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Nice 4 point WT buck

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Went up to the Saddle Hills area north of Beaverlodge with my son for a few days. We were looking for elk but I only seen one 5 point bull and he was running like his tail was on fire.
Anyway one evening we were driving down some oil/gas lease roads and we saw a little fork horn whitetail buck. Junior said want me to stop so you can shoot it? I said nah I'll wait for a bigger one. Well holy smokes 20 minutes later we saw this guy run across the road and the silly buck ran about 80 yards and stopped. Junior is yelling " Shoot that sonofabitch" so I did. :lol:
Rifle was a Browning AB3 in 7mm rem mag, ammo was Federal Premium 155gr Terminal Ascent and yes it was terminal for this buck. :D

The pic doesn't really show it but damn this was one big bodied buck.
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Nice one Sonny!
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millman wrote: ↑Fri Sep 29, 2023 7:21 pmNice one Sonny!
Thanks but the best thing about our hunt was spending some time around the campfire with my son.

That my friend is what makes memories, :thumbsup:
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:vcool: :vcool: :thumbsup:
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What do you call a 9 point in Canada ? A 4 &1/2 ? :whistle:
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You know, I don't do much (any) hunting for many years now but, when I was hunting, they counted the points on one side and that was the point count.

Like above, it has 4 on each side would be a 4 pointer.

I see these guys on TV calling the above a 8 pointers.

What the Hell? What is correct now???

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Never cared how many points it had, just how much meat it would butcher down to. I hunt to eat, not to put it up on a wall. Been a long time since I hunted, but if I get hungry it will come back to me quick. :Drool1:
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Darryl wrote: ↑Fri Dec 08, 2023 1:54 pm You know, I don't do much (any) hunting for many years now but, when I was hunting, they counted the points on one side and that was the point count.

Like above, it has 4 on each side would be a 4 pointer.

I see these guys on TV calling the above a 8 pointers.

What the Hell? What is correct now???

Darryl
I think it might be an East vs. West thing. Here in KY 4 on a side would be an 8 pointer. Always has been as far as I know.
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millman wrote: ↑Fri Dec 08, 2023 4:21 pm
Darryl wrote: ↑Fri Dec 08, 2023 1:54 pm You know, I don't do much (any) hunting for many years now but, when I was hunting, they counted the points on one side and that was the point count.

Like above, it has 4 on each side would be a 4 pointer.

I see these guys on TV calling the above a 8 pointers.

What the Hell? What is correct now???

Darryl
I think it might be an East vs. West thing. Here in KY 4 on a side would be an 8 pointer. Always has been as far as I know.
We always went up north to hunt. Up there it was three points or better. (3 on each side). two on each side was called a forked horn.

Last one I shot had four on each side, so I should have drug it east and then I could have called it a 8 pointer and not a 4 pointer? :chuckles:

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I think I killed two 1 pointers this year. :? :? A cow horn and a spike
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