Good news...

[WNY Bowhunter]

Well, I didn't punch my tag on a last day wallhanger...but, I am happy to report that two of the top 3 bucks on this year's hitlist survived gun season!!! The buck in my avatar is alive and well and has another large antlered buddy traveling with him. Also, Little Freak-Nasty (the double drop-tine from last year) has resurfaced. Can't wait to see these two next year!!! I'm still hoping that the other buck is going to show back up too. We'll see if he does...

Looks like I have some sheds to find in a few weeks.

[wooly]

Looks like I have some sheds to find in a few weeks.

Now you're talkin'!

As much as I'm sure you wanted to nail that big SOB, you gotta be chmpin' at the bit to get after them antlers!

.... not to mention another go around with those studs on the hoof again next fall!

Good luck finding them horns this year!

[Lawdwaz]

How do you know they survived?

[WNY Bowhunter]

I can't wait...I know just where I'm going to start looking for them. The big guy has a very defined homecore area and has been spotted several times in the past couple of weeks feeding in a couple of cloverfield. His antlers won't be laying too far from here...

[WNY Bowhunter]

How do you know they survived?

A buddy of mine saw Big Boy friday afternoon and his daughter saw him again yesterday morning in the same cloverfield. My buddy got close enough to him earlier in the week to snap a pic of him with his phone while he was in the tractor spreading manure...

I've seen the douple-dropper buck while spotlighting every night this week on the way home from work...

Edited December 10, 2012 by WNY Bowhunter

[growalot]

lets hope...still ML until 12-18-2012

[Jeremy K]

Hope they don't end up as street meat.

[WNY Bowhunter]

I'm not too worried about the late season. There's not much interest in it around here...

[mlammerhirt]

Do you plan on passing them up with the smoke pole if the oppurtunity presents itself??

[landtracdeerhunter]

Always amazing that those big ones can get through nearly 10 weeks of season, then show back up on the home turf. They must have some stories to tell the grand kids, LOL. If u muzzleload hunt, good luck. If not, hope to see u with the sheds.

[Lawdwaz]

Do you plan on passing them up with the smoke pole if the oppurtunity presents itself??

I'll bet (BIG MONEY) he doesn't pass them........

Edited December 11, 2012 by Lawdwaz

[erussell]

I worked for a local farmer back in the day who use to spread manure and carry his 16 gauge along for the ride. Twice I heard a bunch of shootin and then he would drive back up later with a monster in the spreader.

[WNY Bowhunter]

Do you plan on passing them up with the smoke pole if the oppurtunity presents itself??

Here's the cell phone pic of Big Boy that my buddy took out the tractor window a few days ago. He WILL NOT get a pass (I'm not crazy) but I don't plan on hunting him. He's still alive for a reason...

This is Little Freak Nasty. He WILL get a pass if I see him this weekend. He's nocturnal and I'm certain he won't show himself during legal shooting hours anyways...

,,,

Edited December 11, 2012 by WNY Bowhunter

[landtracdeerhunter]

That top is one rare pic, for this late in the season, but also shows why. He's still got growing to do. Potential to add 20" more next year. Keep feeding the protein.

Edited December 11, 2012 by landtracdeerhunter

[WNY Bowhunter]

I worked for a local farmer back in the day who use to spread manure and carry his 16 gauge along for the ride. Twice I heard a bunch of shootin and then he would drive back up later with a monster in the spreader.

The gun was in the tractor!!! They lease the fields to work them but the owner allows no hunting on his property.

[genesee_mohican]

I worked for a local farmer back in the day who use to spread manure and carry his 16 gauge along for the ride. Twice I heard a bunch of shootin and then he would drive back up later with a monster in the spreader.

now that's a real challenge.......

[mbucks27]

Looks like he is hiding in a swamp somewhere. Look at his back legs they are full of mud.

John

[landtracdeerhunter]

Looks like he is hiding in a swamp somewhere. Look at his back legs they are full of mud.

John

That's not mud.

Edited December 11, 2012 by landtracdeerhunter

[fasteddie]

I know a farmer who shot a buck from a corn combine . He got a huge fine and lost his hunting privileges for 5 years . When I was a kid , I recall many farmers carrying shotguns on their tractors . Don't know if they even had licenses .........

[erussell]

now that's a real challenge.......

Can't say that I blame him. He was up before dawn and his day didnt end till way after dark lookin after the everyday workings of the farm. Only time he got to shoot something. Not to mention he needed a tractor to haul his 300 lbs frame around. He was a good man just trying to make a living not some half wit drunken slob hunter riding around in his truck, to lazy to walk out into the woods. He loved his cigars though, I can still remember riding around in his truck during the winter with the windows rolled up and him puffin away on the cigars. Died on the operating table getting a heart tune up. His fields are now full of houses. Its a real shame. Anyhow good luck finding the sheds. There is a guy over on the BOWSITE that has already seen 4 bucks that have shed and has picked up a few drops.

[erussell]

That's not mud.

[WNY Bowhunter]

I saw Big Boy last night while spotlighting on the way home from work....he officially survived another NY gun season!!! I want to get my hands on those sheds badly. Now, I just gotta wait for them to fall off...

[josephmrtn]

i carry my gun on the tractor (unloaded) if im out during hunting season!!! or course that almost always when im driving out to my stand in it... lol (if my trucks in the shop)

if i carried my gun all the time (when im not hunting, still in season tho) there are quite a few deer that may not be alive today......