For the past few years Sean Gillespie found the sheds from an impressive buck roaming through a maze of suburban woods in Westchester County. Finding the buck's sheds year after year in the same vicinity could only mean one thing - this was the buck's core area.



Although Sean had seen the buck while hunting in past seasons he opted to pass on the buck on three separate occasions, hoping the buck would continue to add inches and mass to his already impressive rack.


It was Sunday, November 27th when the southeast winds began to blow and Sean was finally able to sneak in and hunt a stand that led to a bedding area. Sean knew this buck was in there with an even bigger one and had high hopes on this day.

Settled in his stand almost an hour before first light, Sean patiently waited for the woods to come alive and shadows of deer to begin moving in the early morning light. As day began to break, Sean had a small buck and some does move through the area. While the morning started off with deer movement, things quickly got quiet.

Around 8:30am things started to change and three does came in to Sean's set up. As he watched the does work their way closer he began to get nervous - another ten yards and they would pick up his scent.


That's when the big buck came charging through the woods right at the does. At the 30 yard mark, the buck began scent checking the does - it was now or never.

Sean ranged the buck at 32 yards, moved his HHA slider sight to the 32 yards mark and drew back. A quick grunt from Sean stopped the buck in it's tracks and Sean sent the lighted nock on its way watching it bust through the buck's vitals.


Forty yards later the buck stopped and looked around wondering what had just happened, but it was all over. The majestic whitetail tipped over and Sean had his whitetail on the ground.

The buck was aged at 5 1/2 years old, weighed 225 pounds and grossed 142 3/8" P&Y. This buck is Sean's 12th Pope and Young buck from Westchester. Congrats to Sean on another great buck!