Can You Show Some Bucks With Known Scores?

[neverquit]

Oh boy, some of y’all need to be my official scorer

 

[Burt_Niel]

No. That’s gross. Nets are for fish.

Fair enough, have any other angles? At first glance I would have thought 160 on that guy! I must be over judging him by 1.5" on each tine and 1/4" on each mass measurement. That would put it closer to 159...

That's one thing about judging deer, whereas you can use references all you like but if you misjudge by 1 inch on each tine you can be 10in off your mark in a hurry! Definitely have to use proportionality and wow factor to get that gut feeling for anything 170+ in my opinion, I'm still learning though.

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[Hunt30]

181 4/8”

 

[Juan_ID]

I know what this one scored, but curious what some of you guys think before I post it. Surfing the mule deer forum is not good for my afternoon/evening productivity

 

[Burt_Niel]

I know what this one scored, but curious what some of you guys think before I post it. Surfing the mule deer forum is not good for my afternoon/evening productivity
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Good width, mass and really well developed fronts... My guess is 174.

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[Ross]

182

 

[willfrye027]

I know what this one scored, but curious what some of you guys think before I post it. Surfing the mule deer forum is not good for my afternoon/evening productivity
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165”

 

[Sierra Hunter]

I know what this one scored, but curious what some of you guys think before I post it. Surfing the mule deer forum is not good for my afternoon/evening productivity
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171

 

[feanor]

178

 

[sndmn11]

I know what this one scored,
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I'll play at 177

 

[MallardSX2]

Fair enough, have any other angles? At first glance I would have thought 160 on that guy! I must be over judging him by 1.5" on each tine and 1/4" on each mass measurement. That would put it closer to 159...

That's one thing about judging deer, whereas you can use references all you like but if you misjudge by 1 inch on each tine you can be 10in off your mark in a hurry! Definitely have to use proportionality and wow factor to get that gut feeling for anything 170+ in my opinion, I'm still learning though.

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[MallardSX2]

Oh boy, some of y’all need to be my official scorer

Maybe they are reading the tape measure in CM? lol

 

[MallardSX2]

160

 

[MallardSX2]

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[Juan_ID]

Maybe they are reading the tape measure in CM? lol

Even if some of us don’t read the ruler right we still ain't posting whitetails in a mule deer forum …

 

[TX_Diver]

Just in case I shoot a small deer I'm considering taking a pair of these with me also... Can't wait to show everyone my 230" deer!

I figured there was a slight risk I'd get a bunch of internet 200s, but even if a few are off by a bit this thread is still helpful. If I can be within 10" or so I'm not going to worry too much about it as I'm starting with such a low baseline scoring ability.

 

[999delta]

This is my best so far. Got it in 1983 in CO. 192 2/8

 

[Juan_ID]

Ross was the closest, that buck scored 183. I had guessed him at 180 on the hoof. I don’t typically get real technical when sizing up a buck, just assess what I see and try to get ballpark close. Works most the time, other times I’ve been off by a fair bit haha.

 

[willfrye027]

Ross was the closest, that buck scored 183. I had guessed him at 180 on the hoof. I don’t typically get real technical when sizing up a buck, just assess what I see and try to get ballpark close. Works most the time, other times I’ve been off by a fair bit haha.

If you would have long armed him towards the camera I think I would have been closer on my guess

Awesome buck

 

[Juan_ID]

If you would have long armed him towards the camera I think I would have been closer on my guess

Awesome buck

He was a cool buck, though we had seen a giant fork that was so much cooler (to me anyways). I wish I’d have gone back looking for that buck just to get some better photos and video. That’s also the earliest I’d ever seen a hard horned buck and he was one of 2, was shot opening day on an early archery hunt August 15.