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Title: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: Bearhunter on December 26, 2007, 08:52:30 PM
With the 40inch three point on here, lets see what threes you guys all have killed around the years, heres my best archery three, did the mount myself also it was my first.
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi107.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fm292%2Fpetkmj%2FP7170496.jpg&hash=1cbb1ab79f87434f67646b759ee4ec6f10fe89e7)
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: Clark33 on December 26, 2007, 08:59:46 PM
here's my 3 point, shot him this year down in wyoming, AND!!!!!!!!! on public land
27'' wide
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: jake on December 26, 2007, 09:02:04 PM
the message that clark 33 just posted is actually my deer/me from this year, he my brother in law, i forgot who was logged on lol :chuckle:
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: Bearhunter on December 26, 2007, 09:09:22 PM
Dont think I could pass a 3 up like that evening in Wyoming, nice buck.
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: popeshawnpaul on December 26, 2007, 11:32:19 PM
I'll have to call my grandpa up and get him to send me a picture of his 40" 3 pointer with double eye guards.  Truly a remarkable buck.  I had it in my house for 10 years and then he asked me back for the mount out of the blue...  :'(  I guess he missed it or something.

shawn
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: TheKid#10 on December 27, 2007, 12:16:35 PM
Here's a three point I shot a couple of years ago about a mile off the columbia river, nearest town being Grand Coulee. 26 3/4" wide, real tall too, like 19" if I remember right.
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: wamuledeer on December 27, 2007, 12:27:55 PM
Here is my biggest 3 taken from Winthrop in 1998.
(https://hunting-washington.com/cpg/albums/userpics/10267/P5160016.JPG)
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: addicted on December 27, 2007, 12:47:49 PM
 :o oh no craig. red x
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: Craig on December 27, 2007, 01:08:40 PM
I give up. I put the pictures in my gallery but can't get them to show up here.
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: jackelope on December 27, 2007, 01:17:31 PM
craigs deer...
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: FANATIC on December 27, 2007, 01:18:36 PM
Some of you have seen this so I thought I would post some different views.
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: FANATIC on December 27, 2007, 01:19:26 PM
another
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: FANATIC on December 27, 2007, 01:20:06 PM
1 more
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: jackelope on December 27, 2007, 01:23:12 PM
mass........
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: Craig on December 27, 2007, 01:36:19 PM
Thanks jackelope
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: boneaddict on December 27, 2007, 01:48:30 PM
I've always loved thta buck!
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: Bearhunter on December 27, 2007, 02:48:41 PM
Fanatic you cant call that a 3 point :chuckle: Love the eye guards, thats such an awesome buck.
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: FANATIC on December 27, 2007, 03:08:27 PM
Youre right..when Jakelope took it down to get it score, I think it had 5 scorable on one side and 4 on the other because of the eye guards and the trash around his bases. Its still a 3 to me! :)
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: Dman on December 27, 2007, 03:38:46 PM
 This is just a blacktail, my Wa. buck from this year. I just realized I looked stoned in the picture, ten miles and two trips up the mountain will do that to a guy.  :chuckle:
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: tmike on December 27, 2007, 04:10:29 PM
An Alpine 3 point, Fanatic that's a pig!(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi238.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fff110%2Ftkswhanson%2FDSCN0833.jpg&hash=73e316b94781b7d7bf54214ce81b9dfee18161a7)
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: Bearhunter on December 27, 2007, 04:11:24 PM
Nice looking coast ghost Dman, you haven it mounted?
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: FANATIC on December 27, 2007, 04:36:43 PM
There is something about a main frame 3 that I love. I think its because they look like gagger whitetails. These are all awsome bucks! Id be proud to hang a tag on any of them.
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: Dman on December 27, 2007, 04:39:24 PM
Nice looking coast ghost Dman, you haven it mounted?
Thank you. I'm having the mount done by Peters in Graham, they've done a lot of work for my family.
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: Cougeyes on December 27, 2007, 04:56:00 PM
Hey Fanatic what did that buck score?
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: FANATIC on December 27, 2007, 05:12:16 PM
If I remember correctly it was either 162 or 158. Jackelope might remember better because he took it to get scored. I do remember one of his bases was just over 6. Either way not bad for a 3pt.
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: Ironhead on December 27, 2007, 05:48:08 PM
Heres another 3, there have been some nice bucks posted on here.
(https://hunting-washington.com/cpg/albums/userpics/10011/Pic085.JPG)
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: M_ray on December 27, 2007, 06:11:52 PM
Sorry an old pic before the digital and I had to take a picture with my digital just to post it, but here's my 3!

(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi241.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fff122%2Fmray30%2FMuledeer2004.jpg&hash=cfcb1af5bc68e3780618cefbdced504f594aed0c)

(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi241.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fff122%2Fmray30%2FDSCN2321.jpg&hash=c2f9a4a42a8cdcfc4bc1d502d7a4bf97c8733e35)
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: tmike on December 27, 2007, 07:35:12 PM
That was a good one M_ray. I won't forget it. I tried to take a picture of a picture but always got the flash in there.
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: M_ray on December 27, 2007, 08:25:37 PM
 See how the picture is a little distorted that's cause you have to hold the camera at an angle to avoid the flash, I'm much better looking that that usally you know ;)
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: Ridgerunner on December 27, 2007, 08:26:05 PM
tmike - lets hear some details on that alpine buck, he looks like a high country buck, I love the bladed third point on that bad boy.
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: Ridgerunner on December 27, 2007, 08:27:39 PM
To all who have posted your awesome looking three points but left out all the details (ie. state, season etc) you make me feel like  :bash:.  Lets hear a little more about the details from the hunt, its obvious you guys have gotten some pretty nice 3 points. 
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: billythekidrock on December 27, 2007, 08:40:10 PM
I have shown this one before and it's not a mulie, but a pretty nice 3 pt blacktail my father got many years ago in Thurston County.

