My 2024 Adirondack buck!!

[highfinblue]

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!

 

[ADKHTR]

I can't believe no one has asked yet…
Tell us about your rifle setup

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.

 

[Rosebud]

They grow them big up there, Wowser's. Big guy.
Congratulations.

 

[skipglo]

BEAUTY! Well done

 

[wilkup]

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 suspected it might be a Forbes based the blued action and stainless barrel. Sounds like a solid setup for close in timber hunting

 

[Muddyboots]

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.

 

[Mtn Dawg]

Very nice buck. Thanks for sharing the story.
Does the venison flavor suffer since you pack out the entire animal? I was taught to get them processed and cooling as quickly as possible.

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.

 

[JONFIVE]

Well I was fortunate to be blessed with another great Adirondack deer season once again, I hunt solo from a small canvas wall tent most years and always on public land in the big woods moving around as the conditions permit and constantly chasing the next mature buck on my radar, I self film all my hunts, so I'm able to grab screen shots from some of my video clips while editing, I'm not much of a writer.. but I have a feeling some of you will like these photos! I hope everyone is having a successful and safe season out there, and if you're still hunting.. Good luck!
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I shot this buck a few days ago, while still hunting on bare ground, he was 186 lbs and scored 149 5/8 gross/green
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The drag out is always my least favorite part, but a buck this nice I'd rather drag him than cut up and pack out so can I show my family the results of a great season and lots of hard work!
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Once to the nearest water body, in Adirondack tradition, I let my ADK guide boat finish the rest, the row back is always much better with a view of a 150 class buck hanging over the bow. Whenever my full video of this buck from 2024 and the hunt for him gets released, it will be located on the Tracking 200 channel link down below, the video below is mine of another buck I killed in the Adirondacks that I already posted on here sometime back, but it's a good watch if you haven't seen it, I think my next video, once finished will even be better, I got some great down the barrel action this time! - Jon Hill

Great buck congrats

 

[wilkup]

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.

Bigger than Yellowstone!? That's pretty impressive.

 

[Muddyboots]

Bigger than Yellowstone!? That's pretty impressive.

By quite a bit.

 

[wilkup]

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.

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.

 

[Muddyboots]

@ADKHTR: Essex Chain?

 

[Beluebow]

Very nice!! Congrats!!

 

[DLJ6]

Very nice deer, I'm envious that you can hunt such beautiful terrain! Congrats all around.