A thread to test your field scoring

[BH107]

Here is my sons from this year. We found this buck in early October and really liked him even if he was a little young and light horned. Opening morning of the youth hunt came and my son turned him up about a mile from where he had been a few weeks earlier.









This one went 164” gross with a light but picture perfect frame.

 

[Hnthrdr]

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Shot this buck when I was knee high to a grass hopper back in the day. Taxidermist scored him “officially” at 150&1/8. I didn’t care much about score, to me he’s a giant three point and I love him.

Love Big 3’s!!!

 

[Hnthrdr]

This buck had a solid frame and a giant body! Wasn’t much for forks, and it reflects in the score, taped him out at 146

 

[littlebigtine]

Definitely the biggest bodied deer Ive ever stood over. 5.25” bases, decent g3s, 18.5” inside spread and 10.5” g4s helped this buck barely break the 170” mark.

 

[Hnthrdr]

This brute is my best buck to date, carried a boat load of mass and was outside his ears he taped right at 170ish once again he had a giant head and body. I need to do a better job of record keeping

 

[Burt_Niel]

This brute is my best buck to date, carried a boat load of mass and was outside his ears he taped right at 170ish once again he had a giant head and body. I need to do a better job of record keeping

I love the way Mulies have different ways of getting to a similar score. To me a 170" buck is a damn good buck and I haven't broken that mark by even an inch yet!


It seems as though, when viewing the majority of the bucks on this thread through 150-170"s that the 170" bucks are always noted to have a big head/body. Something to keep in mind when trying to evaluate on the hoof, I almost didn't pull the trigger on this year's buck which was my personal best due to the fact his head/body were so large his antlers looked proportional and nothing extraordinary... Sure glad I didn't pass him now!

 

[Treeratslayer]

Guess I’ll finally add one myself. This was my first and best. I’ve measured it several times using B&C website and it comes in at 142 without deductions. I measured multiple times because i couldn’t believe all that was hiding in such a narrow rack. If he had had some width he could’ve really been something, but im still quite proud of him



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[Treeratslayer]

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This brute is my best buck to date, carried a boat load of mass and was outside his ears he taped right at 170ish once again he had a giant head and body. I need to do a better job of record keeping

What a cool deer man. So much character.


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[BH107]

Here was one that really fooled me. Last year my son and I found this buck bedded with some does during his youth hunt. We had just lost an opportunity on a monster non-typical after a long hike to try and get him in shooting range. A little dejected (he was 11 at the time) we started hiking back out when I spotted this buck at 400 yards. After 15 minutes of watching him he never moved his head, but being that it would be my son’s first deer he was more than happy to get the opportunity. We snuck into 200 yards and he made a perfect shot. I was absolutely blown away when we walked up on this deer… way better than what the side profile made him look like.











This deer was right at 24” wide and 20” inside and grossed 160 with awesome mass. This one really had me fooled.

 

[Hnthrdr]

Here was one that really fooled me. Last year my son and I found this buck bedded with some does during his youth hunt. We had just lost an opportunity on a monster non-typical after a long hike to try and get him in shooting range. A little dejected (he was 11 at the time) we started hiking back out when I spotted this buck at 400 yards. After 15 minutes of watching him he never moved his head, but being that it would be my son’s first deer he was more than happy to get the opportunity. We snuck into 200 yards and he made a perfect shot. I was absolutely blown away when we walked up on this deer… way better than what the side profile made him look like.

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This deer was right at 24” wide and 20” inside and grossed 160 with awesome mass. This one really had me fooled.

Yeah from initial glance he looks heavy but I would have said 140 type buck, what a dang stomper though! Shooter all day! the side profile makes his Main beams look short cause of the longer g-4 but he has a super solid frame and much better main beams than you would think

 

[JD9]

A lot of great looking bucks!

 

[bricketts]

This has been a fun thread, I’ve been really close on some and 10” off on others.. I’ll definitely be revisiting this before next season begins!

 

[Treeratslayer]

This has been a fun thread, I’ve been really close on some and 10” off on others.. I’ll definitely be revisiting this before next season begins!

I think it’s worked out exactly as I hoped! I’ve sure enjoyed checking in on it


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[BigThig09]

I figured this Buck to be in the mid 150s watching him through the spotter. Got lucky and he pushed a doe a half mile straight to me. It was one of those rare moments when he actually looked a little bigger as I walked up to him. Taped him at 161, short beams and only 18” wide held him back. But what a picture perfect frame! Probably my favorite mule deer I’ve killed.

 

[BigThig09]

We spotted this buck the day before the opener this year. I figured him as a 145ish buck and a “maybe”. My brother was like “that deer needs to be killed” and went after him opening morning. Made quick work of him. Crabby fronts, but 26” wide, deceptive mass, and great brows pushed him to 156”.

 

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[Hnthrdr]

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I figured this Buck to be in the mid 150s watching him through the spotter. Got lucky and he pushed a doe a half mile straight to me. It was one of those rare moments when he actually looked a little bigger as I walked up to him. Taped him at 161, short beams and only 18” wide held him back. But what a picture perfect frame! Probably my favorite mule deer I’ve killed.

This one fooled me from the first pic of you holding him he would be closer to 170 in my mind, really nice buck but a closer look it makes sense why he is a 160

 

[BigThig09]

This one fooled me from the first pic of you holding him he would be closer to 170 in my mind, really nice buck but a closer look it makes sense why he is a 160

I agree that pic makes him look bigger than he is. I’ve always wanted a big 180-200 inch typical, but that deer might as well have been when I saw our plan coming together

 

[Hnthrdr]

I agree that pic makes him look bigger than he is. I’ve always wanted a big 180-200 inch typical, but that deer might as well have been when I saw our plan coming together

Sometimes it’s just meant to be! I highly doubt I would pass a buck like that in most of the low point units I hunt… but don’t we all want those 180-200 inchers haha I have seen a total of 2 during season, 1x with a tag in my pocket, 1x when I didn’t have a tag… they are few and far between it seems