Shot a 2 pt in 3 pt area

[300UltraMagShooter]

ok, not really, but say you shot one and it turned out the the 3 pt you were shooting had brow tines that were 1/8th inch 2 short.

What would you do?

[bobcat]

I guess I'd just hope that nobody came along with a tape measure to check.

[boneaddict]

Wouldn't have a clue, thats why I don't shoot little two points.

[carlyoungs]

Another one of these threads really?

[carlyoungs]

Like everyone will end up saying if your not sure don't shoot it.

[dreamunelk]

Never seen a gamie take a tape measure to an antler.   Usually they will just stand back and think, either yup that looks like 2" or no way is that two inches.  In short as many will say "if you are not sure don't shoot"!  It really is not that difficult.  I personally take a lot of pride in the number of deer and elk I have passed on because I was not sure of something.  I think it has made me a better hunter.

[Dan-o]

I would shoot the buck.

Then I would post about it on Hunt Wa and wait for all of the holier-than-thou guys that have never done anything wrong and were born with a perfectly formed set of outdoor ethics to condemn me for page after page.

 

[BOWHUNTER45]

10 points ...I need a permit next year    I just had to say that 

[jess]

A point is 1" long not 2" and i have seen this happen they taged the animal and took it home proud of thier kill.. Here is something to think about what if you shoot a big buck and he rolls through some cliffs and breaks his antlers off about four inches above his eyrguards and you can only find a couple small pieces of tiips.. Is he still a legal buck? 

[carpsniperg2]

Or your cousin decides to blow off the horn

[Ridgerunner]

This is why I don't like the one inch rule, I think in Oregon it is considered a point if you can hang a key ring off it, much better rule IMO.

[steen]

What difference does it make if it is one inch two inches or longenough for a ring.  You can't walk up to the deer and test the ring theory or measure it with a tape.     I just don't shoot.  I've seen many bucks I couldn't grow a third point on and had no regrets, except maybe a few outside the ear smooth twos that I think NEED to be shot.

[Arnbo]

In this day and age of quality optics Really no excuse.
Here we go again.........

[C-Money]

Wouldn't have a clue, thats why I don't shoot little two points.

You sound like Firefighter4607.

[scout/sniper]

 

This thread is an ambush to draw out the ethically elite who would never make a mistake or shoot anything but a trophy.
Funny!!   

[boneaddict]

might generate another story from me though.........

So I was up in the Twisp river and I had this buck at about 40 feet or so and I was packing my 25-06.    He was quartering away, and I was staring at the grey ghost of old.  A GIANT recessed two point.  Bases about 6 .5 inches, about 4 inches of mass all the way out to the ends of his clubs that were almost entirely covered with "moss".   I so wanted that buck but was in the three point or better side of the river.   I thought for sure one of those mossy points might qualify, but I let him walk.   HAUNTS ME to this day that I didn't shoot that buck, but I was too afraid of breaking the law.   What a niave *censored* child I was.   People break the law all the time and suffer no consequences. 

[Skyvalhunter]

It's ok you shot a 2-point in a 3 point area. Just use some of my points because I shot a 4 point in a spike area.

[boneaddict]

 

[jaymark6655]

ok, not really, but say you shot one and it turned out the the 3 pt you were shooting had brow tines that were 1/8th inch 2 short.

What would you do?

It says here that everyone already shot the deer, so saying you would shoot is kind of moot. 
Tag the thing and take it home, its impossible to tell an 1/8" just by staring at it through a scope no matter how good your glass is.
Don't post the pictures here, unless your the kind of person that like being crucified.

[ouchfoss]

Am I wrong or did the minimun antler length for elk use to be different? I remember it being 3" but I just looked it up and it says 1" is the minimum. Was I wrong all these years?

[scout/sniper]

Am I wrong or did the minimun antler length for elk use to be different? I remember it being 3" but I just looked it up and it says 1" is the minimum. Was I wrong all these years?

One inch minimum.

[Pilot_Hunter]

I would shoot it because it's close enough to a 3 point, browtines are counted as points too..

 1/8" too short? who really has a tape measure in their pocket anways. if it looks like an inch, shoot it!

[coachcw]

I had my son pass a buck this year that in the fog I couldn't tell on the eye gaurds he was a solid buck that
I just wasn't sure . another guy shot him after he walked across the canyon and sure enough he has two solid eye gaurds . oh well better be sure .

[boneaddict]

[bobcat]

Nice 2 point! I'd take it!

[Pathfinder101]

I would shoot the buck.

Then I would post about it on Hunt Wa and wait for all of the holier-than-thou guys that have never done anything wrong and were born with a perfectly formed set of outdoor ethics to condemn me for page after page.

 

 

[Curly]

Nice 2 point! I'd take it!

 

That 2-point has eye guards that are well over an inch.

[724wd]

was hunting some stubble a couple years ago, spotted a nice little 4 pt mulie.  we'd have shot, but we were on a ridge and a rig was directly below us, watching the deer (100 yards or so in the open).  for several minutes nothing happened.  the deer watched the truck, the truck watched the deer.  he had decent forks both sides and 2 inch eye guards (10 pointer to you back-easters!  ).  deer finally got spooky and started off, and the kid at the truck started shooting.  hit him and the buck ran over the hill.  we all gave chase (private land, so it's kinda friendly out there) and we spotted the deer with it's lower jaw blown off.  a finishing shot was issued, and the kid came over the hill soon after.  i helped him gut the deer (high schooler and his mom.  didn't really know how to do the bloody stuff).  i held the legs and instructed his cuts.  why didn't he blast that buck when he saw the eye guards? 

"Didn't know they counted towards the 3 pt minimum."   

[300UltraMagShooter]

This thread is an ambush to draw out the ethically elite who would never make a mistake or shoot anything but a trophy.
Funny!!   

Oh crap!  They're on to me.   

[link]

Wait until you hunt a four point or better area and see a big three point with real short eyeguards. Thats a tough pill to swallow on the long ride back from Wyoming. Especially when you see a warden, tell him about it, and he tells you, you were crazy not to shoot it!

[csaaphill]

i guess tag and run or drag as the case may be and hope noone wan't ten points

[NWBREW]

Wouldn't have a clue, thats why I don't shoot little two points.

 

[billythekidrock]

Am I wrong or did the minimun antler length for elk use to be different? I remember it being 3" but I just looked it up and it says 1" is the minimum. Was I wrong all these years?

You are right. It has varied over the years.

[predatorpro]

what deer? i never shot a deer! why? did somebody say something?   

[threedwizard]

That's why I like antlerless tags. Then the only question is how close to the road? I TRY to save my buck tags for something I don't have to wonder if they're legal.