(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hunt101.com%2Fdata%2F500%2Fmedium%2F1443IMG_1192.jpg&hash=f4f1ee0418d728c641c2f68aea018bd98628ed25)
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: catwithboost on December 27, 2007, 08:48:28 PM
I wish you could still find a blacktail in this are that size.
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: JPhelps on December 27, 2007, 10:11:59 PM
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi57.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fg221%2Fbigsmooth35%2FIMG_0592.jpg&hash=fe2201f19a5d5487e75ee906d5ba03a83c732cab)

Picture of My buddies buck we got in the teanaway.  It is 26.25 inch outside spread.  If I remember right he grossed low 160's and netted in the high 150's.
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: Cougeyes on December 27, 2007, 10:41:49 PM
That is an impressive buck was that shot this year?  I''ve hunted out there for years and  have only seen one that may have been that big. 
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: wastickslinger on December 27, 2007, 10:47:40 PM
I would be curious to know if that teanaway buck was this year. Great buck!!!
Did you get him down low on private property. I sent you a PM.
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: Cougeyes on December 27, 2007, 10:51:12 PM
That doesn't look like any down low private property to me, looks fairly steep i'm guessing north fork.
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: huntnphool on December 27, 2007, 11:14:16 PM
3" brows too
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: dbllunger on December 28, 2007, 02:57:53 AM
One of those that shows up in the email.  Don't have any other info.(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi188.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fz243%2Ftrailertrash701%2F1794001-R1-036-16A_edited.jpg&hash=6b2f5d2fc5e0e40c9bf0831f1129cf62de00d185)
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: jackelope on December 28, 2007, 07:41:36 AM
Youre right..when Jakelope took it down to get it score, I think it had 5 scorable on one side and 4 on the other because of the eye guards and the trash around his bases. Its still a 3 to me! :)

i think thats exactly what it was...162 gross. 158 and change net.

Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: tmike on December 28, 2007, 08:54:40 AM
JPhelps, check out my buck on page  2. Could they be related? Mine was taken in the Alpine 2 years ago. 21 inches wide.
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: hunterbuilder on December 28, 2007, 01:32:16 PM
Here's my 3pt blacktail with my bow. Shot it in 1994 Skagit County. It has a 3.5" eyeguard on one side. It ended up scoring 98 6/8" which was good enough to make the p&y books for blacktail. My dad also killed a nice 3pt in the same clearcut within 15min. and about 300 yds away. Here's a picture of them both.
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: tmike on December 28, 2007, 06:42:49 PM
Ridgerunner PM sent.   The story on the Alpine buck is we were doing a lot of scouting in the Olympics and weren't really finding what we wanted so the weekend before the season we scouted the Alpine. There were fires up there so plan b, c, and d fell through. We finally made it up into an area and saw 1 buck maybe a mile away, couldn't tell how big. Opening weekend we got cold, wet, fogged in, and had trouble starting a fire. The third morning I was a little dehydrated so I stayed in camp because I felt like sh@t! about 8 I spotted a doe about a mile away on a ridge so I grabbed my rifle and headed that way. 2 more does came over the ridge along with the 3 point. I got withing 350yds and waited until 11. Just when I was thinking he was going to bed, he fed out and I dumped him. 3 of us packed him out and as much camp as we could. We returned 2 days later to get the rest of our camp out. We worked hard for that deer, I got lucky, but I figure if you want to kill a big buck you need to hunt in areas where big bucks live. Drinking enough water helps too!
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: HuntingFanatic on December 28, 2007, 07:05:21 PM
2004 unit 224 general season
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: WDFW Hates ME!!! on December 28, 2007, 08:23:52 PM
(https://hunting-washington.com/cpg/albums/userpics/10093/Grayback_deer.jpg)

2005 Buck
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: boneaddict on December 28, 2007, 09:27:55 PM
I got one today on film.  I'll get a picture of him on here tomorrow.  There are two shots of him in the raffel thread for now.
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: jjdavis2222 on December 28, 2007, 10:51:21 PM
 Heres my brothers real pretty Teanaway 3 point taken a few seasons back. Not to wide (19") but tall and pretty!
Sorry for the poor pics, they are photos of photos.

(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi225.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fdd150%2Fjjdavis2222%2F100_0234.jpg&hash=be5fdfb8cce43d210f288cda6d9a34ed995e1a61)

(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi225.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fdd150%2Fjjdavis2222%2F100_0231.jpg&hash=55e80f5ede4d7666b868a4856a72cc37a3365f16)
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: JPhelps on December 29, 2007, 11:35:19 AM
http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,2384.msg22988.html#msg22988
 (http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,2384.msg22988.html#msg22988)
I don't want to highjack the thread but here is the story I had.  Yes it was this year.  You will see in the original story Both bucks were shot on the 20th.  No, it was not in the farmers fields.  More like 6200 ft. elevation.
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: klickman on December 29, 2007, 05:07:11 PM
nice three points guys keep um coming
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: boneaddict on December 29, 2007, 07:39:37 PM
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv47%2Fboneaddict%2Fbonesbucks%2F3file.jpg&hash=ca12dd8596da957686fd0b2e5446fdc9a7ff4828).
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: Coasthunterjay on December 29, 2007, 08:47:00 PM
do you not count the eye guards on mule deer??? stupid question but i hear people talk about that all the time. Some say count em and some say no. Which is which for this thread???
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: jjdavis2222 on December 29, 2007, 08:57:28 PM
  They count on the over all score but when thinking about a true 3 or 4 point it has to come from the main frame. I think i am not alone on this.
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: huntnphool on December 29, 2007, 09:00:11 PM
Looooooooooooong way away but this is a 3point
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: Coasthunterjay on December 29, 2007, 09:12:14 PM
anyone else have an opinion on this?
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: addicted on December 29, 2007, 09:13:28 PM
i always thought. if its a point its a point.
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: huntnphool on December 29, 2007, 09:15:43 PM
Nice buck Huntingfanatic, we have taken some nice bucks out of that exact spot in the last 30 years ;)
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: jjdavis2222 on December 29, 2007, 09:18:54 PM
 I agree addict, but if someone told you they got a 4 point what do you think of?? I think of a main frame 4 point.
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: Coasthunterjay on December 29, 2007, 09:20:58 PM
i think of whitetail :P i dont hunt mule deer :chuckle:. Oh and when they say 4 point i think 4x4 not 2x2
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: mossback91 on December 29, 2007, 10:35:31 PM
Nice pretty buck huntnphool. I saw a nice thick tall and fairly wide 2x3 today but unfortunatly I forgot the camera at home :'(. He was what I would guess at about 20 inches wide. Saw One in august that was about 25 or 26 inches wide with a 4 about the same and a 30 incher. Got one terrible pic of the big boy and then the camera died so no sweet high country pics of those boys they looked to eb very hefty and tan colored prolly near 250-300 pounds on hoof. well enough stories Ill try to remember camera tomorrow.
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: HuntingFanatic on December 29, 2007, 11:40:17 PM
god i love to look at deer. alive, dead.....whatever! And you easterners are odd! Not just a little....but really wierd!

