9 pointer?

[chrismgon]

Hey,

Here is my very first Catskill Mountain Buck. Got him way up a Mountain and feel very accomplished after a year of scouting, legwork and old skool methods. Just a rope, knife and stackable portable stand on my back.

Is this a 9 pointer, small yes, but does it classify as such? Taxidermist said yes. I thought 6 pointer. Then again each point is at least 1 inch.

Either way, I AM SO FREAKING HAPPY!

Also got my first Male with the bow this year up there, spike. Very proud of him too!

Thanks,

Chris

Edited November 28, 2011 by chrismgon

[joe12]

thats a nice buck congrats! The brows look legal to me.

[SteveNY]

Good for you! Mountain bucks dont get too big, thats a good one. Got any more pics? What area was it in?

Cheers

[chrismgon]

Thanks. Here is another pic that shows the 3 smaller points better. One was abnormal.

I knew something with nice antlers was around because a large sapling was rub with gauges dug deep inside of it. Probably the abnormal point

It was in 4P, around the Pepacton Reservoir. No DMP, not many deer really. Have not seen a buck in years. Took me going up the mountain to his home to see em.

[SteveNY]

Yea, as long as that little extra brow tine is an inch thats a nine pointer, good buck man

[Brushbuster]

The reservoir WMU averages 3 buck kill per mile which is above average.

[troutman]

Congrats ! No bigger accomplishment, in my opinion, then hiking into BIG woods with everything on your back and harvesting a truly wild animal. Anyone can sit on a the edge of a rural field or block of scrub and wait for deer. Takes a different breed of hunter to go deep into the the forest after them. A 'trophy' is to be measured by the effort, sweat, and the journey traveled to attain your harvest and not neccessarily how big a rack he has. Hats off to you !

[Cabin Fever]

Nice buck! Congrats!

[chrismgon]

Congrats ! No bigger accomplishment, in my opinion, then hiking into BIG woods with everything on your back and harvesting a truly wild animal. Anyone can sit on a the edge of a rural field or block of scrub and wait for deer. Takes a different breed of hunter to go deep into the the forest after them. A 'trophy' is to be measured by the effort, sweat, and the journey traveled to attain your harvest and not neccessarily how big a rack he has. Hats off to you !

Exactly my feeling, just knowing the work I put in, it could have been a 4 pointer.

Thanks guys. I am back in Queens but still on cloud 9. I attempted the same method in the Adirondacks state land the past 2 years but no luck. Looking forward to next year in the Northern Zone though! Will be scouting it up. And same method, backpack stand, bow, knife, rope!

[nyantler]

yup.. that's a 9-pointer alright

[RifleSharpShot]

Of course the deer is legal even in a AR zone,,Nice deer man hard work pays off most the time!!

[Deerthug]

Nice buck! Congrats!

[SteveNY]

Of course the deer is legal even in a AR zone,,Nice deer man hard work pays off most the time!!

He was talking about the antler point in question being a legal point, to be a legal point it must be 1 inch.

No one was questioning if the buck it self was legal or not.

[ny hunter]

Nice deer Congrats.

[Lexingtonlegend]

Congrats man! I hunt the nothern Catskills in 4R so I know all about the DYI mountain top hunt. Going up this weekend bear hunting but, I woudn't mind taking a nice rack like that. Its a trophy worthy buck from that area.

[buckfever]

nice buck congrats!