2017 Hunting
Steuben County Bowhunting with Bruno. NY gun season with Bruno and Glen. Ohio bow hunting with Jen and Glen.
Randy and Bruno bow hunted the newly timbered property in Steuben County NY. Randy connected on a basket 8 point at 5 yards on the logging road below the hemlocks. Due to the angle of the shot, the arrow single lunged the deer. The deer traveled all the way to the opposite side of the property before expiring. The tracking was the longest successful track to date. The bloodhound Bruno was called in to track the last 100 yards to find the deer.
Bruno cashed in on a huge 4x2 buck at 10 yards from the tree below the patio. After watching the deer hit his mock scraps, it ducked into the brush 10 yards from the stand. Bruno dropped a double lung shot on the buck and recovered the deer 150 yards away.
Gun season in NY proved to be difficult for all. Poor weather with high winds and rain kept the deer at bay. Bruno lost his favorite tree in the timber cut. The property dramatically changed due to new roads, down falls and timber waste. The deer patterns have changed in those affected areas. The Hemlock Highway was fairly active during the high wind conditions. One of us fell out of the tree.... again! Glen hunted the large buck up at the patio only to see him follow 3 does north. Randy missed a perfect opportunity to harvest an 8 point at 30 yards from the blind below the patio. That deer had X-ray vision to see into the blind. And the “Deer Whisperer” chimed in on everything we were doing wrong. (Jen)
In Ohio, Glen took a doe from his new stand on the ridge. Jen and Randy were blanked for the season.
Blood trail to the 8 point
Blood trail
Blood trail continued
Still a good trail
The 8 Point recoverd
gulf road
gulf road timber
south of the point
good trees south of the point
future tree stand
across the creek south of the point
the new bow stand left
Pano of the bow stand
below Bardeen’s field
Bruno in the rain
Bruno rocking the blue gloves
Bruno being sad
Nice deer
Randy with the deer
Randy in the rain
The quad is King
The Ravine
Hoyt ready to go
Unlucky Cat
Glen’s Doe from his new bow stand on the ridge
Browny
Bear tracks in the mud at the Point in NY
Pano of the new bow stand near Micco’s stand
Waiting for daylight in the blind
Snow below the patio in the blind
Looking over the creek below Glen’s stand
Randy’s Button Buck
The creek near the Hemlock Highway
Starting to snow below the patio in the blind
Glen’s blind at the patio
Glen’s shooting lanes at the patio
Waiting for the buck to emerge at the patio
More snow below the patio in the blind
Snow Snow Snow
More Snow
The new look at the point stand
Randy with the only venison this trip
Jen and Dad on a quick evening sit
