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Empire Bucks Club Member: Sean Z
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Otsego County, New York
Friday, November 14, 2008
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8 Point (broken G2)
All the boys are on their way up Friday afternoon for opening day on Saturday, so I take off on Friday to get in one final day with the bow. I'm in the stand at 6:30 just as the sky begins to get light. It's clear, not to cold and zero wind (unlike the miserable weather for openind day). At 7:30, I hear some crashing about 60 yards away and see two large doe are running pretty hard. They make an abrupt turn onto one of the trails that crosses in front of my stand (thank God for having time to scout a good location). Still running they cross 15 yards in front of me, then stop behind a big pine about 25 yards away. No clear shot. Then they take off back the way they came, crossing right in front of me again, turn to the north, leap over a stone wall fence and off through my neighbor's field.
I know they didnt see me or smell me but something had to have made then run so I stand ready, arrow knocked, listening. Less than five minutes later Henry the Eight appears moveing at a quick trot, retracing the doe's exact path. He turns, exactly where they did, crosses in front of me, exactly where they did and stops behind the same pine. I know he wants to find them so I blow a soft grunt to get his attention. He turns instantly, comes out from behind the pine and closes within 15 yards. Thwap. He takes off and goes down about 40 yards away. First buck with the bow!
One of his tines was broken, so he's really Henry the Seven but Eight just flow better ;)
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kevin
matson
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11/23/2008 2:18:24 PM
very nice buck, congrats!! i miss hunting otsego county.
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larry hall
up state new york
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11/20/2008 12:36:24 AM
real nice buck i no the feeling i have shot 30 bucks with boww so far
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rob williams
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11/19/2008 8:44:28 PM
you had much better luck with the bow than i did this year. congrats
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ryse brink
vanderbilt
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11/19/2008 2:27:43 PM
nice deer, to bad that tines broken, still very nice buck. congrats
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jim slusarski
fairport
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11/18/2008 7:30:37 PM
nice story and deer. maybe you should rename him "horny the eighth"
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Anonymous
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11/18/2008 6:51:06 AM
otsego boy myself congrats nice buck
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Anonymous
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11/17/2008 9:57:59 PM
congrats on henry
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