Thanks phool! I cant wait to get a late tag for that area.......hopefully next year.
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: billythekidrock on December 30, 2007, 05:21:00 AM
when I think of 3 point, I think of a 1X2..... But I'm from the east coast and we can all count past five so we count them all :P  I guess you westerners have trouble counting when you have to use more than one hand :chuckle: :chuckle:

1x2 is a 3? I call those trikes  :chuckle:
And for your info...that other hand is to hold the beer! :IBCOOL:
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: boneaddict on December 30, 2007, 06:31:38 AM
Coasthunter..... Most trophy hunters or guys that are serious about Muleys only count whats on the main frame.  A four point is 4 points on one side with or without eyeguards.  You'll hear it said this way....I shot a nice 4 point tday with eyeguards, if it didn't have them it would be I shot a nice 4 point today.  Whitetails get one side counted and most of the time eyeguards get counted as they are darn near as big as the average point.  I shot a 4 point today is one f Miles 8 pointers.  He Miles...did you see the picture of the shedding buck I had on my frosty thread.   Its almost time.
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: Coasthunterjay on December 30, 2007, 07:05:03 AM
what if a muley has multiple eyeguards? I have a great rack with about two eye guards and a sticker on one side and another sticker on the other side. both stickers being an inch long...
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: boneaddict on December 30, 2007, 07:10:39 AM
If he is mostly typical, you'd say 4 pointer with a couple stickers and double eyeguards.  You wouldn't say 8 pointer.
This is just elitest talk by the way so you sound cool by the campfire with the good ole' boys.  You can call it whatever you want. :)

Once they get more than about  8 good poits per side, you can count them all    8x9  6x9 still adding with eyeguards.

The COOOL thing to do is not count the eyeguards but add them. 
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: jackelope on December 30, 2007, 09:36:13 AM
when I think of 3 point, I think of a 1X2..... But I'm from the east coast and we can all count past five so we count them all :P  I guess you westerners have trouble counting when you have to use more than one hand :chuckle: :chuckle:

 ;)
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: mossback91 on December 30, 2007, 09:57:11 AM
So what do you call this one?? ;)

(https://hunting-washington.com/cpg/albums/userpics/10826/handford_deer1.JPG)
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: mossback91 on December 30, 2007, 09:59:50 AM
(https://hunting-washington.com/cpg/albums/userpics/10826/hnfrd4.JPG)
anothre
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: mossback91 on December 30, 2007, 10:00:44 AM
3x7?????
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: M_ray on December 30, 2007, 10:01:17 AM
A 3x2 with some funky $h!t goin on ... that BTW I wouldn't pass up!
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: huntnphool on December 30, 2007, 10:04:58 AM
What a odd looking rack, very unique. Thats a very cool 3X2 in my book.
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: mossback91 on December 30, 2007, 10:06:06 AM
Yeah My friend shot that opening morning this year. One hell of a funky lookin deer.
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: jackelope on December 30, 2007, 10:11:36 AM
3x7?????

a 10 pointer :)
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: boneaddict on December 30, 2007, 10:18:20 AM
Way to throw a wrinkle in there........... :)
Bone talk
Around the campfire.....
"Man I shot a whompin cool three point this year with monster bases and all sorts of *censored* comin off from it."
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: boneaddict on December 30, 2007, 10:35:35 AM
I should have known that I would get that kind of logic from an east coaster.  You almost had me on teh fish, then I remembered you guys do nothing but catch Bass and Crappie, so you probably need all the inches you can get. :chuckle:
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: HuntingFanatic on December 30, 2007, 10:40:45 AM


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There ya go jackelope!  at least someone around here can count ;)  If it grows it, then why not count it?  When you catch a fish you don't measure from the gills back but then say...... Man it had a monster head though :chuckle: :chuckle:  If you guys only count one side,  then how come you count both when it comes to score.  If you're only going to count one side, then you should only score one side :P  Makes sense!
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lol miles
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: billythekidrock on December 30, 2007, 01:01:34 PM
Quote
A 3x2 with some funky $h!t goin on ... that BTW I wouldn't pass up!

Exactly!
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: jackelope on December 30, 2007, 01:05:42 PM
Quote
then I remembered you guys do nothing but catch Bass and Crappie, so you probably need all the inches you can get

i was born in fly-fishing's holy land i want to let you know. i come from willowemoc/beaverkill/esopus river country. careful talking about those low-life fish...mr. & mrs. wulff would disagree  ;)
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: Idabooner on December 30, 2007, 01:16:00 PM
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born in fly-fishing's holy land i want to let you know. i come from willowemoc/beaverkill/esopus river country.

