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

[huntnful]

Beautiful bucks!

Can’t decide which one I like the best.

How wide are the smaller two?

Top buck is 22” and middle buck is 25.5”

 

[robby denning]

So maybe @robby denning can add a little honest and recent perspective on judging/scoring, since his buck was just officially scored:

How big did you think your last year’s buck was when you first laid eyes on him at a distance in the field, with the adrenaline flowing?

How big did you think he was when you first put your hands on him on the ground in person?

He’s a beauty, by the way…

If you listen to the podcast episode on that hunt, I go through it all.

but in short, I thought he was "a really big buck pushing 30" with some extras".

Once I laid hands on him I thought he'd go over 200. he went 208.

But score is over rated IMO

 

[robby denning]

...Measured him out and came up with 159-7/8's, figured 160 was the best way to describe it.

Agreed! It's always weird when someone talks about their buck to the nearest 1/8". When i hear it slip out of my mouth I think "geez, I'm sure this guy really doesn't care" lol

 

[bigsky2]

I'd take a 200" mulie over a 400" elk.

Don't think I've ever laid eyes on a live wild one

I've got a 199" deer and I'd still rather get a 200" deer than a 400" elk. 199" is not 200".

 

[Rich M]

Agreed! It's always weird when someone talks about their buck to the nearest 1/8". When i hear it slip out of my mouth I think "geez, I'm sure this guy really doesn't care" lol

That’s how they get measured. That and the smile they give ya.

 

[wildwilderness]

That's incredible! Please post a picture of that buck. Dream deer!

Oh ok, mights as well give a reference

Extra points at the back of the bases are hard to see but add up

The broken point was the G3… throwing off the net score

 

[NV HUNTER]

190 is 190 ….
80 is 80…

 

[huntnful]

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190 is 190 ….
80 is 80…

That's a dandy! At a quick glance he looks 180". What's he score?

 

[NV HUNTER]

That's a dandy! At a quick glance he looks 180". What's he score?

He scored 190 on the nose and my antelope scored 80 on the nose

 

[huntnful]

He scored 190 on the nose and my antelope scored 80 on the nose

Dang! What a stud, both of them!

 

[highcountrymuley]

I killed a 191" buck that I call a 191". I killed a 169 7/8" buck that I call 170. A 218" buck I call 218"

 

[IrkedCitizen]

75% of hunters would drop the hammer on a 150 class 4x4 with eye guards. With 75% of those hunters thinking it was 170" because it looks so much bigger than the 120" he was hanging out with. So if those same hunters saw a 180 class he would be 220 in their mind.

I don't mind influencers killing average deer and using trickery to make them appear bigger. I like seeing people successfully fill their tag. At the end of the day that is what matters

What I HATE is when influencers say a decent representative animal isn't a "shooter" because it is smaller than they personally want to kill. I watched a guy say a 170 class buck wasn't a shooter. He ended up killing a much bigger buck but that's beside the point. I know it takes longer to say "that's a good buck but I am going to hold out for bigger yet" versus "not a shooter" but come on. That gives a false impression or makes people feel bad for shooting a smaller animal. Which is complete and utter BS

 

[eric1115]

Honestly I think it's disrespectful to the animal. A nice 150-160 buck is beautiful without lying about it. Respect it enough to be honest about it. Or don't kill it. If a 160 buck isn't good enough and you want a 180, don't kill a 160 and then lie about it.

I have way more confidence if someone tells me they found what looks like a 170" buck than if someone's talking about the 180 buck they are watching. 180 and 200 seem to be the magic numbers where deer get "good" and then "great"

I think there's a similar thing going on here. Conspicuous jog in the normal distribution.

 

[The Ri Guy]

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.

I've got a buck like that as well, the one on the left. He was also over 26" ear tip to ear tip, I swear his skull is 2x the mass of any other buck on my wall. It's over 2" longer than the next closest skull with a huge Roman nose, just am absolute unit of a deer on the hoof when I killed him, absolutely dwarfed the group of does he was with.

Both of these are unofficially taxidermist scored in the low 170's, same taxidermist several years apart. Terrible pic but cool side by side, luckily being in WA I'm not a score guy, just a mature buck guy.

I knew a kid in Bozeman when I was at MSU years ago that told me he had killed 10+ 180" Montana bucks by Freshman year. When I went to check them out at his place, it turned out he added both the inside and outside spreads to his scores -- I don't remember if I had the heart or not to tell him that's not how it works, but it always makes me laugh when I think about it.

 

[Laramie]

I personally don't give a rat a$$ what someone says their deer scores. I have never kept score with other hunters and surely don't consider hunting competitive. Wish the rest of the hunting community felt this way.

I have 4 official B&C scored animals but have never entered any of them. I had them scored out of curiosity and honestly to see how close my self measurements were. A couple scores were humbling but I was very close on the last 2. Animals aren't hard to score but many hunters struggle to be honest while doing it.

 

[Trial153]

I kill180s to round up to 190s

 

[huntnful]

I've got a buck like that as well, the one on the left. He was also over 26" ear tip to ear tip, I swear his skull is 2x the mass of any other buck on my wall. It's over 2" longer than the next closest skull with a huge Roman nose, just am absolute unit of a deer on the hoof when I killed him, absolutely dwarfed the group of does he was with.

Both of these are unofficially taxidermist scored in the low 170's, same taxidermist several years apart. Terrible pic but cool side by side, luckily being in WA I'm not a score guy, just a mature buck guy.

I knew a kid in Bozeman when I was at MSU years ago that told me he had killed 10+ 180" Montana bucks by Freshman year. When I went to check them out at his place, it turned out he added both the inside and outside spreads to his scores -- I don't remember if I had the heart or not to tell him that's not how it works, but it always makes me laugh when I think about it.

Dangggggg. Big ol head on him! Crazy to see the difference. I have probably a dozen skulls around the house and never thought much about the head size until I killed that specific buck and put him next to them. I couldn’t believe the size difference.

I just got the teeth age results back and that big headed buck was 6.5 years old.

 

[huntnful]

I kill180s to round up to 190s

I have a 188 2/8” B&C. Sometimes I call him 188” and sometimes I call him 190”. Just depends on the day