neverquit
WKR
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Oh boy, some of y’all need to be my official scorer
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...No. That’s gross. Nets are for fish.
Good width, mass and really well developed fronts... My guess is 174.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”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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171I 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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I'll play at 177I know what this one scored,
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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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Oh boy, some of y’all need to be my official scorer
Even if some of us don’t read the ruler right we still ain't posting whitetails in a mule deer forum …Maybe they are reading the tape measure in CM? lol
If you would have long armed him towards the camera I think I would have been closer on my guessRoss 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.
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.If you would have long armed him towards the camera I think I would have been closer on my guess
Awesome buck