That's where Boneaddicts and my ancestors started in this country from 1649.  Probably still some around. :)
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: huntnphool on January 01, 2008, 03:00:22 PM
Decent 3
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: boneaddict on January 01, 2008, 04:13:11 PM
Nice sharp picture.  I've got one that I consider a monster, or one of the biggest three points I drema about.  The pictures turned out ike crap.  It was my early years and I had my moms Canon AE1 with a 200mm lens.  It was typical dark and deary and early morning.  I was with Idabooner and we spottede this hawg.  I will dream of these antlers forever.   If you don't mind blur, i will scan them and get them in.
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: Wea300mag on January 01, 2008, 04:18:38 PM
They always look bigger going away. :chuckle:
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: boneaddict on January 01, 2008, 04:25:23 PM
Look at the chest on that bugger.  I'm betting if he had a little upper forks, he'd be at the butcher right now.
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: popeshawnpaul on January 04, 2008, 05:44:22 PM
Ok, I lied about my grandfathers deer.  It's not 39.5" wide, he meausured it today and it's 37.5" wide.  This is the biggest 3 pointer I've ever laid eyes on.  A truly unique deer that has a cheater on the deers left side and it has double eyeguards on each side.  He shot it at Harper Valley, Oregon on some ranch.  He said the deer was tiny and very young.  It think he told me it weighed no more than 150 pounds on the hoof.  The antlers looked huge on him compared to his body size.  The mount isn't great because he cut the throat.  (he was a meat hunter)  Maybe some day I'll shoot a little dink spike mulie and have Michelle cape it right.  Anyways, one I'm proud is in my family. 

Shawn

(https://hunting-washington.com/cpg/albums/userpics/10250/Grandpa_s_deer_2_internet_size.jpg)

(https://hunting-washington.com/cpg/albums/userpics/10250/Grandpa_s_deer_1_internet_size.jpg)
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: Skyvalhunter on January 04, 2008, 05:50:08 PM
Tell Gramps nice buck, and thank you for posting the picture Pope
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: boneaddict on January 04, 2008, 05:58:01 PM
Might have been 39 back in th day.  My 33 7/8 dropped to 32.   SWEET BUCK  and AWESOME PICS.  Thanks for digging them up!
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: billythekidrock on January 05, 2008, 07:01:43 PM
Again, not a muley but a decent 3pt blacktail I took years ago.

At the time I was working nights and I got off a couple hours early and went hunting with the plan of being home by noon so I would be able to work that night. It had been raining for a couple days and was monsooning all morning and I was hunting in and near a bedding areas but could not find any fresh tracks. I had been "still hunting" the "paternable" blacktails in Thurston Co. in the beginning of the second week of the season and I knew the pre rut was about to go full on. If I could find fresh tracks in the monsoon I would be in fat city, but no such luck. I was getting tired and soaked, actually I was tired of being soaked and decided to hunt my way back to the rig. I had one last spot to check but by the time I got there I was just plain tired. So I kinda half assed my way into this little pocket and I heard a moan. At first I thought it might be a bear, but I had already killed one (only allowed one back then). I decided to try to take a look and then go get one of my brothers. Then I heard it again and I realized that it was a doe bleating and she wasn't more than 30 yards from me. The rain was making alot of noise and I had a slight swirling wind, but in the thick brush/timber I wasn't too worried about it. I was able to duckwalk about ten yards closer and able to get behind a large firn and a small willow type tree. I saw parts of at least 2 does at 2 o'clock and about 20 yards away. At 12 o'clock and maybe 35 yards out I saw a glint of antler bobbing away from me. I raised my rifle, but the scope was soaked and I couldn't see. Quickly I half cupped my left hand and sucked/kissed my between my thumb and first finger. The rack stopped and then I saw the buck turn and come back about 5 yards. I was on my knees and as I raised my rifle I licked the glass to clear the rain and when I got on the buck I realised that he stopped behind a clump of hazel nut trees. I crawled a couple feet forward but could not get a bead on the body. I had a clear shot at the neck through the bushes but I did not have a real clear site picture due to the rain. I could not see the does, but they started to move off and hook to the left and straight away from me. The buck was getting antsy and started to stomp his hooves. With my rifle half raised I turned my head to the right and blew two quick kisses into the wind. That did it, the buck took two small steps forward and now his vitals were wide open... or so I thought. With my cross hairs tight behind his right shoulder I squeezed the trigger, the buck whirled and fell to the ground and the does took off in all directions. The buck was struggling a bit, but I did not have a clear shot so I slowly moved forward. When I got to the buck he was on his side, his rack stuck in the alder leaves and duff. He was bleeding heavily out the mouth and giving up the ghost. When I went to pull him around for a look I had to really pull on his antlers to get them out of the dirt. I got him rolled over to look at the damage, but there was no hole behind his shoulder. I looked again and then I found it, right behind the shoulder was a little piece of copper singed into the hair. I pondered a bit then took another look and then I noticed two holes in his neck. Two holes in his neck? What the? Two holes about a half an inch each only a half inch apart. Then I realised what happened. Somehow I hit branch and my bullet split in at least two pieces and the copper jacket just shattered. The end result was no blood shot or meat loss though I was a bit bummed when I got him home and weighed. I had to cut him in half and take him out in two trips (not far) but I coulda swore that he was 100 lbs a load. I was wrong, way wrong, he was only 170 lbs field dressed. I was so tired that I stopped by my brothers place to get help hanging and skinning and he was the one who took the pic. I am glad I did as the original photo turned out pretty good.

(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hunt101.com%2Fdata%2F500%2Fmedium%2F3ptIMG_0315.jpg&hash=9fb93d82e5a172f4f67cd2e0ce9ab49ef843bfa2)
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Post by: boneaddict on January 05, 2008, 07:22:44 PM
Great story and pic.  Looks dang wet in the background.
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Post by: huntnphool on January 06, 2008, 10:58:06 PM
Look at the color of that rack, beautiful!!!
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Post by: billythekidrock on January 07, 2008, 05:48:12 AM
Great story and pic.  Looks dang wet in the background.

