2017 HuntingNY Gun Harvest Thread

[Steuben Jerry]

So far my wife, daughter, and I each got a buck on successive days on our home property. Our son in law hunts the first few days each year at his fathers camp in Allegheny county, but has joined us the last couple of years for a Tuesday/Wednesday hunt. He got his buck tag punched with his Dad and brother there, so being from out of state and not eligible for doe tags in his area, he was tagged out.

For the first time in a few years my wife and I each got a doe tag, so after a couple of big bucks and a bow doe for me, we certainly had one to spare and sign over.

Kevin was out for a morning hunt in which he had a close encounter with the big boy that we've been getting glimpses of (but he had no buck tag), and an  afternoon hunt before they both head home tomorrow. He scored on a doe just before last light tonight to make it four for four for the family on four successive days, and all from the same stand no less!

On top of that, we had five days of our 7 week old granddaughter staying here, whom I firmly believe is responsible for our good whitetail mojo this year. Her presence is now strictly mandated for all future deer seasons here!

I've got one doe tag left, and am picking up our grandson Friday morning to hopefully fill that with him at my side. Then I'm on the bench till muzzleloader season for a crack at the big boy that's still walking around.

Hands down our best deer season ever!

 

 

Edited November 22, 2017 by Steuben Jerry

[Hock3y24]

Haven't seen a deer all gun season  until this evening. Switched to a spot that i haven't hunted all year and it payed off.  I though he was a 8 point when i shot but legally hes a 6. .243 flattened him with the Barnes ttsx round. Going to euro mount him now that i only have a doe tag left and have no motivation to shoot another one. Time to get the wife out and get her first. ( shes mad i broke in "her" gun)

Edited November 23, 2017 by Hock3y24

[turkeyfeathers]

While loading up the car this morning I thought to myself “ this is the day for Samantha “. Cold with virtually no wind. Even called it in the Live from the woods thread. So after 2 years of nothing in youth turkey and regular season and this year and last of youth deer season and last regular reason the stars aligned today. We hoofed it up the hill to our ground blind she helped build last summer. Perfect light wind in the face   As daybreak cracked we realized 6-7 turkeys were roosted almost above us. Some light tree talk kept us entertained for daybreak. At about 8 o’clock I noticed movement off to my left and lightly nudged her. She slowly got the gun up atop the top log making a perfect rest. Circle T optics tirned on , gun shouldered tightly , Good cheek weld ( all things we’ve gone over so many times )   Buck took a few steps to the right and had small cluster of trees between her and him. Then he changed direction with a few more steps to the left and towards us. Perfect broadside. I hear the safety click off of her Remington 870 youth 20 gauge   ( thank you again buckmaster 7600 for sending her the slug barrel last year ) I whisper “ take him “ and hear a boom. He dropped in his tracks at 29 yards. Not even a twitch   I think I yelled “ holy $hit “ followed by her woohoo. She gave me the biggest hug ever. . Can’t believe it finally happened for her. So many hours of us hunting together , her checking cams with me , build the blind , many rounds downrange   This smile hasn’t left my face all day. Hers neither. While I dressed out the deer she asked to see the heart. Well it was totally gone but a few handfuls of jelly. We continued hunting and saw the darkest color phase deer I’ve ever seen. Like almost black. Guns were up and believe it was a button. He got a pass. Started the 1.5 mile drag out. Little snow made the drag easier. Kept seeing daughter eyeing up her deer and smiling. Strapped him on the deer carrier and off we go.  Well about 10 minutes left of our drive I hear and feel something odd. Well then I hear metal scraping.  Carrier had apparently rusted from inside to the out. Doing 45 mph I quickly pull over   It didn’t break all the way off and luckily buck still tied securely and no harm.  Pick up truck immediately behind us pulled over. Younger gent all dappered up for dinner. Said he’s heading our way so throw deer in his truck and follow us home. So that’s what we did. Thank you kind sir for your generous kind favor. Deer processor closed today so he’s chilling in detached unheated garage with a 20 pound bag of ice in a heavy duty garbage bag stuffed in the cavity. Well hunt the morning again and hopefully have another to drop off with him. Going to suck to get him roof top on Outback. Dinorocks ( best friend and recently joined forum ) said he’d help with a euro mount.  Thank you everyone for your kind words , encouragement and congrats   Her smile says it all. 

