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March 08, 2012
Possible New York State Record Non-Typical Archery Whitetail - 6
by Marc Alberto
It was the first week of November and Mike Giarraputo was ready for an all day sit in the deer woods. With the rut right around the corner, it wouldn’t be long before the bucks started cruising. The morning started off slow and to Mike’s surprise, not a single deer walked by his stand until the middle of the day. It was a young six pointer that meandered by Mike’s stand and checked on a few scrapes. As the deer walked off, Mike wondered what else might show up that afternoon. An hour and a half later, Mike heard the sound of deer walking through the leaves. When he turned to see what deer was making the noise he saw the buck’s enormous rack. Main beams arched up and down while points curled upwards, outwards and downwards in all directions. This wasn’t just a freak buck; this was a buck that had the potential to break New York State records. As the buck stood just out of range, a big eight pointer cautiously approached. The giant buck snort-wheezed at the eight pointer three times. While the big eight pointer tempted Mike with an easy broadside shot at 18 yards, Mike knew he just had to wait for a chance at the big nontypical. With each step the buck took, Mike’s breathing grew heavier and his heart rate hastened. At 20 yards, the buck crossed through an opening and Mike stopped the deer. At the sound of the shot, the buck took off. In the heat of the moment, Mike wasn’t sure exactly where the arrow hit, but he had a feeling it was farther back than he would have liked. Unsure about the shot, Mike used his binoculars to find his arrow from the treestand. When he found the arrow through the binoculars he could tell it was covered in blood. With a better feeling about the shot, Mike decided to play it safe and wait two hours before tracking the deer. Climbing down from his treestand, Mike picked up the blood trail and followed it for 80 yards before finding the massive freak buck stone dead. The Suffolk County buck has 23 points and a gross green score of 217” with three points broken off. Not only does this buck put Mike into the 200 club, but he also has a chance to get his name in the number one spot in the record books for the largest Non-Typical Archery Whitetail in New York. |
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Comments (6)
Very nice Buck,to bad it was harvested illegally in the town of Smithtown, where deer hunting is prohibited!
This guy kills me, he has a horse shoe so far up his white tail its unbelievable. He forgot to tell you about the other 2 arrows he shot at the same buck and forgetting his arrows that morning and walking back to the truck to get them. Mike, I have seen bigger pigmy sika deer. Man, us Virginia boys would have let that boy walk on the account it was genetic defect. Probably a Fire Island buck that swam the channel.
Congratulations to Mike on taking such a magnificent animal. You have been truly blessed to harvest such an animal. I hope he gets a great mount and passes it down through the generations to come in his family. Thanks for sharing.
Bob Hansen, Don't forget about the coats.
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Man...you can sure hang a lot of hats on that rack, eh?
The current archery non-typical state record is a 205-1/8, 17-point taken in Erie County back in 1996. If the green score holds up (and antlers usually lose about 1% when dried 60 days) this will still beat the record by a good nine inches. Awesome! Suffolk county is on Long Island for those unfamiliar with the state and provides a lot of places for bucks to reach old age.The #2,3 and 7 archery NT heads are from Suffolk as well as the #5, 13, and 15 typical archery heads.
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Bob Hansen, Don't forget about the coats.
The current archery non-typical state record is a 205-1/8, 17-point taken in Erie County back in 1996. If the green score holds up (and antlers usually lose about 1% when dried 60 days) this will still beat the record by a good nine inches. Awesome! Suffolk county is on Long Island for those unfamiliar with the state and provides a lot of places for bucks to reach old age.The #2,3 and 7 archery NT heads are from Suffolk as well as the #5, 13, and 15 typical archery heads.
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Man...you can sure hang a lot of hats on that rack, eh?
Congratulations to Mike on taking such a magnificent animal. You have been truly blessed to harvest such an animal. I hope he gets a great mount and passes it down through the generations to come in his family. Thanks for sharing.
This guy kills me, he has a horse shoe so far up his white tail its unbelievable. He forgot to tell you about the other 2 arrows he shot at the same buck and forgetting his arrows that morning and walking back to the truck to get them. Mike, I have seen bigger pigmy sika deer. Man, us Virginia boys would have let that boy walk on the account it was genetic defect. Probably a Fire Island buck that swam the channel.
Very nice Buck,to bad it was harvested illegally in the town of Smithtown, where deer hunting is prohibited!
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