I think he was huge, but it could be because I missed him! They all get bigger as they walk away! I am glad I got some pics though, not that I could ever erase the mental images...
Any way do you folks that have some caribou experience see him as really big? I've only gone once and never taped a caribou before.
Here is the last look I got of him, followed he and his band of merry MEN but the tundra just sucked them up...
you are right.
you at least had a great half day on the tundra in his presence at 100 yards. most will never come close to that a smidgen of such a treasure.
There are a lot of variables in caribou scoring, but as Maverick pointed out, those top two points coming off the palms will add up. His beam length is good, not great, but the other stuff will make up for it. The thing with caribou is that they often have one part big (tops, bez's, etc..) and another part smaller to compensate. This one doesn't appear to have much weakness anywhere.
To answer your question, yes he's "really big" - especially with the reduction in the overall herd numbers and in mature animals.
How many times have you played that shot over in your mind?!!
Kota man, have to think you were being sarcastic with your comment about great tops. What would it need to be better????
When I look at the one I got I see the one that got away, much as my wife likely does when she looks at me I reckon.
But then again what is a trophy but a memory, and my most memorable are all my failures. Kinda weird but true I seldom see any replays of a shot done right but several epic failures of composure when drawing down on huge antlers are my "highlight reel". (I have more on that reel than I wish I did!)
My consolation prize, a beauty but not like the one that got away!
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The scoring system is tricky on caribou as I would have thought it would have scored much higher than what it did too! Was sure it was close to being a 400 class bull myself at first glance but I was wrong! None the less it was a true monster that dwarfed most other caribou racks.
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You get top palmation essentially 5 time to your final score as 2 top long points are scored to the keel and circumference is double.
He's heavy over the nose and has good shovel credit which is a freebie, no deduc's.
Yup. No passing up that one. Bow. Rifle. Sharp Stick. Rock. ...Whatever it takes.
Don.
