My beautiful NY buck

[Alexandre Bugnon]

#3897

Hi everyone!

What a trip this morning has been! The season has been tough for us up here in the Hudson Valley! Very few deer sightings, or far away. Saturday, since it was too warm to hunt, at least for me, and since my usual hunting spots and tactics were not working, I felt that I needed to change up and create something new, so I hiked about 2 miles to a distant ridge thick in laurels and dead hemlocks that I used to hunt years ago but haven’t in about 7-8 years. After I spooked a nice buck, I felt I was in the right place! I decided to use a tree stand, found an appropriate tree, gps’ed it and left quickly. I came back this morning really early with my climber (I had to take out of storage!!) one hour before sunrise, and at 7:30 this guy gave me a perfect 10 yard broadside after watching him chasing a doe for 1/2 hour! I made a really good double lung shot with my Black Widow PCH recurve and an arrow tipped with an ACE broadhead. He bolted for 40 yards, stopped for 5 seconds, looked back, and charged downhill full speed for another 50 and tipped over. So, a new place and new tactic, a climbing tree stand! That worked for me today! Now back on the ground again! 8)

Things can change so quickly in hunting!

[David Coulter]

#24769

That’s some sweet music, Alex! Congratulations on a beauty and a creative approach to your good hunt. best, dwc

[Brennan Herr]

#25442

Congrats Alex!!!! Beauty of a buck and switching things around always helps. Well done!!!

[Lydell Newell]

#25625

nice buck

[Ron Roettger]

#26113

very nice

[William Warren]

#26134

Nice buck Alex and looks like a beautiful place to hunt.

[wojo14]

#30715

Alex, very nice buck!

I know we all want the challenge of ground hunting and be mobile, but sometimes hunting whitetails from the trees is the way to get er done!

Congrats again!8)

[Cleland]

#32171

Nice buck Alex, congrats.

[Ptaylor]

#32874

Beautiful buck Alex!

[Stephen Smiley]

#35825

Nice job Alex! No luck yet up my way but one more weekend to try.

[smiley1]

#36327

Beautiful Buck… Great shot!!!

[Alexandre Bugnon]

#42913

Thank you guys! and yes, Wojo, it is beautiful country up here! Very steep though. The “path of least resistance” doesn’t apply to the deer here, as I watch them go straight up the hills all the time!

[skifrk]

#59044

Nice buck Alex, it looks like fall is going along nicely for you there in NY.

[Patrick]

#61408

Beautiful buck, Alex! Well done!

[plainsman]

#61479

Very nice. Congrats.

[bruc]

#9844

Great deer Alex !!! I like the idea of the climbing tree stand as well.

Bruce

[wahoo]

#9934

congrats on the buck. How you liking the Widow and FA wool?

[Alexandre Bugnon]

#10296

wahoo wrote: congrats on the buck. How you liking the Widow and FA wool?

After 9 years shooting longbows exclusively, I went back to the heavy handle BW recurve in the middle of last year’s season out of necessity because I had suddenly developed bad habits while hunting: poor anchor, target panic, wounded animal, etc…. I wasn’t sure I was gonna stick with the recurve, but I grew to love it, and it shoots so well that it seems to correct any form mistakes I might make! So it will be my hunting bow for a while! The FA wool is cool. I use it as a sweater under a jacket, or as concealment over a windstopper fleece. It’s not warm enough worn alone, unless in mild weather

[Alexandre Bugnon]

#10343

I did it! clean, boil, clean again, boil again, clean again, dip in clorox overnight, and here is the finished head. A friend gave me a tip: I will stain the bases that were discolored with walnut stain, but otherwise, it’s done and it looks great! feeling happy and accomplished this morning!

[Brennan Herr]

#12245

Looks fantastic!!! Great work!!!

[David Coulter]

#12434

Alex, nice job with the mount. That’s a hunt to remember. Great approach to solving problems from choosing your bow to choosing your stand. Congratulations! Dwc

[Stephen Smiley]

#13412

The mount looks great. Good story too, you’ll never forget the day you put the pieces together and landed that nice deer.

[grumpy]

#15959

GREAT!!! Nice to hear about your success!! Not calling it luck. There may be some luck there, but without the skill, knowledge, and just plain woodsmanship, the luck would be wasted. YOU got a deer!!

On the other hand, you need a dirty old hat…

[paleoman]

#31913

Way to go! Nice job Alex.

[Bob Ledrich]

#47812

Congrats Alex, great hunt!! You are right about the sightings this year.

I have seen less deer this year than I can remember. Still trying for mine.

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