Buckmaster7600 Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 I parked my truck at 4am and started up the mountain. I had found a spot with a ton of big buck sign last week and I wanted to be in there at daylight to still hunt the swamp. I got back there around 5:45 and sat and had my candy bar "breakfast" and waited until legal light. Once legal light I started my way down into the swamp. About 150yds into my hunt I was in an old clear cut that had a few islands of brush. About 40yds away a doe stood up but didn't run, I knew she had a buck with her but I couldn't find him in my scope. Thank god it was on 1x because I caught movement in my scope and swung on him as he was getting his legs under him to go. As he was getting up I started shooting. He fell down and I couldn't see him anymore. I sat down put a good chew in and waited about a half hr because I knew I hit him well and didn't want to bump him. I went down to the where he was and found good blood, I started on the track and continued to have good blood for a little over a quarter mile. His track lead me to the edge of a beaver pond the he had clearly went into. I couldn't believe he had made it that far as much as he was bleeding and I was baffled when he swam across the pond. After standing on the shore of the pond for a minute scratching my head I heard a crash and a splash on the other side, I couldn't see him so I moved down the back 20 yds and I could see him trying to claw his was up the bank and I put a couple more in him and he rolled back into the pond and tried swimming again but only made it 10yds and died. I was able to get across the pond in the waste deep water with my boots, pants and gun over my head. I got a rope around his head with a stick and got him to shore. I knew he had a huge body and a decent rack but there was absolutely no ground shrinkage! The drag was the worst I have ever had. After I had him gutted I turned on my gps and had a 4 mile drag around the hill or a little over a mile over the hill. So I started up and over gaining 6" at a time. It was a huge relief when I finally made it over and started down hill. I was very excited to get him on the scale at camp and certainly wasn't disappointed when the scales read 226lb. My 2nd heavies ADK buck! It was an amazing day and an awesome buck. I'm sad I won't be up this week in the snow but I guess I can't complain. I am still completely baffled by how far he went after I shot him. While gutting him I found 5 entrance holes and 4 exits. He had no liver and only 1 lung, a shot in the neck, a shot high in the shoulders a shot in the guts that came out the hind leg, and a shot in the white patch of his neck that finally turned the lights of, I can't complain at all about the performance of the35cal 225gn Barnes bullets performed very well and left big holes. He had a will to live like nothing I have ever saw before. All in all it was an awesome experience and I wouldn't trade any of it for the world. Getting an old bruiser still hunting in the big woods is what I live for. An old guy that was in my fathers camp when I was a young kid used to always say "a lot of guys kill bucks in the Adirondacks and a few shoot big ones but very few shoot big ones year after year" this buck was my 4th mature buck in 4 years in the Adirondacks. I can't wait for next year! 44 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ApexerER Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 Buckmaster...I am all out of likes...beautiful deer...great story...a job well done 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rachunter Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 Nice congrats!! after reading some of your post about stalking swap bucks I gave it a shot this morning. All I can say is I'm hooked I found a rub in a valley and followed the run into a swap it felt like something was going to happen any second it didn't I still have a lot to learn about these big woods deer but it's going to be a blast learning. hopeing to pick your brain a little on stalking swap donkeys!! congrats again he's a true beast. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moog5050 Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 Nice job buckmaster. Big buck! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreeneHunter Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 Nice Buck ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve D Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 Buckmaster my hat goes off to you. Just the drag alone would have killed me. That is one hell of a buck. You don't see many 200 lbs. & over. Congratulations!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlammerhirt Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 Buckmaster can you post your other 4 years previous kills....would be awesome to see all of them! That is one heck of a buck....I tip my hat to you brother!Sent from my XT1254 using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deerstalker Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 All I can say is wow been dying to hunt the adks one of these days can never find the time to get up there. You are the man 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckmaster7600 Posted November 19, 2016 Author Share Posted November 19, 2016 Buckmaster can you post your other 4 years previous kills....would be awesome to see all of them! That is one heck of a buck....I tip my hat to you brother!Sent from my XT1254 using TapatalkThanks, When I get home and situated I'll try to get the pics off the computer.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nomad Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 Ok now it's confirmed you are my favorite Hunter on here . Congrats ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATbuckhunter Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 What a great story and great buck! Sounds like an amazing time. Hopefully one day Ill make it up there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve D Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 (edited) 17 minutes ago, Deerstalker said: All I can say is wow been dying to hunt the adks one of these days can never find the time to get up there. You are the man Just the ADKS alone makes this quite a feat. I am sure there are areas that probably hold deer on a constant basis but for the most part there are few deer for the vast area. It is a very hard area to hunt. One could hunt there all their life and not shoot a deer. Edited November 19, 2016 by Steve D 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doebuck1234 Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 Congrats.great buck and story! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckmaster7600 Posted November 20, 2016 Author Share Posted November 20, 2016 Buckmaster can you post your other 4 years previous kills....would be awesome to see all of them! That is one heck of a buck....I tip my hat to you brother!Sent from my XT1254 using Tapatalk2013 10pt 186lb2014 8p 167lb2015 6pt 176lbSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ants Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 Congrats!!! I haven't seen crap all day!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pygmy Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 You have done well, Pilgrim !! Great buck...You sure earned it.. You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din....<<smile>>... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Core Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 Damn you weren't kidding when you talk about dragging deer. That must have been awful indeed. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolc123 Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 I am heading up to the ADK's for Thanksgiving weekend. I managed to get thru opening day today in the Southern zone with my buck-tag. If I can get thru tomorrow afternoon's hunt, then I hope to score on a bruiser like that up there. I nailed one up there in 2014, but no such luck last year. One thing is for sure, killing a big one up there is at least ten times better than doing it on the flat-lands down here. The scenery makes all of the difference. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 Nice story beautiful deer, much respect 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deerstalker Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 (edited) Those all taken near the lake George side of. ADKS ? Edited November 20, 2016 by Deerstalker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckmaster7600 Posted November 20, 2016 Author Share Posted November 20, 2016 Those all taken near the lake George side of. ADKS ?No, 10 came from blue mtn lake, 8 from newcomb 6 and this 8 came from speculator.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deerstalker Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 2 hours ago, Buckmaster7600 said: No, 10 came from blue mtn lake, 8 from newcomb 6 and this 8 came from speculator. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk On average how many miles you cover tracking , you think to get one of those big boys in the ADKs ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolc123 Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 Would that be from the swamp at the south end of Lewey lake? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckmaster7600 Posted November 21, 2016 Author Share Posted November 21, 2016 On average how many miles you cover tracking , you think to get one of those big boys in the ADKs ? I probably average 6 or 7 miles a day but that depends on sign. If I'm in a spot with a lot of sign it can take me a few hrs to go 300yds. If if not on good sign I'm covering ground.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckmaster7600 Posted November 21, 2016 Author Share Posted November 21, 2016 Would that be from the swamp at the south end of Lewey lake? No, I'm about 15 miles south west of lewey.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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