Taxidermy photo

[CNYScott]

More tasty than trophy, this 8-pointer is the first buck I hung on the wall.  I rattled him in at 3:06 p.m. the third day of SZ regular season in Madison County.  I had been on stand for nine hours, 35 degrees and heavy rain nearly the whole time. 

I had scouted him for months and got him perfectly on trail cam in September 2010 (see picture).

I earned this buck.

Taxidermy by North Shore Taxidermy / Bob Halbritter of Williamstown, NY.

[Buckstopshere]

Nice. Congratulations! That's what it's all about!

[landtracdeerhunter]

Great Trophy.  All the hard work paid off.  Nice to see a daytime picture before he was harvested. That doesn't happen all the time.  Sometimes, the nasty weather is the best hunting.  Thanks for showing.

[Dave]

Love those before and after shots. Congratulations nice buck.

Dave

[ny hunter]

Love the live shot of your deer that ended up on the wall.Way to go!

[Geno C]

nice job!

[CNYScott]

Thanks everyone for the kind comments. 

The best part of this particular hunt is the fascination my twin sons and their Cub Scout buddies have shown in hunting after seeing the trail cam pictures, wall mount and tasting the venison steaks.  I'm loving it that the Scouts are now asking if I'm bringing more venison steaks on our camp-outs.  If this keeps up I'll need to go for three deer/year instead of my normal two. 

[CNYScott]

And I REALLY appreciated this young buck's cooperation with the trail cam.  It was practically posing for the photo, probably a once in a lifetime stroke of luck.