Monster 19-point taken in CNY

I found this article on Syracuse.com yesterday & I would just like to congratulate my old Friend Mike on harvesting this magnificent whitetail right here in CNY. Good job Mikey, most of us hunters can only dream of seeing a deer like this one. 

By David Figura/The Post-Standard

December 10, 2009, 12:00PM

Submitted photoMike Smiley poses with his 19-point, non-typical buck he shot recently on land in the town of Van Buren near Baldwinsville.

He shot it with a muzzleloader at 92 yards. He said he was on his way out of the woods when two does appeared, with this buck not far behind.

Smiley said the deer was estimated to be 5 1/2 years old. It dressed out at 155 pounds. The deer's non-typical rack had 13 points on one side; 6 on the other. It's final "green" antler score was 178 5/8 (its gross was 185 7/8).

He said the antlers were scored by Dallas Sumner of Baldwinsville. "Dallas also showed me the whitetail record book of New York State 14th edition," he said. "According to my green score it would fall second in the muzzleloader non-typical for New York State."

For more on this deer, see Sunday's Outdoors page in The Post-Standard.

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