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He was the buck I was looking for but I was not sure if I would see him opening night as he had not shown on the camera for the 2 or 3 days before the opener. I was in the stand at ~4:45. At ~6pm I had a young doe come by but not hang out long. At 6:59 I saw a buck as he walked in around the edge of the standing corn heading my way. I carefully lifted my binoculars as there were a couple similar 8 points on camera and expected it to be one of them. I could not believe he was the 1st buck I saw. He headed right to me with one of the smaller 8 points right behind him. I expected to get a shot right away and immediately drew. He proceeded to not offer a shot and I was forced to hold for 2+ minutes (confirmed by trail camera pictures) as the smaller buck must of seen me drawing and proceeded to stare me down. Once the smaller buck finally relaxed I was able to let down - the bigger buck had no idea what was going on. I then had to watch them feed at ~20 yards for 25 minutes as he managed to stand with his vitals behind the one branch in between us. After feeding he decided it was time to move on and walked past my stand at ~8 yards on a mission. After watching him for 25 minutes I needed to draw, swing around, settle in on aim, and try to stop him in the matter of seconds. I watched my arrow drive into him up to the fletching as he ran out of site within a few steps. After I replayed the shot in my head I realized I saw him start to turn his head when I tried to stop him but he never did stop. The shot was a hair further back than I hoped but still felt good. After giving him some time my father and I started the tracking. The blood started immediately and had bubbles but was dark so we suspected 1 lung and liver. After a short trail we decided to give a bit more time and come back a couple hours later and look in the dark. We ended up finding him not too far from where we stopped trailing him. He was dead in some tall grass on the edge of the creek that ran past my stand. This was my first velvet buck after hunting in Kentucky every year (except 2019) since my first trip in 2014. I am looking forward to getting him back from the taxidermist.

NY_Gun Team 2 8 Point Buck = 13 Points

Hey guys, I started my season off on 9/5 with a buck in Kentucky. I will get him officially entered shortly. I need to take a picture of the tag. Good luck this season.

Todd NY_GUN 42 Kentucky & New York September - mid-January

I shot a 6-point on the 8th and just uploaded the pictures. I think that will put us in the lead. The NY season is done and I am not sure if I will get back to Kentucky before they close next month.

UPGRADE Team #3 NY_GUN 6-point Buck on Doe on 12/8/2018

I just uploaded the picture of my doe from 11/20. Still looking to find a good buck.

Team #3 NY_GUN Doe on 11/20/2018

Hey guys. Sorry to be late to check in. I hunted the first week of September in Kentucky and passed several nice velvet bucks waiting on a bigger one. I am hoping to get back later this season. I will be in a stand next on October 1st when the New York season opens.

NY_Gun Todd / 39 Kentucky: September - January New York: October - December

UPGRADE NY_GUN Team 1 9-Point Buck 12/17/2017

Well I waited until the last minute but I have an upgrade... I shot this 9-point Sunday night in Kentucky with 14-minutes to spare in their ML season.

It is far from my largest archery buck but I had decided going into this season I was going to take the first deer (buck or doe) that presented an opportunity while I had one of my kids in the blind with me. It only took ~20-minutes on opening night for my youngest son (6) to witness the whole thing. NY_GUN Team 1 3-Point Buck 10/1/2017

Hey Everyone... Sorry I am late to check in. I do have some good news. I shot a buck on opening night in NY (10/1) so we will have a few point as soon as I post it. It is far from my largest archery buck but I had decided going into this season I was going to take the first deer (buck or doe) that presented an opportunity while I had one of my kids in the blind with me. Well it only took ~20-minutes on Sunday evening for my youngest son (6) to witness the whole thing.

Todd NY_Gun 39 New York & Kentucky September - January