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

[thisguy]

I'm guessing a lot of hunters don't actually score their critters or even know how to properly do it. Theres guys who swear up and down to a certain number but you can see plain as day its 10-20" smaller. Around here its whitetail hunters who claim 160s that are solidly in the 140s. Maybe they know how to score but are generous on rounding up. At the end of the day its all just an anatomy measuring contest anyway

To answer the OPs question, I'd call a lower 190s buck 190 but if it was upper 190s I'd probably round up to 200 too. Although thats a situation I'll probably never be in

 

[ianpadron]

Ya all I know is that the older I get the less I care.

200 is gigantic, but to me a 170” typical with heavy forks and sweet bases is a deer that I will proudly hang my tag on. Especially when I watch him lose velvet and figure out his routine.

I think I would honestly rather shoot a 180” buck I have history with then a 200” buck I just stumble into first day of season on an out of state hunt.

Huntings reward is so much more than inches.

The day I let a dark heavy 170 walk is the day I hang things up for good.

 

[huntnful]

The day I let a dark heavy 170 walk is the day I hang things up for good.

I killed a 6.5 year old, dark horned, 2” eyeguard, almost perfectly symmetrical 30” wide, 178” gross buck and he’s an absolute specimen of a muley. I’ll be happy to kill a buck like that every year for the rest of my life.

 

[ianpadron]

I killed a 6.5 year old, dark horned, 2” eyeguard, almost perfectly symmetrical 30” wide, 178” gross buck and he’s an absolute specimen of a muley. I’ll be happy to kill a buck like that every year for the rest of my life.

Yessir I can picture the exact type of buck you're describing.

The textbook prototype for sure. I'll never get tired of the quick surge of adrenaline when that class of deer walks out of the timber after their younger herd mates.

 

[huntnful]

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178”


Be a shame to lie about these deer. I think the general public should know that a 170 class muley is a legit buck, and 190”+ is truly next level.

 

[littlebigtine]

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Be a shame to lie about these deer. I think the general public should know that a 170 class muley is a legit buck, and 190”+ is truly next level.

Is it just the angle or is the head on that bottom buck huge?

 

[svivian]

Just go to the mule deer meat pole thread to see plenty of nose down, rack pushed out, long arm pics trying to make bucks bigger than they are.

Sad thing is some of them are pretty nice bucks but just makes them look silly.

 

[huntnful]

Is it just the angle or is the head on that bottom buck huge?

No that head is absolutely giant. I point it to out everyone that comes over lol. It’s probably 20% bigger than any deer skull I have in the house. The body was also giant. He was 26.5” ear tip to ear tip.