It was a very wet day, but that wet spot in the background is actually a small lake.
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Post by: bucklucky on January 09, 2008, 05:54:47 PM
Nice Blackie! I like em' wet!
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Post by: billythekidrock on January 10, 2008, 05:50:31 AM
Thanks. It was a good day for sure.
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Post by: Muleyslyr on January 10, 2008, 02:36:47 PM
Here's a decent 3pt. I got out of the Chiwawa a couple years ago.....along with a potentially good younger buck my Dad shot.  As you can see the weather was pretty typical that day.  >:(


(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv421%2FMuleyslyr%2FWA04.jpg&hash=6137951f93c238ea64cee118ec3ebc38c094f2ca)
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Post by: billythekidrock on January 10, 2008, 05:29:58 PM
Nice!
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Post by: Hunting Cowboy on January 10, 2008, 05:42:34 PM
Muleyslyr, Nice couple of bucks there.......Weather looks awefully familiar!
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Post by: huntnphool on January 10, 2008, 06:16:14 PM
Hope you guys don't get tired of pics on the hoof, thats about 99% of what I have.
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: ICEMAN on January 10, 2008, 10:32:33 PM
Muleyslyer, I know that fog. I have been there! You must be on top, cause that ground is looking pretty flat for Chiwawa.
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: Muleyslyr on January 11, 2008, 09:29:33 AM
Muleyslyer, I know that fog. I have been there! You must be on top, cause that ground is looking pretty flat for Chiwawa.

Ya it was pretty close to the top.  I'm thinkin' that picture was taken right around noon on the last day of the late season that year.  That was pretty much what we dealt with every frickin' day that year.  Man, I hate that sh.t!  >:(
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: DeKuma on January 11, 2008, 10:59:52 AM
(https://hunting-washington.com/cpg/albums/userpics/10707/IM003821.JPG)

My 2005 3 pt. 
Shot @ 320 yds.  It was 50 feet above my dad on the ridge, but he could not see it.  He yelled over the radio for me to take it, but I really wanted him to get the shot.  I had gotten a nice, wide 4x4 in 2004 and he had been skunked for several years.
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: Broken Arrow on January 11, 2008, 11:17:53 AM
buddie if mine, 3 point 07 snake river buck
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Post by: huntnphool on January 12, 2008, 09:35:15 AM
Wow, nice 3 point for sure. Cute little girl too, thats how mine started out. I cant even think about going hunting now without her asking to go :)
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Post by: WArookie on January 14, 2008, 08:38:08 PM
Not sure where this one came from, but it was in my Grandpa's workshop in Texas.  It was probably killed in the 1970's.  It has about 6 inches of nontypical stuff on the right, and we gross scored it about 173.

Brett
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Post by: russ on January 14, 2008, 08:42:52 PM
Nice! thats a huge rack!
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Post by: Head-shot on January 14, 2008, 08:46:43 PM
very nice , some of those texas bucks are just hogs.
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: tlbradford on January 18, 2008, 10:52:11 PM
(https://hunting-washington.com/cpg/albums/userpics/10323/IMG_8874.JPG)
30" 3-point - Grant County

(https://hunting-washington.com/cpg/albums/userpics/10323/IMG_8875.JPG)
I didn't feel like taking it down to give you all more perspective, so here it is above a 3' door.  It got thrown onto an old elk plaque that was laying around.  The 4's above it are 26"and 23".
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Post by: huntnphool on February 07, 2008, 02:36:50 PM
3 points continued
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Post by: boneaddict on August 20, 2017, 08:55:55 AM
I think I need to add to this thread today.   I'll bring it back to life.
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: boneaddict on August 20, 2017, 09:34:29 AM
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv47%2Fboneaddict%2Fbonesbucks%2Fbrushed%2520upsuper3_zpsrgi9rdn7.jpg&hash=84afbcfe5828b2d320fa35851489307860de6cd3)
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Post by: elkaholic123 on August 20, 2017, 09:38:57 AM
Buck on far left from Teanaway 1997
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Post by: boneaddict on August 20, 2017, 09:41:05 AM
Oh yeah.  Nice mass
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: boneaddict on August 20, 2017, 09:45:56 AM
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv47%2Fboneaddict%2Fbonesbucks%2Ftakeemandrun_zpsfzpn409a.jpg&hash=a2bae2cd5dcdc4f496a39f0a0f956c58aa4c5b9d)
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Post by: G-S on August 20, 2017, 10:42:44 AM
Snake river
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Post by: boneaddict on August 20, 2017, 01:30:23 PM
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv47%2Fboneaddict%2Fbonesbucks%2F3tic_zpsdr6rfhng.jpg&hash=d26f49e2c40b30cd90603d92d72ff13394e5a34c)
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Post by: jdb on August 20, 2017, 03:12:51 PM
A couple of decent ones
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Post by: buckmaster_wa on August 20, 2017, 04:49:48 PM
Here's a mainframe 3pt with a couple cheaters and little drop tines on both sides.
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Post by: buckmaster_wa on August 20, 2017, 04:51:16 PM
Another view.
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Post by: luckyman on August 20, 2017, 04:55:44 PM
Wow,  some nice bucks.  :drool:

Heres a blackie from the early 90s. That bow was 44" ATA  :chuckle:
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Post by: buckmaster_wa on August 20, 2017, 04:59:54 PM
A wide load 3pt.
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Post by: 7mmfan on August 20, 2017, 05:28:17 PM
Just a shade over 27" wide.
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Post by: luckyman on August 20, 2017, 07:08:54 PM
A couple more blacktail.
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Post by: R2Rcoulee on August 20, 2017, 07:51:10 PM
28.5 wide
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Post by: CavemantheHunter on August 20, 2017, 09:03:09 PM
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170821/bd472b814af10f73dcdd18d2cdb5d3ae.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170821/5ad290fe8302c3db69d105bfdc5f5e08.jpg)
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Post by: C-Money on August 21, 2017, 06:14:28 AM
Wish I had moved my pack out from this photo...
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Post by: WA1232 on August 21, 2017, 08:07:37 AM
2016 buck, 24"
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Post by: tlbradford on August 21, 2017, 01:29:10 PM
Wow,  some nice bucks.  :drool:

Heres a blackie from the early 90s. That bow was 44" ATA  :chuckle:

