Elk Pictures w/ Score

[Dan-06]

This one is 309

 

[Dan-06]

This one is 290

 

[Hyhunter]

Probably should have spent more time like the OP before this year. Watched last year's bull for a few scouting weekends from over a mile away. Opening day at 100 yards realized he wasn't as big as I thought...
Thin beams really make them look longer!
266 7/8
I have alot of video footage if anyone requests. If I posted screenshots I'd have arguments it's different, but it's the same bull. Heat waves really seem to affect antler size.

 

[Deleted member 28227]

242- Gross

 

[BENEDSUM]

Probably should have spent more time like the OP before this year. Watched last year's bull for a few scouting weekends from over a mile away. Opening day at 100 yards realized he wasn't as big as I thought...
Thin beams really make them look longer!
266 7/8
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That’s still pretty awesome you were able to make a move on the one you were watching

 

[BigHornRam]

Around 315 with the broken tips.

 

[NERedlegz]

I don’t know a thing about scoring elk, but I do appreciate all these pics! Awesome stuff

 

[SAJ-99]

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242- Gross

This one I am WAY off on. I would have been right around 300. Must be the popcorn ceiling throwing me off.

 

[FREAK]

It's crazy how deceiving pictures can be from other angles.

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322

Noodle beams
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Guess the score

318 with the broken g4

And for the record I’m not good at guessing scores

 

[Flatbrimmer]

Are you wearing shoes in that picture?

He’s wearing some cute bracelets.

 

[wytex]

Deadhead we found.
365+"

 

[Hyhunter]

I will say as a self taught hunter that 260s bull taught me alot. Glassing from over a mile in thermal heat waves can make that elk look like 350s at time and at other angles the antlers just about disappeared. Because of that I probably could have guessed the mass wasn't very much.

Since then I've heard a bull nose to antlers base roughly 16" on a mature bull, that's helped some rechecking my videos.

 

[Forkyfinder]

Probably should have spent more time like the OP before this year. Watched last year's bull for a few scouting weekends from over a mile away. Opening day at 100 yards realized he wasn't as big as I thought...
Thin beams really make them look longer!
266 7/8
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A lack of mass can be misleading. But when you see mass - you know it. Tine length and main beam length make up most of the score but aesthically a heavy set of antlers is the coolest thing for me.

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I cant post pics with known scores - all my elk were raghorns. The elk i shot with a rifle has average whitetail mass and is incredibly short and the archery bull is also a trophy to me (first archery kill!) but not worth scoring.

 

[rogerthat]

322

318 with the broken g4

And for the record I’m not good at guessing scores

Your guess suggests otherwise.

 

[rogerthat]

Bull I just took down from a very high spot on the wall in order to remove the stupid gold paint. Score? Any tips on getting rid of the spray paint?

 

[DFS]

Looking at a picture of a bull and guessing the score is nearly impossible.
This Idaho bull doesn’t touch 300 I think he was around 290. I sure thought he was big when I shot him. Whoops

 

[DFS]

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Bull I just took down from a very high spot on the wall in order to remove the stupid gold paint. Score? Any tips on getting rid of the spray paint?

340 and acetone. No clue if either of those are correct.

 

[TheTone]

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This Idaho bull doesn’t touch 300 I think he was around 290. I sure thought he was big when I shot him. Whoops

Super trick photo? Double fourth on the near side?

 

[DFS]

Super trick photo? Double fourth on the near side?

Short beams frame of a big mule deer. Well put together just a miniature. I went hand to hand in the junipers and he looked yuge.

 

[FREAK]

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This Idaho bull doesn’t touch 300 I think he was around 290. I sure thought he was big when I shot him. Whoops

Not a chance I pass on that one, great bull. Some elk carry 290 inches nicer than others.