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Nope, need to take it off and then have it officially scored. That's how I knew and figured that score wasn't a legit number nor officalDidn't know you had to take off velvet. There is no category for velvet?
Dude chill...Nope, need to take it off and then have it officially scored. That's how I knew and figured that score wasn't a legit number nor offical
I had mine scored in velvet for P&Y and stripped for B&C. The difference was just over and inch. Circumference measurements went down, point length went up dew to lower base lines.Fake score then, likely to easily lose those 8 inches needed for b&c. To the op topic, not what we looking for here
Cool, that's not normal though. Typically it's score is 3 to 5 percent lower so it's often 3 to 10 points less. The main beam lengths are typically which take the biggest hit since you run the tape along the outside of the beam and the thicker velvet horn results in a longer beam measurementI had mine scored in velvet for P&Y and stripped for B&C. The difference was just over and inch. Circumference measurements went down, point length went up dew to lower base lines.
There’s more people hunting no doubt, but not everyone is shooting a deer per year. I’ve hunted MT for 10 years and killed 2. I won’t shoot another mule deer unless it’s bigger than the biggest one that I killed. The state should be tracking those numbers, right?Anyone know or remember if Montana has always been an over the counter deer tag? Could at one time you get two? Just looking at resident populations from 1970 to now and the resident population has grown by 405,000 people. Think I read that 23% of Montanans hunt so we are talking 93150 more deer are killed a year compared to 1970. Over 1600 more per county today than in 1970 if it was split evenly which it’s not. Mule deer numbers continuing to decline but here we are in Montana extending our hunting seasons and selling doe tags business as usual.
I wonder how may of the ones that shrink the most are green scored in the velvet and scored hard antlered 60 days after the velvet is striped.Cool, that's not normal though. Typically it's score is 3 to 5 percent lower so it's often 3 to 10 points less. The main beam lengths are typically which take the biggest hit since you run the tape along the outside of the beam and the thicker velvet horn results in a longer beam measurement
In the early 60s it was 2 deer either sex otc. I believe it was that way in the late 50sAnyone know or remember if Montana has always been an over the counter deer tag? Could at one time you get two? Just looking at resident populations from 1970 to now and the resident population has grown by 405,000 people. Think I read that 23% of Montanans hunt so we are talking 93150 more deer are killed a year compared to 1970. Over 1600 more per county today than in 1970 if it was split evenly which it’s not. Mule deer numbers continuing to decline but here we are in Montana extending our hunting seasons and selling doe tags business as usual.
100%The state should be tracking those numbers, right?
I was just a boy in the early 70's. But to answer some of you questions of what has changed.Anyone know or remember if Montana has always been an over the counter deer tag? Could at one time you get two? Just looking at resident populations from 1970 to now and the resident population has grown by 405,000 people. Think I read that 23% of Montanans hunt so we are talking 93150 more deer are killed a year compared to 1970. Over 1600 more per county today than in 1970 if it was split evenly which it’s not. Mule deer numbers continuing to decline but here we are in Montana extending our hunting seasons and selling doe tags business as usual.
When I was a kid in the early 60’s, you could shoot 2 deer, either sex, either species. There also weren’t as many deer then as there are now.Anyone know or remember if Montana has always been an over the counter deer tag? Could at one time you get two? Just looking at resident populations from 1970 to now and the resident population has grown by 405,000 people. Think I read that 23% of Montanans hunt so we are talking 93150 more deer are killed a year compared to 1970. Over 1600 more per county today than in 1970 if it was split evenly which it’s not. Mule deer numbers continuing to decline but here we are in Montana extending our hunting seasons and selling doe tags business as usual.
Well I’m glad you didn’t strip the velvet as that bull isn’t close to book. Kenai penn?A long time ago now, I killed a fairly nice bull caribou that was still in velvet. Whether or not he'd make any book didn't and doesn't matter to me. I choose to have him mounted with the velvet on. It's still mostly on, pulling apart from drying in a couple of spots.
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If I killed a big mule deer still in the velvet, I'd rather leave him as I killed him, even if it would have made the book, absent the velvet.
Bring better in it was in the 60’s and 70’s might be true for guys hunting private but it certainly not true for the public land hunter. While there might be more game now then back then there is an absolute shit ton more hunters.When I was a kid in the early 60’s, you could shoot 2 deer, either sex, either species. There also weren’t as many deer then as there are now.
Montana may not be what everyone wants it to be, but as a kid, I never did see an elk during hunting season, other than a dead one. At that time an elk license allowed 1 elk either sex.
Now people want to mange for hunting or for trophies. Regardless of your preference, we have more game to hunt than we ever did in the early 60’s to 1970’s.
There are deer, elk, antelope and all the rest of the game species to hunt in Montana and I’m afraid the attention to the opportunities here have brought too much attention to Montana. Management has provided more game and opportunity than there was 40-50 years ago and although it may not be perfect, it is better than it was…
No, he was a mountain caribou shot in NW BC.Well I’m glad you didn’t strip the velvet as that bull isn’t close to book. Kenai penn?