Special Hunters Edition

THE ARROW
Special Hunters Edition
Suffolk archers and bowhunters news letter
Editors - Jill Goeckner & Josh Pierno
January 2014
Every year many of our members venture off into the woods with their bows in hand to chase
down the legendary white tail deer. All come back with great stories and memories, some
even come back with a deer. Here are a few of our members who harvested a deer this year,
many of them right here on Long Island.
Tommy Carrella
Spoon Buck
Date of Harvest: Nov 2nd
County of Harvest: Sullivan
Bow: Bowtech Invasion
Arrow: Easton Lightspeed
BH: Rocket Sidewinder
Cameron Carrella—Age 15
First Archery Buck
Taken Nov 9th in Sullivan County
Bow: Diamond
Broadhead:G5
Arrow: Easton Lightspeed
Nick Domingo
3rd weekend Oct. 2013
Sullivan county
Eight pointer at 15 yards
Matthews Helium
100 Grain Muzzy
The Carrella’s freezer,
what a sight!
Christopher Smith
October 28th in Suffolk county.
Bow: Elite Answer
I took this 130" class 10 point from a ghost blind.
The buck walked up behind the blind on the
exposed side. I had only a shoulder wide clump
of vines to hide behind as he walked straight
towards me. I had to wait for him to turn and took
a 9 yard broad side shot. The buck went about 70
yards. I also took 2 does on the same
hunt both within 15 yards of the blind.
Starting
the day with 6 Doe tags Chris
Smith managed to filled 5 of them.
I took 5 Doe today on my last hunt of the
2013 Archery season. All within 15 yards
of the stand. Plus I watched 4 out of the
5 drop in sight. My son Kiernan
accomplished a great tracking job on #5 .
There was almost no blood to follow
because her lung plugged the exit
wound. That's 10 Doe and 2 bucks all
taken on Long Island with my bow this
season to top off my freezer.
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I took this abnormally built doe December
15th. She had the largest chest I have
ever seen on a Doe. It as 16" from top of
her back to bottom. With short stubby legs.
She had a live weight if over 140
pounds. I took a 9 yard broad side shot on
her and she dropped inside of 50 yards...
Elizabeth Waldes
11/13/13
Suffolk county
Diamond Core
Sharp, pointy muzzy on an Easton
arrow forged from the purest carbon
harvested by silent monks on my
grandparents carbon farm
My first deer ever- shot at 15 yards
from a ground blind, double lung
pass through shot, found 50 yards
away. The entire deer was eaten
within 5 days...
Rex Zachofsky
Suffolk County, November 9.
Bow: Bowtech Insanity.
Broadhead: Wasp
Arrow: BroadheadCarbon Express
Maxima Blue Streak
Diallo Stevens
Nov 6th in Suffolk County
Bow: Mathews Monster MR6
Broadhead: Rage 2 Blade Mechanical
Arrow: Beman ICS Hunter
This was my first deer ever! 1st season hunting &
1st deer I saw within
range. It was a 30 yd
tree stand shot through
cover hit double lung.
He made it about 15
yards before expiring. I
named him Skully and
Skully’s delicious
grilled!
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Mike Voltz
This nice 8-point buck was taken in Sullivan
County on Nov. 10, 1013. I've been hunting the
same property for 35 years, but the last decent
buck that I took with my bow was in 1994. I've
been using the same Martin Lynx compound
bow that I bought in 1987.
I just joined Suffolk Archers in 2013 and there is
no question that the practice and 3D shoots
helped me to make the shot count. It was about
6:15 am and I had just climbed into my stand. I
actually climbed back down to get something,
and within 5 minutes of climbing back up, I hear
a deer approaching. He was coming from my
right, and at about 30 yards, I could see that he
was a legal buck (3-point rule in the area we
hunt). I took the shot and caught both lungs. He
dropped less than 50 yards from where he was
hit. Not the biggest rack, but the deer was very
large for that area, weighing in at 155 pounds
dressed out.
Great to be a member of Suffolk Archers.
Steven Principe — with the two bucks he harvested this season.
Date of Harvest- 10/10/13
County of Harvest– Suffolk
Bow – Matthews Z7 Extreme
Broadhead - Ramcat
Arrow – Carbon Express
Date of Harvest- 11/8/13
County of Harvest- Milan, Missouri
Bow – Matthews Z7 Extreme
Broadhead – Slick Trick
Arrow – Carbon Express
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John Montiel
This nice 8 pointer was taken on Oct. 19,
2013 at my place in the town of Harpersfield,
NY. This was my first buck with a bow also. I
went up alone that weekend to do some work
around the house and had a couple of hours
free in the morning to get into the woods. I
was in my tree stand at about 8 A.M. when
he came down a known buck trail with another smaller buck. He was 15 yards when I
drew down with my Bow Tech Destroyer and
nailed him with a Rage tipped Easton Flatline
arrow. He ran only 20 yards before dropping.
I forgot to bring a camera so the only Pictures
that I was able to take were with my phone.
So no posed picture with me and my bow. I definitely will bring it next time. John and his dad, John Sr. with
a doe he took with his rifle.
Jocelynn,
member Jim Monahan’s granddaughter
& her first harvest with a bow.
This button buck was taken at 10 yds.
Mike Klauber
Took this 9 point 185 lb. buck,
his first buck with a bow on
opening day.
This buck was harvested on
one of the farms from the
SADMC program.
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Mike Matteo
Suffolk County
11/9/13
9point
Bowtech Destroyer 350
Grim Reaper Broadhead
Goldtip XT hunter 5575 shaft
I rattled him in Chasing a spike.
Wayne Sprague
90 lb doe was taken in East Hampton using a
Martin compound bow and a Beaman 400 arrow
with a 100 grain Wasp fixed broadhead.
Bob Chambers
5 Point Upstate NY Buck
& Bob’s 8 Point
Long Island Buck
Long Island has some great hunting areas. If you have a smart phone scan one of the QR
codes below to pull up a property map of some of these areas (courtesy of the DEC). If you
don’t have a smart phone or even if you do, check out the DEC website, www.dec.ny.gov/,
for this and other great information.
The Arrow
Hunter’s Addition
PO Box 8087
Hicksville, NY 11802-8087
SUFFOLK ARCHERS
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