Brother got an offer on his property 2 days ago so looks as if we’ll have to find another place to hunt   It’s been on the market for awhile so knew our fun run at 70 acres would eventually come to an end  But I’m sure as heck taking her and her smile knocking on doors in the spring 

Edited November 24, 2017 by turkeyfeathers

[teepee]

Got it done in NW 8J this morning using my old Savage lever Model 99 chambered in 300 Savage. Time to switch to another gun and look for a good buck to harvest.

[JALA RUT]

Thanksgiving Day Doe.

[doebuck1234]

Thanksgiving morning buck.squirrels were driving me crazy all morning!heard a crunch to my left and knew it wasnt a squirrel.he walked in 25yrds from me.stopped as he heard the safety click off.luckily he stopped with head behind tree.shot hit its mark.right front shoulder and clipped heart.went 20-30 yrds and flopped.great to have my dad with me as he hasnt been out in prob 15yrs and a pretty emotional hunt as i just lost my grandfather earlier this year and said i would get him a buck!

[The_Real_TCIII]

Got this doe on thanksgiving, 9 o'clock. I heard what I thought was a hunter and was watching a path trying to get a look at him and all of a sudden this doe is under my left armpit. I couldn't believe anything could sneak up on me yesterday. Nine yard shot. She weighed in at 110lbs

[Steuben Jerry]

As planned, we picked up our 10 year old grandson yesterday to hopefully fill my last doe tag that I was saving for this. Last year we did this for the first time and got lucky in five minutes after settling in. This year we had about 3 hours of stand time before seeing any deer. I could tell he was getting a little bored.

With just a couple of minutes of legal light, we had a 150 yard shot opportunity across the field along the far tree line. The doe bolted into the woods, and I had that tiny bit of anxiety as I lost sight of it. Jake's eyes were zeroed in on it, and he said I think it's down. He sounded pretty confident about that. Got down with him immediately and without looking for any signs, we marched up to where it entered the woods. He took a few steps in and he spotted it laying about 60 yards downhill.

The second doe for he and I on the day after Thanksgiving two years in a row. So I guess we go shopping on Black Friday too. For whitetails. 

This season is going to be pretty hard to top for our family. Thankful for every minute of it!

[OtiscoPaul]

First harvest with the new Ithaca Deerslayer II & Lightfield EXPs...100lbs dressed:

[BizCT]

11/25:

3N (Putnam County), My Dad shot this 6pt with a shotgun at 60yds. Full story in my journal.




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[TreeGuy]

So I got the word that the corn got cut Friday at a favorite local doe spot. Went there yesterday and saw 4 doe that came out with plenty of daylight. I was glad as this spot has alot of local pressure. I held of on the doe in hopes of a rack but nothing but another doe came out. Got out of work at 3 and hauled home,changed and was on stand around 330 ( yea, I know... I'm that guy). Had a small basket come out within minutes of me sitting down. Cruised through the corn and headed to the thick stuff. 10 min later I see this guy pop out the same spot. Glassed him and decided to pass as I thought he was inside his ears and a standard 2.5 8pt. He headed across the field and got into a short row of standing corn. I decided to put the Nikon to work and get a close look. I immediatly saw a little point on his main beam and when he looked up I saw something going on with his brow tine. Game on... I had sticks so I settled down on the third bubble on the Nikon (183yrds) and he would not go broad side. He started to come back at me and when he went to a quarter to I sent a meat missle right through his chest. He wheel barreled for about 40 yrds and I saw him flop. Now, I will tell you I had the exact opposite of ground shrinkage !!! He is a stud. I assume 4.5 and can prob be a booner. One of my best with the gun and first with the savage 220. That ends my buck tags for 17' and I am tickled !!!

