Sweet Redemption after an unsuccessful first bow season

[NYbuck50]

My first yr with the bow, was a tad frustrating. Having to readjust my stand placement for 20-30 yd encounters instead of the 70-80yd shots a perfer during rifle season turned out to be more difficult than i thought. I saw and missed several nice bucks the last few weeks, but i purposely stayed out of one area with the intention of hunting it opening day of rifle. I found this area, on stateland, a few years back, and had seen a small 8 there last opening day. The stateland gets hunted hard, so i didnt sit the stand at all last year, deciding opening morning this year would give me an opportunity at an unpressured buck, that had another year to grow. Got in the stand at 5:45, had this fella down by 8:30, making me the volunteer designated deer driver for the rest of the guys who havent tagged out yet.

[Fantail]

I tend to hit a few fav. wma-state land spots now and then, it can pay off.

Nice buck & good hunting!

[burmjohn]

Nice buck!

[Deerthug]

Congrats!

[WNYBuckHunter]

Congrats!

[MuzzyLoader]

NICE Buck NY! Congratulations.

[RifleSharpShot]

There you go nice deer!!

[bkln]

Go Meat !!!! :-)