Beautiful buck. I hunt in NY also, with my brother, growing up in PA near the border. Most of the people athis camp use in-line muzzies, only 1 uses a shotgun.The muzzies are more accurage, the bullets are better, and the range is a bitlonger. The only disadvantage is that it is 1 shot,but that is not a limitation since most of usvery good shots with the guns. They are also more fun to shot.
Chap Gleason VA

Gotbuck,
Our camps nick name is the "Mousetrap"! Yesterday took my son who is on combat leave down there and pulled a stand and did some scouting. Released the mouse traps after the second week and nothing! Here is a neat spot on the property.

I unfortnaually missed a bruiser the first wk of BP in NY about 30 feet away from this new blind. WE moved a few logs for next season. I wouldn't archery hunt this exact spot due to distance to the target. Great ambush location though especially in high wind as deer seek these gullys! I hit a small hemlock branch and the ramrod fell out down the hill. It was sorta of a rookie mistake that I fixed now. See my post on new omega changes and you will see the tip I modified on my XS power rod. Nothing I could have done about the miss as I never hunted that exact spot and apparently didn't have a clear shooing lane. Rifle was dead on. What was even stupider was I shot down the hill again and saw a small branch fall and the bullet did not hit the knot on the dead tree. It just never occured to me to shoot again on flat land w/ a clear lane to the target. I ended up not hunting the following day but my son in law got his first deer w/ BP so it worked out!
Best of luck, Sounds like you got a sweet spot too.
SHills

wife used my huntsman to take this one this year..

SHills, Looks like you have a great place to hunt as well. I've always loved open hemlock stands. Great places to stump shoot with archery gear as well.

The rifle I use is by Pedersoli. PA has a short early season, which allows flintlocks, percussion, or in-lines, and scopes. The late season (occurring now) is reserved for flintlock ignition only, with open sights. Aperature sights and scopes are not allowed. I believe maxi/mini balls were legalized in the last few years as well, though my interest lies only with round balls.

The first two picture are my 2004 and 2005 Oklahoma muzzleloader bucks, and the last picture is my son's 2006 Oklahoma muzzleloader buck(his first deer with a muzzleloader).

Trophy Hunter - tell your wife congratulations on a tremendous buck. I would love to hear the story behind that one.

Retreiverman - congratulation to you and your son for taking some excellent bucks the past few years. Some year I am going to see something like that in my sights..

AK you do the trad bow shoot in PA on that ski resort that goes every yr? I forgot the name. Just didn't have time to attend. Denton Hill?

Boy oh Boy, Glad I asked to see some deer. Thereall are very fine!
Congrats to you all fortaking those deer w/ ML's. I personally like the challenge. Even though most are not using primitive weapons we are are front stuffers!

Keepum coming. Season isn't over in all places yet>>>>
LOL, Hills

My first ML deer. Taken in 2004 with my T/C Firestorm pushing 100gr of Goex 2F and a 350 Maxi-Hunter. 20 yard shot, hang-fire caused me to hit him in the neck. He was a shed-antler buck...wounded in the shoulder, you can see some puss if you look close.

2005 flintlock buck. T/C Firestorm 95gr Goex 2F and 350 Maxi-Hunter. 40 yd shot.

here is my bp buck, got him 12-16-06. omega loaded with a 45 cal 240gr xtp hp and a mmp sabot, 150 gr of loose 777. about a 90 yard shot, hit him in the neck base,no tracking.