CANADA: Alberta Whitetail Hunt

[Canadanoob]

Here's my 2017 Alberta Whitetail.
I took him in the foothills of the rocky mountains after rattling him in.

 

[Dr Ray]

Here's my 2017 Alberta Whitetail.
I took him in the foothills of the rocky mountains after rattling him in.

Congratulations on a nice trophy.

 

[Dr Ray]

Here's my 2017 Alberta Whitetail.
I took him in the foothills of the rocky mountains after rattling him in.

Could you write up the hint please? What rifle,scope etc ??

 

[Canadanoob]

Could you write up the hint please? What rifle,scope etc ??
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Hey Dr Ray,The rifle is a open sighted WW2 era Swiss K-31 shooting 180grain Norma ammo.
I rattled him in using antlers from a previous years buck I had got.
The shot was approximately 200 yrds down a cutline.

 

[Dr Ray]

7x55 cartridge. I rust you enjoyed the hunt and the deer should give you a lot of nice venison. Yummy!

 

[Dr Ray]

Here's my 2017 Alberta Whitetail.
I took him in the foothills of the rocky mountains after rattling him in.

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The 180 grain bummer would have done a great job on the penetration depth I should imagine. Comment - fairly heavy for caliber.

 

[Shootist43]

Nice buck, do you have any other photos? Do you always hunt with iron sighted rifles?

 

[CAustin]

Congrats!

 

[cpr0312]

Damn nice WT, congrats!

 

[Canadanoob]

Indeed that 180grain bullet penetrated well so well it punched right through him,I have used this rifle/ammo combo on a couple deer and a bear so far with no complaints about its performance.
It's a 7.5x55 round.very similar to a 308 ballistics.
I do not always use open sighted rifles but enjoy variety and do so once in awhile.

 

[Canadanoob]

This is a photo I took when I was in the process of dragging him out of the bush to my truck which was a six hour operation and required cutting him in half and making two trips as I was hunting alone that day.
Hence the stick tied to his antlers.
It's much easier dragging that way then being bent over pulling.

 

[Shootist43]

I'm still trying to count the number of points on his antlers, not having much luck. To bad you didn't have a snowmobile or some other ATV to pull him out with. If motorized vehicles are not allowed maybe a horse could be used. Six hours dragging a deer out would work up a sweat in most folks.

 

[PHOENIX PHIL]

Nice buck, congrats!

 

[Canadanoob]

He is a 5x7 although one point on the 7 side is only just 1 inch long.
O believe me I wish I had a quad that day.lol
We are allowed motorized off-road vehicles I just unfortunately do not own one.

 

[enysse]

Nice deer!!! I love it and to get him rattling in must have been exciting.

 

[BRICKBURN]

Congrats on getting a nice buck

 

[gillettehunter]

Great looking deer. You really earned him with that kind of a drag. Congrats
Bruce

 

[Dr Ray]

He is a 5x7 although one point on the 7 side is only just 1 inch long.
O believe me I wish I had a quad that day.lol
We are allowed motorized off-road vehicles I just unfortunately do not own one.

Next acquisition - quad bike.
Next rifle ......
Next present to yourself ....



Lol

 

[G Skinner]

Congrats.
Glen