Son First Bow Season 2020

[Lawdwaz]

Congratulations to your son, hard work and practice pays off again!!
 

As you know, I’ve hunted adjacent to (and on it in the early years) your property for many years.   My very first buck was a dandy six pointer killed in 1980.....and he died on your land.

I think your boy is going to be a fine young man and a heck of a hunter.

 

[Fletch]

Excellent!!!!
Congratz to you both!!


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[turkeyfeathers]

Congrats little zag! Way to go 

[Zag]

Thanks guys, I appreciate all the kind words,  I’m still amazed about it and how easy he made it! 
Larry if ever you want to take a stroll down memory lane and look for that tree just let me know!

[mowin]

He'll be smiling in his sleep.  What a great picture.

Congrats to both of you..

 

[Lomax]

Way to go sounds like it will be a great memory that last forever congratulations

[grampy]

Congratulations Little Zag!!  What an awesome kid! Stuff like this just warms my heart. The smiles are just fantastic, and the memories of this hunt will last a lifetime. Great job Dad!

[LET EM GROW]

Congrats to you and your boy! These are the moments we live for!

[Arcade Hunter]

Very cool!  congrats

[Splitear]

YES! YES! YES! Congratulations to both of you!

[Red]

Congrats to you and your son. Great job 

[BizCT]

Congrats! great start to a hunting career

[crappyice]

Atta boy!!!! Cool story


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[moog5050]

That's awesome and congrats to you both.  Great shot by the young man.  He did keep his cool as promised!

[Zag]

1 hour ago, moog5050 said:

That's awesome and congrats to you both.  Great shot by the young man.  He did keep his cool as promised!

Ha, he sure did. He said he was shaking big time right after!! 

[Zag]

For anyone that has or knows a young kid who’s just starting out here’s the setup my son had. 
Bow was set at 35 and he could pull it back fairly easy but I opted to leave as adding hunting cloths and a cold day could make higher weight tougher plus holding full draw is more challenging. 
My biggest concern with the lower draw weight was in my mind he needed a smaller fixed blade broad head & the muzzy’s did very well!! Double lung clean pass through. 

[squirrelwhisperer]

Congrats Little Zag!!


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[Zag]

Well we have only been out one time since he harvested the doe. He almost had a crack at a small 10pt the other night, so close!! It’s gonna be easier to hunt coming up. Baseballs in the final week and weekend. Cross country ends Nov 3rd and they practice every day of the week:-(

Good news is his schedule really opens up when the hunting starts to get good!

[Kmartinson]

Great job guys!!! Hope to share that experience with my babies too some day.

[Zag]

Well no dice so far:-( we had yet another close encounter tonight with a great buck and again just of range. Son is home learning this week so he’s hunting out back for 40 minutes in the morning then in the afternoon all week. Trying my best to help him and we have had so many close calls it’s gotta fall his way. 

[Zag]

Well I tried my damn best to put him in position to get a decent buck. He wasn’t gonna shoot a small one, his standards were pretty big in the beginning and towards the end said he go as low as a 6pt. We were close on a handful of good bucks but they always were just a little to far away. 
Im still super proud he took that doe at 25yrds a few hunts into the season with ease. I called the dec twice Friday to see if he can still bow hunt during gun season and late season but nobody has called me back yet. 

[suburbanfarmer]

On 11/22/2020 at 9:47 PM, Zag said:

Well I tried my damn best to put him in position to get a decent buck. He wasn’t gonna shoot a small one, his standards were pretty big in the beginning and towards the end said he go as low as a 6pt. We were close on a handful of good bucks but they always were just a little to far away. 
Im still super proud he took that doe at 25yrds a few hunts into the season with ease. I called the dec twice Friday to see if he can still bow hunt during gun season and late season but nobody has called me back yet. 

I believe if under 14 they can only use bow that includes the regular season

https://www.dec.ny.gov/permits/95492.html

¹ When hunting with a bow during the regular deer and bear hunting season (for ages 14+), either a bowhunting privilege or a valid bowhunter education certificate may be used.
 

[fasteddie]

Congrats on the Score ! 

[Zag]

6 hours ago, suburbanfarmer said:

I believe if under 14 they can only use bow that includes the regular season

https://www.dec.ny.gov/permits/95492.html

¹ When hunting with a bow during the regular deer and bear hunting season (for ages 14+), either a bowhunting privilege or a valid bowhunter education certificate may be used.
 

So a friend told me he couldn’t, I called region 8 Monday and they said hunt away!! Since I need to be with him or very near him I asked if I can have my gun and him his bow and they also said yes.