Now that is a thread that needs to get started...Vintage Compounds!  They have changed so much over the past 20 years.
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: throttlejocky20 on August 21, 2017, 02:01:13 PM
This was the old mans from 2015 just over 26"
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Post by: Timberstalker on August 21, 2017, 02:27:51 PM
What a giant, throttlejocky20!
Thanks for sharing. :tup:
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Post by: HardCorpsHuntr on August 21, 2017, 04:01:11 PM
My Son's Wyoming buck last year, he was 12.
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Post by: bowhunterforever on August 21, 2017, 04:08:49 PM
Some stud 3 points fellas :drool: :tup:
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Post by: boneaddict on August 21, 2017, 04:17:19 PM
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv47%2Fboneaddict%2Fbonesbucks%2F3phl_zpsfxac1s7g.jpg&hash=c3f6eb142ab7b20d2fb86df3c340ab8591bb16ef)
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: boneaddict on August 21, 2017, 04:18:00 PM
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv47%2Fboneaddict%2Fbonesbucks%2F3phl2_zpsd81y64x6.jpg&hash=4832d225174549e91602cd4d98130e18bbefe609)
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Post by: ribka on August 21, 2017, 04:30:13 PM
Helped guide her get her first deer

Not bad for 3 pointer
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Post by: boneaddict on August 21, 2017, 05:30:38 PM
That's awesome!
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: Timberstalker on August 21, 2017, 07:33:48 PM
Nice work Ribka!
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Post by: NOCK NOCK on August 21, 2017, 09:00:48 PM
Not the biggest 3..................for a buck, this one was a doe.
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Post by: JMack on August 22, 2017, 08:09:10 AM
Montana 2014
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Post by: Timberstalker on August 22, 2017, 08:29:22 AM
There's an old buck, JMack!
Nice. :tup:
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: yakimanoob on August 22, 2017, 10:08:59 AM
Not the biggest 3..................for a buck, this one was a doe.
Actual doe or cryptorchid buck?
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: cbond3318 on August 22, 2017, 10:25:40 AM
love the 3's !!!!





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Post by: dvolmer on August 22, 2017, 10:37:35 AM
Big 28 inch wide three pointer!!!!
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Post by: dvolmer on August 22, 2017, 10:41:47 AM
another shot
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Post by: NOCK NOCK on August 22, 2017, 10:54:52 AM
Not the biggest 3..................for a buck, this one was a doe.
Actual doe or cryptorchid buck?

Actual doe....I checked :yike: lol
 Bio says it's very rare,  and usually antlers are really goofy
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: Timberstalker on August 22, 2017, 10:56:34 AM
What a smoker, dvolmer! :tup:
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: dvolmer on August 22, 2017, 12:35:31 PM
What a smoker, dvolmer! :tup:
My buddy shot this deer last year in Wyoming.  Biggest 3 point I have ever seen.  We watched him the day before the opener and then got him first thing the next morning.
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: huntnphool on August 22, 2017, 02:01:16 PM
Another one of Popes big 3's
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Post by: antlerking on August 23, 2017, 05:54:47 AM
My 2014 buck
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Post by: 7mmfan on August 23, 2017, 08:30:53 AM
My 2014 buck

Super cool buck. Love the character
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: boneaddict on August 23, 2017, 08:48:21 AM
It really is Shad.  I hadn't really clued in how unique it was.   8)
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: JohnVH on August 23, 2017, 08:48:42 AM
3 pointer

26"
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: yakimanoob on August 23, 2017, 09:05:33 AM
Not the biggest 3..................for a buck, this one was a doe.
Actual doe or cryptorchid buck?

Actual doe....I checked :yike: lol
 Bio says it's very rare,  and usually antlers are really goofy
Rare animals are always really cool!  My buck last year was a cryptorchid (which I was told is a lot more common).  Thought it was a doe at first, but found the nuts just inside the hide.  Nature can be so strange.
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: Holg3107 on August 23, 2017, 10:22:00 AM
I know this is primarily a mule deer thread but here's a three point Idaho whitetail from I believe 2007. Last day buck after chasing a big 5 for a few weeks but needed to fill the freezer. I believe hes right at 22" wide and his right brow is 12". Kind of a cool younger deer.


(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fu.cubeupload.com%2Fholg3107%2F2207buck1small.jpg&hash=f00bb0e14c0c207afedf5938b9e32fe68eda55bd)
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Post by: NOCK NOCK on August 23, 2017, 08:30:29 PM
That's a cool Whitey  :tup:
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Post by: ribka on August 24, 2017, 10:22:29 AM
mm
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Post by: OutHouse on August 24, 2017, 02:24:24 PM
That's a cool Whitey  :tup:

Right. Makes me wonder if it's actually quite old and regressing.
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Post by: Kenaiwild on August 24, 2017, 10:06:46 PM
Montana 3
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Post by: huntnphool on August 25, 2017, 10:07:12 PM
Is that the same pic "3" times? :chuckle:
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Post by: Timberstalker on August 26, 2017, 08:29:09 AM
Took the "3" to the extreme!
 :chuckle:
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: lemondog on August 27, 2017, 09:08:48 PM
31 1/2 wide Nevada Buck
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Post by: Timberstalker on August 27, 2017, 09:19:13 PM
What a stud, Lemondog!  Wow.
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: boneaddict on August 28, 2017, 12:54:48 PM
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv47%2Fboneaddict%2FAntler%2520Images%2Fwide.jpg&hash=eb0a982617dd833deb59530246369909b4b10c63)
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: boneaddict on August 28, 2017, 01:12:44 PM
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv47%2Fboneaddict%2FAntler%2520Images%2F3u.jpg&hash=e01e24eaac8f7d908d1c9e5a5c14712c45905de3)
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: 92xj on August 29, 2017, 10:08:30 AM
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4418/36063039914_1dfdf0b9b1_c.jpg)
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: Holg3107 on August 29, 2017, 10:13:24 AM
@NOCK NOCK
@OutHouse

Its possible that he was regressing but I think unlikely based on three other whitetails that I sot within 200 yards of this one over the years that appeared to be older. This was an extremely large bodied and healthy whitetail that seemed in his prime health wise (4-1/2 years is my guess, again just a guess on my part). Heres a pic that shows his full body for reference. Still a cool buck and one of the biggest three point white tails that Ive seen.

