http://thedailyreview.com/news/man-bags-19-point-buck-on-ny-opening-day-1.455348
TIOGA COUNTY, N.Y.- Although regular deer season opened Monday in Pennsylvania, Tioga County, N.Y., resident Paul Kunik was in for a big surprise when he went out on Nov. 21 - the first day of regular deer season in the Southern New York region - in the woods behind his home with his 270 Rifle and bagged a 19-point buck.
It was approximately 11:30 a.m. on opening day when Kunik spotted a large buck in the woods nearby his home on Glen Road in Berkshire, N.Y. With what Kunik referred to as a clean shot, the oversized buck went down shortly after it was hit.
But Kunik was soon in for a big surprise when he approached the deer and began counting the horns on the rack. Thinking it was a 12-point buck, Kunik kept counting ... all the way to 19.
"I didn't see how big he really was until he was down," Kunik said. "I was overwhelmed when I counted, over and over, and it was a 19-pointer," he added. "I was in disbelief."
Kunik noted that the deer was field dressed at 160 pounds, and that he has already sent the deer to a local taxidermist to have it mounted. The meat, Kunik added, is in his freezer.
