highfinblue
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WOW WOW WOW!!! The buck is a beast and so are you, dragging a deer that big by yourself. It would have to be all downhill, or he's going in my pack. Congratulations!
My 2024 Adirondack buck!!
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ADKHTR
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I'm a southpaw, so that rifle is a lefty Forbes Model 20B in 7/08 that was sent back to Melvin for his blessings many years ago, I had him shorten the LOP to 13.5" and give the stock a new paint job and check everything else over, I prefer a 2-7 for woods hunting, so that is a Leupold VX-R in 2-7.I can't believe no one has asked yet…
Tell us about your rifle setup
They grow them big up there, Wowser's. Big guy.
Congratulations.
Congratulations.
BEAUTY! Well done
wilkup
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I suspected it might be a Forbes based the blued action and stainless barrel. Sounds like a solid setup for close in timber hunting
Beautifully done! Absolutely Great Adirondack buck! Thank you for refreshing my memories of hunting the "big woods" of the Adirondacks! No place like it! It's as wild as you want it to be! My last buck there was killed way too far back in the High Peaks Wilderness area and no Adirondack Guide boat! Took 8 hrs to get him out. I grew up staying on Lake Pleasant every summer in old 40' mobile my parents used as summer camp. I had an old beater Adirondack Guide boat that was half oakum to stay dry. Caught boatloads of rainbows and smallies from it. There is nothing like the pull of the oars in one. Once you do you will want one! Now in midwest and this truly brings back those memories. Thank you! Well done!
And now looking at Adirondack Guide boats for sale!
BTW, for those who are not familiar the Adirondack Park, it's larger than Yellowstone. Truly wild.
And now looking at Adirondack Guide boats for sale!
BTW, for those who are not familiar the Adirondack Park, it's larger than Yellowstone. Truly wild.
In the northern US (MN, WI, MI) it's pretty standard procedure to drag them out and hang the whole animal for a period of time to age. We've shot big bucks like that, that eat just fine when cared for like that. Now that I'm in Colorado, we quarter them and pack them but I think you toughen the meat by cooling it too fast. There is a ton of tradition around the deer camp and the buck pole.
Great buck congrats
wilkup
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Bigger than Yellowstone!? That's pretty impressive.Beautifully done! Absolutely Great Adirondack buck! Thank you for refreshing my memories of hunting the "big woods" of the Adirondacks! No place like it! It's as wild as you want it to be! My last buck there was killed way too far back in the High Peaks Wilderness area and no Adirondack Guide boat! Took 8 hrs to get him out. I grew up staying on Lake Pleasant every summer in old 40' mobile my parents used as summer camp. I had an old beater Adirondack Guide boat that was half oakum to stay dry. Caught boatloads of rainbows and smallies from it. There is nothing like the pull of the oars in one. Once you do you will want one! Now in midwest and this truly brings back those memories. Thank you! Well done!
And now looking at Adirondack Guide boats for sale!
BTW, for those who are not familiar the Adirondack Park, it's larger than Yellowstone. Truly wild.
By quite a bit.
wilkup
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Canoeing out with a critter has been a bucket list item since I was single digits and reading my dad's Outdoor Life mags. Seems like western hunts get all the glory these days and that's all I know but there's always been something romantic about one of these hunts in the backwoods of the Northeast for me.
DLJ6
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Very nice deer, I'm envious that you can hunt such beautiful terrain! Congrats all around.
