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Joe, I agree with you . It all make perfect sense Since I have no training in scoring racks I really wasn't sure. Anyway I though the best thing to do was to call attention to it because without some sort of a measurement it is impossible to tell if it was a scoreable point or not. That photo on the B&C site is a little misleading to the uninitiated.

Joe and WNY, Thanks. I am happy have him called a six point. Just wanted to explain my thinking a bit. According to B&C the length of a point is measured along the outside of the point starting from where it arises from the beam to the tip. This is why I thought it might be a legal point. By this definition a point can be a bit longer than the length bisected with the imaginary line across beam top surface (see B&C diagram): Just wanted to explain the way I took the measurement. I am fine having him called a 6 pointer.

Last Day Buck On Sunday in the rain and the snow we cut and gave away Christmas trees and I was pretty tired when I woke up Sunday morning. After a nice breakfast with wife I packed up and headed out. The weather conditions were ideal for deer movement today. The wind out of the NE and NW at 5-10 mph with clear skies an cold temperatures was (teens with a high of 23 forecast for this afternoon. . I hiked up the ridge with all my usual outer layer clothing tied onto my back pack so I wouldn’t sweat. I got in my deer stand at 8:25. I put my outer layers on and climbed up the tree. I had just pulled up the shotgun and put my heavy cotton gloves back on when I heard something about 50 or 60 yards to the NE. I saw it was a deer and then I saw he was a buck. He was moving slowly from east to west up wind of me. He didn’t have a huge rack but he had a good sized body. The sun was also to my advantage, directly to my south. I could see he was going to cross an opening at about 35 or 40 yards. I grunted and stopped the deer when he was in the opening and took the shot. In retrospect I may have fired a bit too fast. He took off running but I could see that I had hit him and he was running up a hill the swung back down and around back to the NE. He disappeared from view and I hoped that he may have dropped. I waited about 20 minutes before I came out of the tree. I couldn’t find any blood. But soon found him dead about 50 or 60 yards from the place of the shot. I had hit him in the shoulder muck closer to the front of the deer from where I had wanted. Fortunately it was a lethal shot and the buck went down quickly. He apparently had been doing quite a bit of fighting as his right beam was broken off at the point where it forked with the third tine. I was very grateful for him. The buck is a young one but I decided to take him as we have a growing family of venison eaters (two new grand children this fall alone). Photos below. I included a photo of his smaller (right side) brow tine since it is barely an inch and leave the decision to WNYBuckhunter and the powers to be as to whether or not he is a 7 pointer.

Not a pleasant morning to be hunting. Congratulations.

Happy Birthday Machinist. Here's to all of us with birthdays during the deer season (myself included). May many big bucks fall to our guns!

Thanks WNY BH! Mouth watering!

Thanks WNY-BH and Pigmy. Look forward to going the fajita route. Have a great Holiday!

We really enjoy the liver, sliced thin, rolled in flour and fried in hot oil or butter. We always wash it down with generous qualities of red wine to balance things out and neutralize the cholesterol content. I prepare the heart the same way. I also use the kidneys in stews, seems to give them an added dimension and a richer flavor. WNYBuckhunter, Do you fry the heart like most of us fry liver or do you have a different recipe? If you kids like it must be good!

Wishing everyone a safe and very happy Thanksgiving. Good luck to those who can hunt before the festivities!

I've seen 5 bear in all in the past twenty years of my "young life". All the in north country and all on public land. The second to last one I saw walked up on me when I was sitting on a log having eating my lunch. I jumped about 5 feet. He jumped about 10. We scared the heck out of each other . He ran faster than a rabbit! The last one was in the summer if 2005. I saw him, oddly enough, was when I was portaging my canoe between Little Long Pond and Bear Pond in the St. Regis Canoe area. Now I know presactly why it is called Bear Pond.

Killed afternoon of 11/15/2014 WMU 7J fair to midland Doe Shotgun

Great looking buck! Congratulations to your buddy Dave.

