EIGHTEEN POINTS, WOW!!!
10-26-2006, 10:07 AM
#6
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Hoosier Country, Baby!
Posts: 1,710
RE: EIGHTEEN POINTS, WOW!!!
I lost count of points today... lol!
I actually don't count them if I am planning on shooting at them, I'd rather be surprised when I get there! If they are grazin or struttin' in a field and I can see that far, I'll count 'em up.
I actually don't count them if I am planning on shooting at them, I'd rather be surprised when I get there! If they are grazin or struttin' in a field and I can see that far, I'll count 'em up.
10-26-2006, 10:17 AM
#8
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Kokomo, In.
Posts: 2,151
RE: EIGHTEEN POINTS, WOW!!!
lol...I thought you saw an 18 pointer.
I think my friends think I'm nuts when we talk points. I'm originally from California, and I was raised to count only what's on the main beam of ONE side, not both sides, and not brow tines. So, the first year I hunted here, a guy told me he bagged a 6 pointer and a few minutes later an 8 pointer walked by. WOW! I thought. There are some big deer here. I looked in the bed of his truck and see a forkey. HUH? I thought he said 6 points. I scratch my head and kinda look at him funny. I look back at the deer....and the wheels slowly start to turn....OHhhhhhh...I got it! You all count ALL of the points INCLUDING brow tines!
To this day, when I see a deer I still go by one side, no brow tines.
The other day, Buddy Bill and I saw a deer running across a field. "Did you see that?" He asked.
"Yeah, it looked like a 3 or 4 pointer."
"Then, you didn't see the same deer I saw."
"Oh, sorry, I forgot you guys count ALL the tines...I mean an 8 or 10 pointer."
lol....he thought I was nuts....still does.
I think my friends think I'm nuts when we talk points. I'm originally from California, and I was raised to count only what's on the main beam of ONE side, not both sides, and not brow tines. So, the first year I hunted here, a guy told me he bagged a 6 pointer and a few minutes later an 8 pointer walked by. WOW! I thought. There are some big deer here. I looked in the bed of his truck and see a forkey. HUH? I thought he said 6 points. I scratch my head and kinda look at him funny. I look back at the deer....and the wheels slowly start to turn....OHhhhhhh...I got it! You all count ALL of the points INCLUDING brow tines!
To this day, when I see a deer I still go by one side, no brow tines.
The other day, Buddy Bill and I saw a deer running across a field. "Did you see that?" He asked.
"Yeah, it looked like a 3 or 4 pointer."
"Then, you didn't see the same deer I saw."
"Oh, sorry, I forgot you guys count ALL the tines...I mean an 8 or 10 pointer."
lol....he thought I was nuts....still does.
10-26-2006, 11:56 AM
#9
Join Date: Oct 2006
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Posts: 128
RE: EIGHTEEN POINTS, WOW!!!
Last thursday (going hunting tonight hoping for the same thursday blessing) I hadtwo 10s, one 8 and one 6 come in together. That 34 points of rack. Gave me some buck fever for sure 
I wish I had a video camera set up to film them.
I wish I had a video camera set up to film them.