My Alberta Whitetail

Here is my tall 4x5 whitetail I took as a non-resident hunter in Alberta Canada for the first time since moving from Alberta. Took a frontal shot through the throat and straight back through the spine all the way to the back ham. Barnes 127 LRX had the front petals peeled off in the spine but the shank went all the way through him until the ham. Remaining bullet weight was 87.3 gr. He had a stick stuck in his antler from an injury when in velvet (I believe). Already did a euro mount on him; and it turned out pretty solid!

Awesome. Nice one

Handsome buck. Good job
Bruce

Congratulations on a nice buck.

Tell more about the hunt and hunting in Alberta

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Buck

Solid buck, nice work on the euro!

Fricken awesome……both the deer and the bullet performance. Though, a little bit disappointed to see the Barnes shed it's petals……even with it's hitting a lot of bone.

I hope my LRX's hold together a little better! memtb

WOW Very Nice. CONGRATULATIONS

Did I miss what caliber??

memtb said:

Fricken awesome……both the deer and the bullet performance. Though, a little bit disappointed to see the Barnes shed it's petals……even with it's hitting a lot of bone.

I hope my LRX's hold together a little better! memtb

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It was at close range at about only 75 yards. So using my 6.5-300 Weatherby Mag was a lot of overkill and about 3450 fps at that distance is pretty fast for the LRX. It's a bit softer than the TTSX/TSX as it's meant for long range and lower expansion speeds but it works great so far at close range where it sheds petals and wreaks havoc inside the body cavity with them shooting off in different trajectories. It dumped a massive northern BC Moose in one shot at just under 200 yards where the petals broke off after entering the body cavity and shredding the lungs while the main body of the LRX pushed through the heart and back of the lungs before resting on the inside of the hide behind the last broken rib.

K.E.C. Darkside said:

WOW Very Nice. CONGRATULATIONS

Did I miss what caliber??

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Thanks so much!

I was using my 6.5-300 Weatherby that I've used all season on all my animals in Alberta and BC this year. It's honestly a bit overkill but it puts everything down with authority.

waspocrew said:

Solid buck, nice work on the euro!

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Thanks! I did my BC mountain goat, BC black bear and the Alberta Whitetail all in one night and they all turned out pretty good!

Bucklowery said:

Tell more about the hunt and hunting in Alberta

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Buck

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It was my first Alberta hunt since moving to BC (after spending 2.5 years in California for work). So I was hunter hosted by my father-in-law and hunted with my wife and my close friend who I used to hunt bighorn sheep with in Alberta. We were going after elk (FIL and Friend) and whitetail for me. We passed on a bunch of whitetail does, even though we had doe tags as well, because we only had 2.5 days and wanted elk that were pretty hard to find in the WMU we were hunting. My wife actually spotted the first elk, but they moved off into the timber before we could close the distance to see if there was a legal one. We ended up seeing a ton of cow moose and one solid bull who was in fine form courting his ladies. On the second day on our way to where we were hunting we saw a big 6x6 bull elk but he was solo and there's a reason he was a big old bull. He got one look at us and left the county in a hurry haha! That day was entirely about trying to track him down to no luck. The next day was fruitless except for moose and mule deer (which needed a draw tag for the unit and none of had tags for them). We decided to switch locations to a spot where I had previously killed whitetail every year with my wife. So on our way we passed a clearing and this big whitetail was thrashing a bush. We stopped, got out of the truck, and got back to him. He was staring at me straight on with his body behind the bush so I decided to neck shot him as low as I could and shot right over the bush through his throat and apparently right down his spine. I did lose a bit of the backstrap, but he dropped in his tracks. We ended up heading back that very night with a beautiful buck headed to the butchers and a week of visiting family. Gutted, head off, skinned, and bottom of the legs cut off below the knee he weighed 166 lbs.

This was in the foothills near the start of October. Alberta has some amazing animals! And if you don't have someone to hunter-host you, you should look into a guided hunt up there where it's relatively cheap (for a guided hunt), especially if you're American and can take advantage of the terrible Canadian dollar! The success rates are high in whitetail and black bear! It's a beautiful province with awesome people, country and animals.

NorthernShot said:

It was at close range at about only 75 yards. So using my 6.5-300 Weatherby Mag was a lot of overkill and about 3450 fps at that distance is pretty fast for the LRX. It's a bit softer than the TTSX/TSX as it's meant for long range and lower expansion speeds but it works great so far at close range where it sheds petals and wreaks havoc inside the body cavity with them shooting off in different trajectories. It dumped a massive northern BC Moose in one shot at just under 200 yards where the petals broke off after entering the body cavity and shredding the lungs while the main body of the LRX pushed through the heart and back of the lungs before resting on the inside of the hide behind the last broken rib.

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Thanks for the feedback! Yep, mine are 270 grain LRX's starting out much slower….a bit over 3000 mv. So, mine should do better….I hope!


You are live'n the dream. I've been trying for a Mt. Goat for almost 40 years….nutt'n yet! Congratulations on your successful hunts! memtb

Awesome hunt! Congratulations!