PJ0311
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Pics are junk but he's got 4 on each side plus eye guards. Angle in the pic. Makes him look wider than he is.
Guesses on Score?
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Nick87
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In that case closer to 115 imo. He's pretty thin too.
noharleyyet
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mid to high 130's if he's a 5x...closer to mid
Be careful passing bucks because they don't appear wide enough if you are particularly concerned with score (not judging either way). High-and-tights will score better than wide bucks all other things being equal. Tine length dominates score.
I would say 120 to 125". A nice buck as well. I would kill the first one over him though. People need to think of score in terms of total inches of bone (mass and length). It's amazing how a 120" compares to a 140" deer. 20 inches in measurements difference wise is a hell of a thing.
Nick87
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Took me along time to learn that. It's eye opening once you starting actually measuring.
It is! Took me a while as well. My buddy killed a bull that was 366" two years ago and compared it to my brother's bull that scored 334" and it's night and day. It's kind of like people that kill 400 pound black bears every year. I've drugged a lot of bears in my former career and they seem to be about 1/2 to 1/3 of what you guess.
Nick87
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Yah people get offended when you tape out there 140" whitetail and it's 120. I've been guilty of it many times myself. Even at 140 it takes a pretty big deer to make that. A lot bigger than I think most hunters realize until they actually start taping them out.
grizzly63
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I shoot them because they look good, heck with the score. They taste pretty good too. If you think he looks nice, shoot him.
