Syracuse.com - Fayetteville hunter bags 8-point buck up in Redfield

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Hellings said the deer dressed out at 175 pounds. He said his 14-year-old son and Ryan Bishop, the 16-year-old son of another friend, dragged the deer more than 200 yards through the woods to the truck.

Schuyler Hellings, of Fayetteville, right, poses with his, Kip, and the 8-point buck that the dad shot this weekend up in Redfield.

They were hunting in the northern zone, where the firearms season began Oct. 26. Hellings recently wrote for this blog about the joy of hunting and taking his son, 14, out during the recent youth deer hunt over the Columbus Day weekend. They didn't get a deer, but the outing was a success in other ways, he said.

Hellings said he got the deer with a 75-yard shot with his Remington 700 30/06. It was a chilly morning. When they started, the temperature was 28 degrees.

"He was hot after a couple of does," he said. "The rut has started up there. No scrapes last week. A lot started over the last three days."

Hellings said the deer dressed out at 175 pounds. He said his son, and the 16-year-old son of another friend, Ryan Bishop, dragged the deer more than 200 yards through the woods to the truck.

"Very happy they were there to help out," Helling said.

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