How about the "harvest thread" remain for Harvests, enough nonsense.

[WNYBuckHunter]

Agreed doe, any further comments other than heres my harvest or attaboys will be deleted.

[KEVA]

It has been a while since I have been active on the site, but after getting back into archery this year have gone a little crazy again for hunting. Anyhow, I am a college student in Virginia so no longer have many opportunities to hunt in New York. I did have a four day weekend during achery season, so this year I brought my bow south and prepared. I only had two full days and two half days to hunt so I tried to make the best of it. Spent evenings and mornings in stands, and mid day moving stands to better achery locations. Passed on two young bucks my first morning out, had a real nice big bodied buck pass by stand a little too early on my second morning out, but on my third and final morning I had three young bucks come through. I took the lead one which happened to be this small six point. At only fifiteen yards and broadside, I could not have asked for a better opportunity. The ramcat broadhead did its job passing through ribs, lungs, and the heart. The arrow disappeared in the deer, but only came through the otherside when the buck fell about 60 yards away. I like chasing the large bucks as much as anyone, but having not taken a deer with the bow since highschool, I was pumped to put one down. Especially from a stand I had only thrown up the day before. The one picture shows the exit wound in the heart. It may have gone sixty yards, but it was dead the moment it fell. The other two bucks actually stayed around for another ten minutes. Thanks for reading!

[Paulie]

Nice shot!! Congrats

[LIhunter92]

Great Buck and Great Shot, Congrats!

[Doewhacker]

Great job!

[growalot]

Way to go!!! Congrats nice shot

[HOUNDS77]

Congrats KEVA

[adkhunter71]

That's awesome, Keva. I, too, sometimes have limited time to hunt and am very thankful for the opportunity to kill any buck or do that I feel the rush to take. I have to keep reminding myself (and you should, too) to never apologize for a deer being small or as I have put in the past- "not the biggest buck in the woods".

Great shot!

[phade]

Great shot!

[moog5050]

Awesome shot and nice deer.

[Elmo]

That was a perfect shot!

[33Canuck]

Congrats bud!

[virgil]

^{Congrats. Great shot.}

[Fletch]

Way to go!! You gotta miss the heart though, waste of some good eating there!!

[biggamefish]

Every deer is a trophy specaily with a bow congrats