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[Moho81]

Not to much of a story on this one. Picked a stand I’ve seen quite a bit off deer from but I’ve never been able to get shot of yet.
I get in the stand just before legal light. 15 min later it starts to rain (unexpectedly) luckily I had my umbrella with me. Get up wrestle with that and sit back down. Another 15 min goes by and 4 deer come hauling tail towards me but they will pass 150 plus yards away I get the gun ready anyways and get into position. As luck would have it they hit some standing water and decide to make a right hand turn putting them on a course to be in front of me at 50 yards.
My patience pays off as the biggest doe of the group steps out perfectly broadside straight in front of me.
I pull the trigger and she goes off on a 60 yard death run and flips over dead in sight!!!
Probably one of my earliest morning harvests at 8:00am on the button.




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[JRod 8G8H]

Got it done in 8H. I actually missed this buck with my crossbow a couple weeks ago. Had been passing on some smaller bucks since. Had a big doe with twins go by a couple minutes before legal shooting time. 10 mins later he was at 60 yards looking around for the does. First shot as you can see was high and back. Next shot fortunately was lethal.

Feel very blessed he decided to come by my stand again. Thanks to everyone on here for always sharing your stories and positivity.

Ps: that is a Tactacam on my barrel not a flashlight

Edited November 26, 2017 by JaredA WNY8G
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[Arcade Hunter]

November 20th, 5 minutes of legal light left!

[Jeremy K]

I included a picture of the stand ,except it's from last week. I had 3 doe move briskly across the back property line (mowed field meets the woods). I decide I would take the biggest one. The 3 of them actually looked confused and were bumping in to each other on which way to go,they ended up in the field and all 3 were clear shots until I noticed that a nice 8 was headed towards the doe. He stopped in the field broadside at 70 yards ,i let him have it with the henry 30 30 that i just recently acquired. 

[Lawdwaz]

I shot a good doe yesterday morning in Lima.  80-100 yard shot with the (gulp) .243

She went about 20 yards with the top of her heart in shambles, exit side is in the picture...........dressed weight was 115lbs.  Hunted last night and this morning for another but nothing doing.

Edited December 3, 2017 by Lawdwaz

[wolc123]

I shot this doe (37" chest girth) today at 2:30 in zone 9F with my Marlin 512 slugmaster and Hornady SST sabot.   The shot was to the neck so not much meat will be lost.   Gun season had not been going so well, and I had decided to skip this morning's hunt and take our family to church instead.  It comes as no surprise that decision has paid off.   One way or another, the good Lord has always provided for ALL of our needs.  Now our venison supply is secure for the year, with the 60 or more additional pounds  (per the PA game commission table) that this fat doe should provide.    

Edited December 3, 2017 by wolc123

[WNYBuckHunter]

Last gun season watch for me. Took a nice fat doe just before sunset. This one makes a deer with each weapon so far. On to Muzzleloader after I get Back into town next week. 

[JonathanStrange]

After a disappointing bow season, and a down right depressing gun season, everything turned around at 3:30 on Sunday. Four doe decided they would come by my stand, filled all of my DMPs in about 90 seconds.

Just goes to show, it's not over until it's over!

Three of the four were kind enough to go down right near each other. The fourth ran off, but left me a perfect blood trail.

Cheers!

[NYBowhunter]

Shot big ole doe around 3:45 today. 6 does came to apple tree and she was the last one  in the line. Shot about 80 yards out, through both lungs. Shot with my dads trusty marlin 35.

[GreenDrake]

Northern Zone buck I killed November 4. Saw him for 3 years. Neat markings...not a True piebald but just a neat buck. Grunted him in from 500 yards...dead run to my stand...shot him at 5 yards. 

[GreenDrake]

My nephews 8 point he killed opening day southern zone. He has killed 4 nice bucks from that shooting house the last 4 years. You can see the shooting house 200 yards away at the top right corner of the photo. Used my fathers BAR in 308. 

[Lawdwaz]

Shot another doe yesterday, she was even bigger than last weeks doe.  This one dressed at 138lbs.

About a 120 yards shot with the .243 Winchester. 

Good way to close out the 2017 Rifle season for me; two nice doe and a respectable 9pt buck. 

[DanD]

Pretty slow season for me until the Last Saturday 12/9 when this guy came from the opposite direction of the drive we were doing. Even with his busted up rack, I'm pretty happy with him. Should make a nice European mount after muzzleloader season is over