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

[LongWayAround]

Yea agree. I helped a couple guys kill 160+- bucks this past year and they were understandably totally stoked on the hunt/expirence…

The I am talking about are the social media/pod cast type “influencers” who want to act like they hunt 190”+ bucks then kill the same type of 160-170”+- bucks then take a wide or weird angle “for the gram” and then move states to kill another…. Then do it year after year.. Lots of then there…

Or I have 0 gripes toward anyone who gets a tag and gets a buck they are proud of even if it’s a forkey. Now the guys who kill 4 160-“ bucks for the gram and likes in 4 states, in one year = from where I sit are way worse than some guy sayin a 192” buck is a 200” buck. For real how many 160-“ bucks can a guy eat in a year….

I appreciate the clarification. I read a few of your earlier posts as saying a guy shouldn't be proud of a buck that didn't score well.

A few years ago I shot a 150" type of buck and was stoked, I had worked my ass off for eight days and finally had an opportunity. After a long stare-down with the bachelor group, I had a 50yd shot that required splitting the wires of a fence. That buck could have scored anything and it wouldn't have meant any more or less to me at that moment.

I also thought the recent rokcast on buck scores was interesting. If anyone hasn't listened to it, the jist of it was that whatever the antlers scored (160-200+), the average age of the bucks was about the same.

 

[Weldor]

Seen some monsters back in the day up at the Kaibab and the strip. Could not tell a score if I had to. To me they were just plain big. Deadhead from awhile ago, most guys see it and say wow that's a 400" bull . I don't think so, never had it scored. All the photo's in thread look killer to me. I would be happy with any of them.

 

[bullmtn]

I work on a large farm with an interstate running through it, right up a big canyon with lots of deer, it's amazing how many people tell me they see 200" bucks in the canyon; we hunt that canyon hard and have produced exactly 1 200" buck in my 13 years.

 

[ColoradoV]

I appreciate the clarification. I read a few of your earlier posts as saying a guy shouldn't be proud of a buck that didn't score well.

A few years ago I shot a 150" type of buck and was stoked, I had worked my ass off for eight days and finally had an opportunity. After a long stare-down with the bachelor group, I had a 50yd shot that required splitting the wires of a fence. That buck could have scored anything and it wouldn't have meant any more or less to me at that moment.

I also thought the recent rokcast on buck scores was interesting. If anyone hasn't listened to it, the jist of it was that whatever the antlers scored (160-200+), the average age of the bucks was about the same.

Everything is different for everyone. I have been fortunate enough to kill a lot of mulie bucks and in fact the first one I missed (8 times) when I was 12 was a 30” wide 190” type typical buck.. Just due to my grandfather, uncles, and father as well as private land.. Shaking so bad I could hardly keep him in the scope… I get it and was just as happy with the 130” 4x I shot later that afternoon (still shaking just as hard).

A good friend and it’s what I believe says it’s the wow factor. What ever it takes for you to have that expirence when ya see it shoot!!

Now yea it takes a big deer to get me to wow. I also don’t think most people realize how hard it is to find and kill a 200” buck in public land. They are basically unicorns anymore. I am around some of the best mule deer hunters to live in the modern era and it’s a level of hunting that borders on insanity. Also it’s why I have not killed a buck in 4-5 years as I hunt public land for real big bucks. Or if ya want 200er be ready to eat half a decade of the best tags chasing it as that’s what it takes. Someone who is chasing that type of deer while leaving 160+ bucks on the landscape gets respect from me. As will the guy who hunts hard and is proud of his 130” deer.

This pic is old so my 3 biggest are not in this line up but out of these 1 is a 200” nt…

 

[Okie-hunter]

Out of curiosity what would you mulie guys guess this buck to score? I’ve only been on one mulie hunt and found this guy and he was hanging out about 200-300 yards across unit boundaries down the basin on a wildlife refuge. I waited several days for him to come up the basin. Had to leave & the next day some elk hunters sent video of him 30 yards from where I’d been sitting waiting for him all week.

 

[IrkedCitizen]

Out of curiosity what would you mulie guys guess this buck to score? I’ve only been on one mulie hunt and found this guy and he was hanging out about 200-300 yards across unit boundaries down the basin on a wildlife refuge. I waited several days for him to come up the basin. Had to leave & the next day some elk hunters sent video of him 30 yards from where I’d been sitting waiting for him all week.

If he was a 4x4 vs 3x4 with cheater he would be knocking hard at 200". I'd say 187-193" as pictured

 

[JGRaider]

I've been hooked on mule deer since 1971 at age 11 when my dad took me for the first time. I haven't missed a season yet, and don't plan to. Been blessed to have killed a couple over 200" (gross, don't do the net thing) and a handful of 190 class bucks. Here's one I didn't killl.......what do you think?

 

[IrkedCitizen]

0"
LOL

 

[JGRaider]

Ha! Don't know what happened.

 

[Okie-hunter]

I'd say 187-193" as pictured

This hurt my feelings a little bit! I knew he was a big deer & knew he’d probably always be the one that got away with as few opportunities as I’ll get to hunt public land mulies. That whole trip is what planted a love for mountain mule deer deep in my soul though so I still call it a win every time.

 

[IrkedCitizen]

This hurt my feelings a little bit! I knew he was a big deer & knew he’d probably always be the one that got away with as few opportunities as I’ll get to hunt public land mulies. That whole trip is what planted a love for mountain mule deer deep in my soul though so I still call it a win every time.

It's a love/hate thing, Man. Lol

 

[Okie-hunter]

It's a love/hate thing, Man. Lol

Same with public land whitetails. Mostly love but they’ll drive you crazy

 

[ColoradoV]

Good fronts, bad backs, one extra, has eyeguards.. One broken back average mains. 26” wide..

This is a 170”’class buck in my book..

 

[JGRaider]

These are the kind of bucks that can fool you if you're really into scores....

 

[huntnful]

These are the kind of bucks that can fool you if you're really into scores....View attachment 1049711

That tine layout doesn’t score for shit, but that deer is badass!

 

[JGRaider]

45"+ of mass doesn't hurt though!

 

[huntnful]

45"+ of mass doesn't hurt though!

Unreal!!

 

[jolemons]

Horrible picture in the dark, but this tall narrow buck with deep forks grossed 192-193".

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