Syracuse.com - 2 Upstate NY teens bag trophy bucks with regular bow and crossbow

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For both, it was their first deer.

The bowhunting season for big game has been underway for more than a month in the Southern Zone and two Upstate NY teen deer hunters have cashed in with memorable, trophy bucks.

Ridge Coon, 13, of Van Buren, recently arrowed a massive, 10-pointer while hunting with his father out of double tree stand setup in a single tree in Baldwinsville in Onondaga County.

"I'm so jealous and proud," said his father, Al Coon. "It was his first arrow ever shot at big game."

On top of that, the father added that his son just won a Lifetime Hunting
License thru the Hardwoods Strutters Wild Turkey Federation.

Meanwhile, in southern Onondaga County County, 16-year-old Morgan Long, of Fabius, arrowed his first buck ever -- a 12-pointer. He got his deer with a crossbow.

"I was hunting with my friend Rick Weslowski on his property," the teen said. "He field dressed it and i'm having it processed and having a shoulder mount done."

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Photos should be sent to outdoors writer David Figura at [email protected]. Photos should be tasteful with minimal blood, no tongue hanging out of the mouth. Include the full name of hunter pictured, where he or she lives, when and where the deer was arrowed -- and any particulars including number of points on the antlers and weight.

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