PROS: Lightweight, Durable (it can get run over by a truck!), Forgiving, Accurate, Quiet, Shock-free, Holds Rock Solid on Target
CONS: Doesn’t have build in mounts for a two piece quiver (Hoyt sells an adapter to allow for a two-piece quiver to be u…
Go to GEAR GUIDE: Hoyt Carbon MatrixOutdoor enthusiasts have a new tool to help plan the perfect trip to visit any of the 2,500 miles of recreational trails throughout New York, Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Pete Grannis announced today. DEC’s Mapping Gatewa…
Go to DEC Expands Online Google Earth OfferingsThis big 8 pointer has been hanging around our area for a few weeks now. When we first spotted him we had a few pictures of him during the day, but now he seems to just be visiting at night.
Hopefully we can figure out where he’s coming from and set …
Go to More Summertime BucksPROS: Lightweight, Durable (it can get run over by a truck!), Forgiving, Accurate, Quiet, Shock-free, Holds Rock Solid on TargetCONS: Doesn’t have build in mounts for a two piece quiver (Hoyt sells an adapter to allow for a two-piece quiver to be used…
Go to GEAR GUIDE: Hoyt Carbon MatrixCarbon Express is giving away broadheads on it’s website for a limited time. Here’s an excerpt from the Company’s website:
Carbon Express is so confident the F-15™ will change the way you hunt, we’re giving away $50,000 worth of single pack F-15s….
Go to F-15 $50K Broadhead GiveawayDero pulled the SD card from the trail cam and was surprised to see this big six pointer. “High Tower” as he’s been named should put on some serious bone from now until the end of August. I’ve got a thing for big six pointers and this buck is looking…
Go to High Tower Six and Another Big EightThis is a beautiful pic of a nice buck overlooking a field as day is breaking. We’re hoping one this buck stays in the area long enough during the fall to come across one of our stands.
We had these two young swamp bucks walk by one of Dero’s secre…
Go to Swamp Bucks and Trail CamsEDGEFIELD, S.C. – The National Wild Turkey Federation’s New York State Chapter budgeted $133,000 from its state Hunting Heritage Super Fund to invest in outreach, education, conservation and other projects in 2010.
The NWTF Super Fund is administered …
Go to NWTF New York Announces 2010 FundingTwo young children were attacked by coyotes in the community of Rye, New York, in southeastern Westchester County earlier this month. Fortunately both children, age 3 and 6, only sustained minor injuries.
Local authorities, working with DEC, immediate…
Go to Partnering Up in Response to Coyote AttacksThe bucks are getting bigger and putting on more bone! We’ve been scouting out a few new areas and looking for bucks in the 3.5 year old range with over 100″ of antler come September and I think this guy is one of our first contenders.
He’s grown a…
Go to The Bucks Are Getting Bigger(6/24/2010) Canandaigua, NY – New York Bowhunters, Inc. (NYB) was presented the prestigious New York State Conservation Council’s (NYSCC) 2009 Presidents Award at that organizations annual meeting this past fall.
The NYSCC Presidents award is selec…
Go to New York Bowhunters, Inc. Receives “Presidents Award”Here are a few more pics of some bucks that showed up on our trail cams. It’s awesome to watch them grow. Just the other night a few of us from Team NYB filmed a few velvet monsters in an open field at dusk. One was already well over 100″.
This pic…
Go to Summer Time BucksThe deer herd looks to be healthy as this doe has three fawns which is something I haven’t seen at this property in a long time. Team NYB headed out about two weeks ago to put our trail cams out and start taking inventory of the bucks on our propertie…
Go to Pre-Season Scouting and Trail Cam PicsJeff who now discovered how to keep busy and have some more fun after turkey hunting by shooting carp with his recurve bow in Westchester County.
Thanks for sharing your photos with us Jeff. Good luck with the bowfishing and let us know how you do th…
Go to Bowfishing for Carp in New YorkJeff Cetin of Massapequa, NY took his first bird of the season with his shotgun. After that he was determined to attempt taking a second with his bow.
