It was November 9th and 27 degrees....

[glenbo]

Beautiful buck Jeff.

[Homey88]

Great story! Awesome hunt! Congrats!

[goingoldskool]

Very Nice!
Congratulations

[durp]

worth the wait...CONGRATES !!!

[Mint]

Thanks guys! He was the only opportunity I had all season. Didn't get much time to hunt except Saturday afternoons and some Sundays since work was crazy. Feel very blessed that I had the opportunity much less take him.

[KAZ]

Well done & congratulations on a fine buck

[Wudstix]

I'm glad you got out.  I was not so lucky, this year.  Every day in the woods is a blessing.
                           

[Cyclic-Rivers]

Congrats Mint. Great buck. I also appreciate a hunting story this time of year

[varmint101]

That's awesome!  Nice buck and congrats!

[Bvas]

That's a dandy!! Congrats 

Next time, don't make us wait four months for the story 

[Pine]

Well done 

[JD Page]

Great story and a stud of a buck!

[SlowBowKing]

Nice! I didn't even know their were woods on LI, much less deer being hunted!

[Trenton G.]

Congrats! Awesome buck and great story!

[doubleo]

Great buck! Congrats!

[Wudstix]

City bucks can be bruisers, but we can't hunt them here.

[Mint]

Nice! I didn't even know their were woods on LI, much less deer being hunted!

Long Island has a lot of urban sprawl but out on the eastern end there is the pine barrens and a lot of woodlots. We have a deer population problem and a four month archery season with basically unlimited doe tags. Unfortunately we have a lot of anti-hunters and most of the many parks we have are closed to hunting. A couple of years ago a few coyotes were spotted but I've never seen one and they haven't established a big presence yet. We have trophy bucks but they tend to be on private property and the places where you aren't allowed to hunt. 

[rastaman]

That is one beautiful animal!  Good story telling also! Thanks for sharing it..

[Adirondack Bowman]

way to go  Jeff(Cookie).  see you at the Muzzy

[Wudstix]

We can't hunt inside city limits here, and there are several hoss bucks I see while hiking or mt biking.  That are among some of the largest I've seen in my life.