A wonderful story and a well deserved big buck! Congratulations!

Chris, Congratulations!!! Shooting a nice buck is both reward and a gift. Enjoy that buck and every aspect of the ritual.

Happy birthday Joe. Keep up the great writing and straight shooting!! You're still a kid!

Nice going. The bolt of your crossbow hit with about the same authority as a bolt of lightning! That coyote will never know the difference!

Bowtech2, I hunted Maine a few times for deer and yes, the outfitters there all depend on the bear season in which baiting is central for their survival. Thanks for posting.

Agree with NYBowhunter. A rub will normally be on a live tree and have a very splintered or ragged appearance usually 1.5 to 3.5 feet up.

I think it is the May Apple. Grows in hardwood forests through NY and the NE. See: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mayapple_Podophylum_peltatum_Leaf_2150px.jpg

Mac, I am very happy with my carbon Express Intercept Supercoil. I bought it from bass pro for about $700 after trade in of one of my old compounds. I use it with 20" carbon express bolts and for hunting I use the Dead Ringer Rampage 125 gr. expandables with a 2-inch cut. The bow fires bolt at 360 fps which I felt was a great velocity. I thought about some 400 fps X-bows but felt that something would be compromised by pushing the speed envelope that hard (durability, service life, dependability etc., ) . The anti dry-fire feature works great! Don't ask how I know! Axle-to-axle when cocked is only 13 inches. Draw weight 175#. I felt the 4Xscope that the package came with was too high a power for the close in work of an X-bow so I changed it out for a Hawke 1x 32 which is a fantastic optic for a little over $100. I hunted with it for the first time this past Monday and shot a 150# 8 pt. that went only 35 or 40 yards. Also picked up a Carbon Express release bolt for $11. Its a very heavy duty special blunt head bolt for safely unloading your crossbow. Works great. Carbon express also has years of experience in carbon filament winding arrows and they are experts in carbon composites. I am very happy with their bow. I can't say enough good things about it.

I noticed that there seems to be an element present here that I have seen in previous threads. If the self-acclaimed expert is truly hunter and a champion of our sport I would be very surprised. The use of intimidation and moral superiority used by the individual seems to me to be an annoying imposition on any sincere forum member. I have found that it just isn't worth the energy it takes to respond.

Now that's one fine looking buck!! Congratulations!

Congratulations to your husband for not only making the effort but also for succeeding! Also congratulations to you Lisa for supporting your man and understanding his quest for the greatest game anima on the planet..

Westchester, He is a beauty. My Guess is 130. Congratulations!

Took this buck with my Carbon Express Crossbow Monday morning 3 November. It is my first cross bow deer. I initially resisted the move to a cross bow but felt I was an interesting piece of weaponry and liked what I heard about its reputation for clean kills. I hunted two very enjoyable days in the ADK's last week but Monday was my first day hunting in the Southern zone this year near our present home. Got my butt into the woods early in morning in spite of 15- 20 degree F chill factors, NW wind 12 -15. Climbed into my tree stand at 0630. Didn't see a thing, 1000 hours came and went with no sign of deer and I started thinking about coming out of the tree stand and heading down to the house to dig some potatoes for supper. But told myself " the deer could be moving this morning because it is cold, you lazy comfort loving son of gun, you are going to stay in this tree at least another hour!" At about 1030 I saw a medium sized doe moving coming toward the stand. She looks back over her shoulder. Suddenly a buck emerges! He is on her trail! He proceeds closer to the stand but is moving quickly. At 20 yards I made a "verbal buck grunt". He stops. I fire an arrow into his rib cage and hear a "thwack". The buck runs to the west and I see him slow down as he goes out of view. I wait 10 minutes and get out of my tree stand. I locate the arrow that I fired and determine it has passed completely through the animal. I believe the arrow took out both lungs. I walk to where I saw him last and find him there only about 35-40 yards from the shot. I said a prayer of thanks for the animal and the way it all went down so quickly for the deer.