Ny bow buck
11-08-2009, 03:56 PM
#3
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Altmar New York USA
Posts: 1,247
CONGRATS, Nice 1st buck.
I wish I had the same outcome you did. I hit a good buck on a evening watch 10/31. I thought I put a perfect shot on him, but upon inspection of the spot I realized my shot was a little low for the angle from my treestand. He was heading into a previously logged woods, that was nasty thick. So I decided no since risking a 1 lung shot into thick woods in the dark, and let him lay until morning. I found him ok the next morning, but so did the coyotes. They completely tore him apart. No meat could be salvaged. I was devastated. I hadn't heard a coyote around them woods in 2yrs. All I got was his rack, also a 7pt w/16" spread.
I wish I had the same outcome you did. I hit a good buck on a evening watch 10/31. I thought I put a perfect shot on him, but upon inspection of the spot I realized my shot was a little low for the angle from my treestand. He was heading into a previously logged woods, that was nasty thick. So I decided no since risking a 1 lung shot into thick woods in the dark, and let him lay until morning. I found him ok the next morning, but so did the coyotes. They completely tore him apart. No meat could be salvaged. I was devastated. I hadn't heard a coyote around them woods in 2yrs. All I got was his rack, also a 7pt w/16" spread.
11-09-2009, 08:11 AM
#6
Fork Horn
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Yonkers, NY
Posts: 130
My son shot a 7 pt this year bout 3:30 in the afternoon. Perfect shot on him at 35 yds, nice blood trail. We waited almost an hour and a half, started tracking him, saw where he went into a thicket, took a step into into it and he took off. We kicked him up again and you could tell he wasn't moving very fast, and went out of sight. Gave him another 1/2 hour, getting dark, came to another ticket, blood trail leading right in. I circled around one way, my son went the other, looked around, saw nothing and decided to head out. My son took off work, went up the next morning, found him 10 yds from the path in that ticket, coyotes ate the whole ass out of him. Ruined everything. He took the head and made a European mount out of it. Sullivan county has it's fair share of coyotes too. Great first buck with a bow, great recovery, and it had to be a thrill to see a rack like that coming through.
11-09-2009, 03:09 PM
#8
Spike
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: New York
Posts: 56
It seems that the population on coyotes is on the rise in NY. I also had my first bow kill these season and had a coyote track my doe within 15-20 mins after she dropped. Thank god my doe went down just 40 yards or so from my stand. The coyote spotted me as I was readying my bow to take a shot at it. My area is lower dutchess and i can hear meal calls almost every night around 3am...
