Legacy -The 2025 Deer Season-

whaler1 · January 1

That’s what it’s all about. Tommy sent me the pic but I didn’t know the full story. So cool. Really incredible.

Salty Nut · January 1

Great Buck!

The main beam lengths appear to br incredible!

dp · January 1

Great NY buck!!!

Gill-T · January 1

Holy crap nice buck! Congrats to the young man. My goals today were less lofty.

idn713 · January 1

Nice big doe at the buzzer

Tomb · January 2

at the end of the day…. Right place, right time! Well done!

machzrcr · January 2

Well what a season.... It was a long long long season I don't even know how many sits I did. At one point I did 10 days in a row sunup to sundown! only missing a handful of opportunities to go out the whole season. I hunted hard and passed up a LOT of deer, pretty much said if it's not getting shoulder mounted I'm not shooting it, this season had my sights set on a 5.5yr old buck at minimum and we all know those are few and far between in ny. And I know that one of these years I would get outsmarted by a mature buck and end up with tag soup! I had 4 different 4.5 year old bucks within bow range that most people would of shot in a heart beat and been very proud of. but I had the time to get out and didn't want to shoot a buck just to shoot a buck. I don't even remember how many bucks got the pass. I did end up hunting a lot of public land this year and was VERY impressed at the sign around and the bucks that are out there on public land! So if you ever get discouraged give it a try, everyone says it's over hunted, only once we hunted did we even see a single person in it when we were there! I did end up taking a trip to Pennsylvania with my buddy and harvested my first public land buck, a beautiful 120" 8 point that had someone's scrape rope all tangled in it! I also harvested 2 does with the bow and one with my muzzleloader! So I definitely have a full freezer! A lot of great memories and encounters that makes it all worth the long days! And make some changes to things for advance for next year!

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Gator · January 2

Great Googly Moogly, Manny! My wife said that buck must need physical therapy from having to hold it's head up. Congrats on the buck of a lifetime and a great shot. You DID sight that gun in well!

And nice synopsis of a season. Nothing wrong with passing on big bucks. I tell my guys shoot whatever makes you feel good, or not. Unfortunately, over the years I've seen a bunch of big bucks I've passed get hit by cars, but as much as it sucks, it really doesn't impact what's a very personal choice.

Eastforkmarine · January 4

On 1/1/2026 at 8:11 AM, fisherman21 said:

This is unreal! So Tuesday night my brother asked me if he could come over and borrow my muzzleloader because him as his brother in law wanted to go hunt yesterday morning. His brother in law didn’t have a muzzleloader, so I told him he could use mine. He grabbed it and they proceeded to go to family friends land down down in hemlock. I get a text of a picture from his brother in law at 7:20AM yesterday, and it’s a giant laying on the ground.

I called him immediately. He was walking up to it and says “I think it’s a huge buck”. I tell him “It is a HUGE BUCK”! You could hear the excitement in his voice. Then he thanked me for sighting my muzzleloader in so perfect 😂

He just started to get into hunting 2 years ago. He was able to harvest his first deer this year with a bow (a yearling). This is his second deer ever and his first buck. Just unbelievable lol. The family friend who owns the land said he had never had the buck on camera. It ended up scoring 164” and change. Buck of a lifetime. Also, the pictures don’t even do it justice. He swung the deer by my office on the way back home. It’s just a massive giant.