(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fu.cubeupload.com%2Fholg3107%2F2007buck2.jpg&hash=f750889f8ee9757411bbd9585632d6d772053ae3)
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Post by: OutHouse on August 29, 2017, 11:06:27 AM
@Holg3107

Yea  I thought I'd throw that out there. I've heard of people harvesting what they think is a 2.5-3.5 year old whitetail only to notice tons of sings of aging (and the teeth of course) and it turns out they shot like a 10 year old regressing buck.
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: Holg3107 on August 29, 2017, 11:26:57 AM
@Outhouse

Its not a bad call and honestly could be accurate! Ive only ever had [2] deer aged (while in school at the UI) and my guesses were off on both of them one by 2 years and the other by 3 so honestly who knows. This guy just seemed to have great teeth and was one of the fattest, healthiest whitetails that Ive ever harvested.
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: predatorG on August 30, 2017, 01:55:01 PM
No joke I had a dream 3 nights ago that a massive blacktail walked right by my house in the middle of a freak rain storm. He was a big 3 on one side and a MASSIVE 2 on the other. I threw on all my clothes and was about to go stick an arrow in him but when I got outside my cousin (who lives in Montana) walks out of my neighbors house and shoots him at 5 yards. It was also like the freaking rut of hell going on in my yard. Deer were running like they had their head cut off.

Ever have those dreams that start good and turn into a nightmare ? Me too...  :'( :'(
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: HuntnFishnRyan on September 07, 2017, 09:28:10 PM
this guy popped up on my cam an hour after legal shooting light. Shooter or a pass at this point in the season? Wait for late archery?(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi63.tinypic.com%2F15oxocm.jpg&hash=6c857c98b868fbe28bd1713bb8e3af6542a16b74)(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi67.tinypic.com%2F70e0ee.jpg&hash=d0f7d6058516791cddd3995e6f22844be83cfe12)
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: Falcon on September 08, 2017, 06:51:03 AM
Not a big muley but not a bad whitetail.
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: Viking360 on September 08, 2017, 07:42:14 AM
One I've been watching.
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: boneaddict on February 09, 2025, 10:14:06 AM
I need to revive this thread.   Big threes seem to be the hardest to photograph.  Big 5s always stand around and pose.   :tung:
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: boneaddict on February 09, 2025, 10:16:32 AM
I suppose this guy could fit in either the 5 or the 3 thread.(https://hosting.photobucket.com/68034e43-19b7-4de3-9566-c3ba9c52d3f8/a9276c21-c122-4f94-926b-d7eab5b49cee.png)
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: boneaddict on February 09, 2025, 10:18:24 AM
Same with this guy


(https://hosting.photobucket.com/68034e43-19b7-4de3-9566-c3ba9c52d3f8/860d0834-2554-4d7f-ad73-cd112e32a447.png)
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: boneaddict on February 09, 2025, 10:20:13 AM
A little more traditional(https://hosting.photobucket.com/68034e43-19b7-4de3-9566-c3ba9c52d3f8/0d000949-84af-4b5d-a32d-e256c9223b57.png)
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: boneaddict on February 09, 2025, 10:22:51 AM
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/68034e43-19b7-4de3-9566-c3ba9c52d3f8/3125d8fd-d4ce-4089-a713-f9f13f42be94.png)
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: boneaddict on February 09, 2025, 10:26:27 AM
A similiar but different buck


(https://hosting.photobucket.com/68034e43-19b7-4de3-9566-c3ba9c52d3f8/b8e058ef-489b-4033-81f7-c5310ddfe8f9.jpg)
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: boneaddict on February 09, 2025, 10:29:56 AM
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/68034e43-19b7-4de3-9566-c3ba9c52d3f8/88e5a29b-1193-4f47-b328-857081504fc5.jpg)
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: boneaddict on February 09, 2025, 10:32:27 AM
Can’t forget this guy.  One of my favorite 3s of all time.   (https://hosting.photobucket.com/68034e43-19b7-4de3-9566-c3ba9c52d3f8/5c1b4c5b-4afc-41cb-a417-49e54416c37c.jpg)
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: nwwanderer on February 09, 2025, 11:14:07 AM
Symmetrical with a capitol 'S' for sure, thanks!!!!
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: The scout on February 09, 2025, 02:30:14 PM
Can’t forget this guy.  One of my favorite 3s of all time.   (https://hosting.photobucket.com/68034e43-19b7-4de3-9566-c3ba9c52d3f8/5c1b4c5b-4afc-41cb-a417-49e54416c37c.jpg)



That is a cool buck, for some reason I would much rather shoot a huge 3 than a huge 4. I shot a pretty decent buck this year but the only reason I *censored* the one I did was because he was a 3 on one side.
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: PacificNWhunter on February 09, 2025, 04:04:31 PM
Can’t forget this guy.  One of my favorite 3s of all time.   (https://hosting.photobucket.com/68034e43-19b7-4de3-9566-c3ba9c52d3f8/5c1b4c5b-4afc-41cb-a417-49e54416c37c.jpg)

One of my all time favorite bucks you have gotten on film was that big 3 point in the sage I think from the Methow 10 years or so ago. This reminds me a bunch of that buck.
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: boneaddict on February 10, 2025, 06:17:55 AM
I remember that buck well, and you are right, very similiar.



Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: boneaddict on February 10, 2025, 06:18:14 AM
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/68034e43-19b7-4de3-9566-c3ba9c52d3f8/48c8a2cf-a3b0-452e-9f89-92be1219dd31.jpg)
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: boneaddict on February 10, 2025, 06:30:11 AM
You are probably thinking of this buck PNWH

(https://hosting.photobucket.com/68034e43-19b7-4de3-9566-c3ba9c52d3f8/f2ffbe71-46be-4f3d-b473-a8cfe03a4688.jpg)
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: PacificNWhunter on February 10, 2025, 06:52:58 AM
You are probably thinking of this buck PNWH

(https://hosting.photobucket.com/68034e43-19b7-4de3-9566-c3ba9c52d3f8/f2ffbe71-46be-4f3d-b473-a8cfe03a4688.jpg)

