200 inch typical vs 200 inch nontypical

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How rare is a hard horned 4 point that grosses over 200? How much rarer than a nontypical over 200, is a 200 inch typical comparable to 220 or 230 nontypical ?
 

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That is wild to me! Next question, would you rather shoot a 200” typical or a 240” non typical?
 

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I’m going 240, mass trash, width. The whole kitchen sink. Have yet to see anything that would resemble that in real life
 

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That’s interesting, I’ve definitely seen more non typical than typical that score over 200 but had no idea they were that much more common
 
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Give me a nontypical that looks like a big 4x4 typical but with droppers and lots of trash. I love my deer and women a little on the trashy side.


Something like this…

I’ll take this typical over that non typical.

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The trashy antlers just don’t do it for me.


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If the deer was over 200" I would take most non-typicals over clean typicals. I dont care for the non-typicals that are just a clump of mass with points. My favorites are non-typicals with random cheaters and especially droppers. The buck in my avatar was standing next to a bigger clean typical when I shot him.
 
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How rare is a hard horned 4 point that grosses over 200? How much rarer than a nontypical over 200, is a 200 inch typical comparable to 220 or 230 nontypical ?


A 200" typical mule deer is comparable to at least a 260" nontypical mule deer, if not 280".

People talk all the time about so-called "200 inch" typical mule deer, but the fact of the matter is that 80% of mule deer hunters will NEVER see a bonafide 200" muley in their lifetimes. They're exceedingly rare.

Hell, a 180" mule deer is rare. Most mature mule deer bucks in the western United States, on average, will top out at 140-160 inches. That's the reality.
 
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