Does everyone that kills a 190 class buck just round up to 200”?

[Jon Boy]

Lots of embellishments for both bucks and bulls, but I’ll stand by harder to find a 200 buck than a 350 bull in Co these days

I don’t doubt it. I’ve never hunted in Colorado but I’ve also seen that trend from afar, which is interesting considering that I’ve always thought of co as a mega buck state and a complete dinker elk state.

 

[RockAndSage]

Lots of embellishments for both bucks and bulls, but I’ll stand by harder to find a 200 buck than a 350 bull in Co these days

Can't speak to Colorado, but a genuine 200" mule deer on public land is about as difficult to accomplish as it gets.

 

[Hnthrdr]

I don’t doubt it. I’ve never hunted in Colorado but I’ve also seen that trend from afar, which is interesting considering that I’ve always thought of co as a mega buck state and a complete dinker elk state.

Yes I would say 80/90/ early 00’s it was that way for sure. Since probably 2010 or so we have CPW switched to the kill all the bucks let God sort it out model and our age class especially in the last 8 years has fallen off a cliff, state will always produce some studs and plenty of the 150-170 type bucks but far less of the 180+ we were known for, now elk have been thriving. Not unusual for 330-350 class bulls to come out of “trash” otc archery units every year

 

[menhaden_man]

I have a lot of 90” bucks that I call100” so understand completely

 

[huntnful]

Lots of dudes taking fisheye pics of a 160” (or even much smaller), call it 180” and say it’s an old mountain warrior or monarch or some dumb shit.

Don’t get me started on giant pen raised Mexico bucks that they release the day before a client shows and post a kill picture with the caption “we knew he was the one when we first laid eyes on him”. Yeah no shit, he was bought and paid for SPECIFICALLY. Jack offs.

 

[waspocrew]

Definitely a lot of embellishment out there for bucks and bulls. Just check out the 300" Bull thread - there's several in there that look to be scored with pretty generous tape measures.

 

[Hnthrdr]

Lots of dudes taking fisheye pics of a 160” (or even much smaller), call it 180” and say it’s an old mountain warrior or monarch or some dumb shit.

Don’t get me started on giant pen raised Mexico bucks that they release the day before a client shows and post a kill picture with the caption “we knew he was the one when we first laid eyes on him”. Yeah no shit, he was bought and paid for SPECIFICALLY. Jack offs.

“Timber monster” “bruiser”… those old Mexico bucks hit the pharmacies hard down there…

 

[Hnthrdr]

Definitely a lot of embellishment out there for bucks and bulls. Just check out the 300" Bull thread - there's several in there that look to be scored with pretty generous tape measures.

Killed a 290 bull last year, he was a stud… but he was no 300 and if you know something about field scoring you can tell…

 

[wildwilderness]

One point of defense for the expo, is the location- the high ceilings and open spaces do make the trophies look smaller than a normal setting in a house etc.


This is why I generally support scoring organizations like B&C and P&Y- they do provide credibility when animals are officially entered!!

On a side note I killed a whitetail that net 198.5” non-typical, (was 206” gross) official P&Y with a broken G2….

Does that qualify as a 200”er??

 

[ianpadron]

Most guys, even experienced deer hunters, have no idea what is required for a deer to score 200"...especially a typical.

The first "big" buck I killed...i coulda sworn he was 220"...178 LOL

Killed an absolute monster this year...everyone was guessing well into the 200s...I said he'd be lucky to hit 185...sure enough 180 on the dot. Mass and width are deceiving...its ALL about the forks.