That’s the one!
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: boneaddict on February 10, 2025, 06:59:59 AM
One of the first bucks I saw and photographed with my new lens. I had no idea how to use it.  I’d sure like to get that moment back. 
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: Farmer72 on February 10, 2025, 08:33:19 AM
Not the best picture as I took it with the cellphone but the one on the right is a 3x4 the smaller on on the left is a 4x4.
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: The scout on February 10, 2025, 08:58:34 AM
Poor quality, it’s a screen shot through a phone scope video. He was about a mile away as the crow flies. Passed on him at the time. The more I watched the video the more I regretted that.
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: throttlejocky20 on February 10, 2025, 09:08:12 AM
4x3 with eye guards i think he qualifies
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: RightPlace-RightTime on February 10, 2025, 09:36:33 AM
Three
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: throttlejocky20 on February 10, 2025, 02:23:32 PM
Picture quality sucks but here is one from 2015
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: nwhuntinman on February 10, 2025, 03:29:24 PM
My 2024 buck alive
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: nwhuntinman on February 10, 2025, 03:31:16 PM
Headed home
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: bigmacc on February 10, 2025, 04:48:38 PM
You are probably thinking of this buck PNWH

(https://hosting.photobucket.com/68034e43-19b7-4de3-9566-c3ba9c52d3f8/f2ffbe71-46be-4f3d-b473-a8cfe03a4688.jpg)
bone I don’t know where that buck lived, but here’s one that could be related.
Sorry I don’t know how to spin the pic but it’s the middle buck. I’ll post one in the back of a truck
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: bigmacc on February 10, 2025, 04:52:05 PM
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Probably my favorite buck, not my biggest but I love 3 points, wish I had better pictures of this turd, he put me through hell, maybe that’s why I like him so much.👍
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: Ironhead on February 10, 2025, 06:23:43 PM
My biggest 3
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: erronulvin on February 10, 2025, 06:40:36 PM
Biggest 3pt I've had on cam
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: tgomez on February 16, 2025, 03:36:09 PM
Lincoln County, WA. 3 x 3
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: tgomez on February 16, 2025, 03:38:20 PM
Lincoln County, WA. 3 x 3
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: TL23 on February 16, 2025, 05:50:18 PM
I hunted this bucks for a couple of years. Never could get him.
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: erronulvin on February 16, 2025, 08:18:09 PM
My muley that scored close to 150 vs a big 3pt for size comparison on a buck my grandfather killed in the 70s that I repainted since it was bleached out
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: LDennis24 on February 16, 2025, 08:56:48 PM
This ones close enough isn't it?
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: link on February 17, 2025, 08:18:02 AM
Suspected estate bucks are DQ'd.  :chuckle:
But, yea, that ones close enough.
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: LDennis24 on February 17, 2025, 09:49:35 AM
I wonder what it costs to hunt their ranch? Their mule deer have some weird genetic characteristics.
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: Mtnwalker on February 17, 2025, 10:02:35 AM
I wonder what it costs to hunt their ranch? Their mule deer have some weird genetic characteristics.

About 20k but the price goes up with the score
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: Oldntired on February 17, 2025, 12:35:46 PM
My contribution
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: link on February 17, 2025, 01:25:26 PM
Nice. I like the looks of those big threes that fork in the back vs the front.
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: MADMAX on February 17, 2025, 01:41:43 PM
Not big
But big enough
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: nwhuntinman on February 17, 2025, 06:05:33 PM
Some stud deer in this topic. Cool to see all the different styles and uniqueness of all these 3 points. Personally I prefer the forks on the fronts over the backs.
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: tmike on February 17, 2025, 09:33:44 PM
Montana
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: mountainman on February 19, 2025, 03:15:57 PM
48 years apart
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: James on February 19, 2025, 03:44:10 PM
MT 2024

(https://i.imgur.com/o5ksrSg.jpg)
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: MADMAX on February 19, 2025, 05:40:48 PM
Some dandies 👍
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: Dan-o on February 19, 2025, 10:45:19 PM
This ones close enough isn't it?

WOW!

Could you imagine seeing that guy coming toward you during season?
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: Rem14 on February 20, 2025, 02:08:27 PM
poor pic
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: Pathfinder101 on February 20, 2025, 02:14:58 PM
Little Pathfinder's 28" buck.  Made WA record book (for youth) as a 3 point.
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: crabcreekhunter on February 20, 2025, 02:54:02 PM
Love this thread, idk where I have the field pictures but 28” 3-point with some great mass.
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: Kenaiwild on February 20, 2025, 03:19:27 PM
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Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: Red10 on February 20, 2025, 04:26:47 PM
Not sure how to rotate picture. 
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: mountainman on February 20, 2025, 06:11:58 PM
Some awesome buck showing here! Little Pathfinders is a toad!
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: LDennis24 on February 20, 2025, 10:20:27 PM
 :yeah:

These are all really nice bucks! Great job everyone! Little Pathfinders looks like that Chaparral ranch buck I posted! Straight out to the sides!
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: C-Money on February 21, 2025, 08:10:46 AM
Thats really cool Little Pathfinders buck made the book! Congrats buddy!
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: Pathfinder101 on February 21, 2025, 12:17:06 PM
Thats really cool Little Pathfinders buck made the book! Congrats buddy!
Yeah, he was pretty happy.  He kept saying "It's just a 3 point, he won't make it". 
The bear he shot this year made it too, but in the regular (not youth) category; 18 4/8"
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: boneaddict on February 21, 2025, 04:03:36 PM
I’m glad we revived this thread.  Some really nice bucks posted. Thank you
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: CaNINE on February 22, 2025, 07:03:30 AM
My 2024 Montana buck
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: nwwanderer on February 22, 2025, 07:34:38 AM
Came really close to sprouting a fourth on the right, thanks!!!
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: elkrack on February 22, 2025, 09:37:54 AM
My 2024 Montana buck

Good lord that buck has no neck. Looks like a sea lion. Lol
Title: Re: Lets see them Big 3 points
Post by: CaNINE on February 22, 2025, 05:27:05 PM
He was rutting pretty hard. When I got over to him his big brother came out of nowhere, trotted over and gave us a look, then thanked me for getting this guy out of the way then trotted over toward the now lonely does.
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