Hey everyone, I've been a member for a couple months, but haven't posted anything yet. I shot a pretty nice whitetail up here in NW Montana and thought I'd post a picture of it. He scores 144". Shot on Nov 20th as he was walking through a very open, recently logged clearing at 1:00 in the afternoon! I was pretty shocked since I'd spent the whole morning still-hunting through the thick timber. I was just high-tailing it down the road, looking for a spot to make a fire and dry out (it had rained all morning)when he showed up. I swore he would score over 150 when I shot, but I'm very happy with him.
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Thanks for the replies, you guys are fast! Big Sky, I live in the Kalispell area. Moved here in '97 from Havre, so my first season was right after the BIG die-off from winter '96. Quite an adjustment, moving from wide-open Eastern Montana with LOTS of deer to the thickly timbered mountains of NW Montana. But I love it here and every season has been better than the one before! It helps that I'm a die hard whitetail fanatic! Anyway, I was shooting my Remington .270 using 150 grain ballistic tips. It did the job! Also shot a cow elk with the same gun/load this season. Put her down fast!
Mark, Like you, I don't tolerate BS very well. I've seen guys say their buck scores 170 when it's a solid 150. As if a solid 150 isn't something to be totally proud of! As it turns out, I was about 1 inch off on my field judging. 1 inch per point x 10 points = 154, closer to what I thought at the shot. None the less, final score doesn't matter, right? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" /> Hey, did you ever work for Pizza Hut? Your name sounds familiar to me. John
Fabulous whitetail, and I'd have been very pleased with that buck for sure. I'm with Mark here and agree that a little longer tines would have made that buck even better. Very similar situation with the one I killed this year in that if it would have had an extra 25 or so inches here and there he'd have been a pretty decent deer. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
NWMt170 That wasn't taken just east of Bigfork was it? I have an area there that has produced some dandies (pic enclosed). The one I got two years ago sure lookes like it is from the same gene pool........
PS Damn nice buck, and I agree hunting NW MT is quite a bit different than Eastern MT and North Central.
Like M. Dobrenski, it's mighty refreshing to have an honest score!
Apart from that, I like a rack for its beauty, not its B&C number. For me that rack's got most everything I like. Pretty wide, fairly heavy, symetrical and not overly long tines. He's a real northwoods buck!
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