On the morning of May 26, 2010 in Westchester County, Jeff set out four hen decoys and a strutting…
Go to Another Bow Bird DownBuilding on the success of a 2009 pilot program, the Westchester County Parks Department will open sections of Muscoot Farm and Lasdon Park and Arboretum, both in Somers, and, new this year, Ward Pound Ridge Reservation in Cross River and Mountain Lake…
Go to Deer Hunting in Select Westchester County ParksIt was a long, tough season, but we stayed persistent and it all paid off on the last day of the season when I took my biggest bird to date – a double bearded monster with 1 3/4″ hooks! What a bird!DROPTINE MEDIA LLC IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR CONTENT ON…
Go to NYBowhunter.com – Last Minute LongerbeardMamaroneck’s newest business may have hit the bullseye—it’s the first of its kind in town.
June 5 marked the unofficial opening of Extreme Archery, Mamaroneck’s first archery store and range. The store houses a pro shop and boasts a 20-yard indoor …
Go to New Archery Store Aims for Success in MamaroneckLast year Westchester County started the Pilot Adaptive Deer Management Program [PADMP]. The program was an overall success. Created and employed in response to the recommendations set forth by the Westchester County Citizen’s Task Force on White-tai…
Go to Westchester County Deer Management ProgramsI’m excited to say that Westchester County will have its first indoor archery range! Extreme Archery will be opening it’s doors on Saturday, June 5th at 9:00 a.m.
The pro shop will be stocked with bows from top of the line brands such as Hoyt, Elite, …
Go to Grand Opening of Extreme Archery in Mamaroneck, NYMay 31st marked the closing of this year’s spring hunting season for wild turkey. On average, over 100,000 hunters take about 30,000 birds each spring in New York. This season, preliminary results from reported harvest show that the overall harvest was…
Go to Conclusion of Wild Turkey Spring SeasonCautiously the two hens approached the decoys and continued yelping softly. As the two hens fed around the decoys we heard more yelping behind us – this time it was to our right. I caught a glimpse of movement through the brush on the right of ou…
Go to Team NYB Ends Turkey Season with a Double Bearded Bird – Part 2It was 4:15 a.m. on May 31st – the final morning of the 2010 Spring Turkey Season – when Dero and I met each other at the gate of the farm.
The season had been a tough one with few birds coming in close enough for a shot. Although we were lucky enoug…
Go to Team NYB Ends Turkey Season with a Double Bearded Bird – Part 1Thanks to a creative state-local partnership, the Moose River Plains Road — which provides access to one of the largest blocks of remote lands in the Adirondack Park — will be open to motor vehicles this summer, New York State Department of Environme…
Go to Moose River Plains Road To Open For 2010Vinny invited us out earlier this season for a bowhunt and we had some great action including two misses on film! We never got a chance to head back out with Vinny, but he didn’t give up and yesterday it finally happened.
At a mere 12 yards Vinny drew…
Go to Suburban Turkey Falls to the AlphaburnerIt’s been a very tough turkey season for Team NYB. We did our homework and put lots of time in before the season scouting properties, building blinds and locating birds. The unseasonably warm weather helped pushed the breeding along rather quickly an…
Go to NYBowhunter.com – Deadly DoubleI’m sure you all remember Bjorn Holubar who took the New York State record whitetail last season scoring 202 5/8″ giving him the second largest bowkill in New York. Well sometimes luck strikes twice and that’s exactly what happened to Bjorn with an 8 …
Go to Holubar Strikes AgainToday was my good friend Bucky’s lucky day as he went out in New Jersey after his gobbler. Here’s what happened in his own words:
After 3 Saturdays of hunting I finally had one gobble! He was in a field across a creekbottom and was fired up from my c…
Go to Bucky Gets His GobblerIt was a little while longer before we heard another gobble, then another and another. There were at least three birds on the other side of the river and possibly a fourth. Around 5:45 am three hens flew into the field and started making their way towa…
Go to Team NYB Takes Two Toms Down – Part 2It has been a very tough season for us and our hopes of getting a bird with our bow was quickly fading. After three of us missing with the bow and sightings of Tom’s becoming few and far between we picked up the shotguns for the morning’s hunt.
We we…
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