It’s a 5-point Mule Deer, change my mind

[Ought Six]

Brow tines are on elk. Case closed.

Gotta love them 4-point bulls with browtines guys mistakenly call 6-points every year

 

[Elkmagnet]

With Muely deer points are points and eye guards is eye guards. How are ya confused?

 

[Ought Six]

Don’t shoot! The eyeguards (uhhh BROW TINES) will make him too hard to describe. Hold out for something simpler!

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That’s just a 4-point with browtines and a few extras, duh

 

[EYJONAS!]

Gotta love them 4-point bulls with browtines guys mistakenly call 6-points every year

Where the #*^@#* did you learn math?

 

[EYJONAS!]

Are you ?

 

[Keep on]

I think there’s a whole thread regarding the intelligence of Montana’s game agency, I wouldn’t take anything they tell you as gospel

Judging by your poll I'd say they have it right.

 

[Bullshot]

That’s just a 4-point with browtines and a few extras, duh

Westerners run out of fingers on their one hand and then its all just “x’s”, “extras” and “junk”. Us blue-blooded easterners with our Ivy League math, however, just keep on countin’.

 

[Ought Six]

Judging by your poll I'd say they have it right.

Surprising results for sure, I grew up around some of the biggest mule deer fanatics in the west and it sure wasn’t no 4-point if it had eye-guards, been a fun a thread thanks for participating everyone

 

[Ought Six]

Are you ?


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The ol freak himself

 

[Caseknife]

To confuse you all, I had a boss for a while that didn't really have a grasp on the English language. He also was trying to keep up with the Jones in his big game hunting and building his trophy room. He got a muley buck one time that had "eyebrows". Think he his nomenclature had a little cross-breeding.

 

[Bullshot]

To confuse you all, I had a boss for a while that didn't really have a grasp on the English language. He also was trying to keep up with the Jones in his big game hunting and building his trophy room. He got a muley buck one time that had "eyebrows". Think he his nomenclature had a little cross-breeding.

He was fluent in the art of compromise.

 

[The Hedgehog]

@Ought Six
Are “management bucks” 3 pointers, or 4 pointers?



“Points are counted above the first fork and don’t include the eye guard, which isn’t considered a point.”

https://wildlife.utah.gov/pdf/bg/management_buck_orientation.pdf

 

[JDH]

I’m curious about that too. Why wouldn’t you count them when describing a deer? The difference between a deer with or without eyeguards can be the difference between B&C and not B&C for a majority of typical mule deer. Maybe @Hopzone Freak knows?

I always heard it was because a lot of mule deer didn't have eye guards/brow tines. So it was something extra.

 

[The Hedgehog]

In MT: “for bucks with antlers having 3 points or fewer on one side (not including eye guard).”

https://myfwp.mt.gov/getRepositoryFile?objectID=102832

 

[noharleyyet]

If a Texan can hang a ring on a burr it's a point...

 

[The Hedgehog]

There’s got to be a way to turn this one into a real good internet fight.

 

[Ought Six]

@Ought Six
Are “management bucks” 3 pointers, or 4 pointers?



“Points are counted above the first fork and don’t include the eye guard, which isn’t considered a point.”

https://wildlife.utah.gov/pdf/bg/management_buck_orientation.pdf

Good point, we always called bucks missing a fork but that still had eye-guards a “3-point with eye-guards”, fun to argue about it

 

[Ought Six]

I’d like to see @antlerradar vote in after what I’ve heard of his antler collection, might be the end-all vote, maybe he doesn’t concern himself with the nonsensical squabbles though

 

[noharleyyet]

There’s got to be a way to turn this one into a real good internet fight.

I gifted you the magic word...

 

[TheTone]

I always heard it was because a lot of mule deer didn't have eye guards/brow tines. So it was something extra.

I’d guess the majority of mule deer I’ve seen that were over 2 years old had eye guards