Help with Scoring my Whitetail

[SD_Prairie_Goat]

Hey All,


Hoping to get a little guidance on scoring my buck. I did a first preliminary pass at scoring, and I think I messed up with measuring the spreads (I'm not an expert by any means when it comes to scoring so be easy).



I think I am fairly accurate with everything except B, C, and D...

I will include some photos with the tape measure to help with scale, which measurements do I use for what?

And does 150 sound right for this buck?! Seems high to me which is why I am checking with everyone....











I'll do a write up later, but here are two photos for overall buck quality:

 

[SD_Prairie_Goat]

Hey All,


Hoping to get a little guidance on scoring my buck. I did a first preliminary pass at scoring, and I think I messed up with measuring the spreads (I'm not an expert by any means when it comes to scoring so be easy).
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I think I am fairly accurate with everything except B, C, and D...

I will include some photos with the tape measure to help with scale, which measurements do I use for what?

And does 150 sound right for this buck?! Seems high to me which is why I am checking with everyone....

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I'll do a write up later, but here are two photos for overall buck quality:
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Did I mess up by including the G-5 length??

 

[Gellar]

150 is close. Tall tines, symmetrical, lacks mass but carry’s it well. I always use a tailors ruler to score antlers. An official scorer uses flexible metal. The inside spread is taken at the widest point, perpendicular to the center of the skull.

 

[PAhunter]

B & C don't get added into the total score so they don't matter in that regard. It looks like you did B right, but C is greatest spread of the antlers, outside to outside. On a rack shaped like yours that is probably the outsides of the main beams, with the tape/string pulled across the width of the rack.

For D it looks like you pulled from the outside of the antler beam on the zero end of the tape. To measure correctly, put that end of the tape against the inside of the main beam, and read the tape at the inside edge of the opposite main beam. Where that measurement is largest, you have your inside spread (D). D is always measured between the main beams, whether the points sweep outward from there or not.

There are no G-5 measurements on a straight 5x5 like you have. The beam "point" only figures into the main beam length.

 

[Flatbrimmer]

Using the ol stanley I can’t help I’m sure I’d get ridiculed but that’s not exactly the type of tape you’re supposed to be using. It doesn’t fold the curves like it needs. There’s videos and many pros use line tape to show where to measure

 

[Pahoundsman]

Did I mess up by including the G-5 length??

Yes, but still a helluva buck

 

[noharleyyet]

Did I mess up by including the G-5 length??

By G5 do you mean the tip of the main beam?

 

[JCS]

It looks to me that you measured too many points. Should only be g-1 thru g-4

 

[antlerradar]

Did I mess up by including the G-5 length??

You do not have a G 5, so yes, I am assuming you measured the end of the Main beam to get the G 5 measurement.

 

[SD_Prairie_Goat]

Using the ol stanley I can’t help I’m sure I’d get ridiculed but that’s not exactly the type of tape you’re supposed to be using. It doesn’t fold the curves like it needs. There’s videos and many pros use line tape to show where to measure

That was to make the photos easier!


I actually use P-cord and then lay it out on the tape to make each measurement, still not legit I know but closer

 

[Flatbrimmer]

That was to make the photos easier!


I actually use P-cord and then lay it out on the tape to make each measurement, still not legit I know but closer

I dig it. And that sounds more accurate IMO. I also use a tape that a seamstress would use. I’d guess around 144 ish… good buck!

 

[Bambistew]

Nice buck!

Get a 1/4" steel tape or a fabric tape to measure. Those carpenter tapes don't work very well, and unless you are using a cable that won't stretch to measure circumference, they won't be accurate. Same goes for the main beams. Those big tapes slip and slide and don't bend well.

I'd guess that buck around 130 net. tip to tip and greatest spread aren't used in the score, and you caught your mistake on the G5.

Still a great buck regardless of the score.

 

[The Hedgehog]

That's how i measure 5th points too. Nice buck!

 

[Stocker]

Looks like a 140ish buck to me. Still a good one either way!

I still mess up. I measured one last year that I came up with 160” and I knew it was wrong. I don’t remember what I did wrong but it ended up like 137”.

 

[SD_Prairie_Goat]

Redid it by removing the G-5 error, that seems to be more in line with what I think thinking it looked:



Thanks for the help team. I'll do a write up soon about the hunt I promise!

 

[SD_Prairie_Goat]

By G5 do you mean the tip of the main beam?

Yes, which I suppose doesn't make it a G-5, just the main beam?

 

[noharleyyet]

Know a guy who took a 180 class 8 point not 50 miles from our area. It's the most impressive WT I've ever seen.

 

[noharleyyet]

Yes, which I suppose doesn't make it a G-5, just the main beam?

Correct, a G5 would be the fifth on a six point side.

 

[Stocker]

Know a guy who took a 180 class 8 point not 50 miles from our area. It's the most impressive WT I've ever seen.

That takes some mass and tine length. Gotta be an awesome looking buck

 

[noharleyyet]

That takes some mass and tine length. Gotta be an awesome looking buck

Unbelievably impressive. Beer can bases, mass everywhere off the chart (even the tines that don't count for mass), wide and tall.