Eye guards on Elk?

[TommyH]

Most all bull elk over 3 years old have double eye gaurds (My last years 4 point bull only had single eye gaurds) Around my neck of the woods all points on one side is counted.

[Coastal_native]

Raghorn in my book is small spindly horned bull points do not matter. Have seen 5 and 6 pts that'd I'd consider rag horns. (counting the eye guards) man this could get complicated... Lots of factors. Roosevelt or rocky. I hunt Roosevelt's mostly coastal. So to make it a bit simpler anything around 200" or larger would break from being a rag horn.

I like your standards.  Some of the older guys I know refer to my 270"+ bulls as ..."what herd bulls? You mean those little rag horns of yours?"

[6x6in6]

If this was real, and if it carried over to scoreable point situation, I would have only one 300+ bull.

I like the score the brow tines version.   

[grundy53]

There is something weird about these folks in West Lewis County / East Pacific county where they don't count eyeguards/browtines.  They are always 2 point with doubles (4x4), 3 point with singles (4x4), 3 point with doubles (5x5), etc....

Says someone from Western Lewis county.... lol

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[JPhelps]

There is something weird about these folks in West Lewis County / East Pacific county where they don't count eyeguards/browtines.  They are always 2 point with doubles (4x4), 3 point with singles (4x4), 3 point with doubles (5x5), etc....

Says someone from Western Lewis county.... lol

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I know.  I was brainwashed growing up.  I have now converted to the way the rest of the world counts elk horns.

[grundy53]

There is something weird about these folks in West Lewis County / East Pacific county where they don't count eyeguards/browtines.  They are always 2 point with doubles (4x4), 3 point with singles (4x4), 3 point with doubles (5x5), etc....

Says someone from Western Lewis county.... lol

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I know.  I was brainwashed growing up.  I have now converted to the way the rest of the world counts elk horns.

Tough habit to kick though... maybe someday I'll convert.

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[Sliverslinger]

There is something weird about these folks in West Lewis County / East Pacific county where they don't count eyeguards/browtines.  They are always 2 point with doubles (4x4), 3 point with singles (4x4), 3 point with doubles (5x5), etc....

Says someone from Western Lewis county.... lol

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I know.  I was brainwashed growing up.  I have now converted to the way the rest of the world counts elk horns.

I grew up on the verge of West Lewis county and it was similar. All descriptions of bulls included the number of points and the number of eyeguards. So your biggest bulls would be called a "four point- double eyeguard." Of course, this never left the option for describing bulls with uneven numbers of points on each side. For everyone I know now, it's pretty much the total number of points on ones side by the total number on the other (i.e. 6 by 6, 3 by 4, 7 by 8, etc...).

[Ingwe]

I remember growing up in the 60's when I saw a dead elk, nobody counted eye guards. It was a 3 point with doubles. Most people I know that are my age still don't count eye guards. Maybe it is a Roosevelt thing as all we ever saw was elk from the west side. But it does get confusing when talking to younger people or people hunting Rocky mountain elk. We always thought elk were in general like deer, spike first year,2 point second year, 3 point third year but double eye guards on 2 point and 3 point. And I am from Western Lewis county with many relatives and friends from coast and Olympic peninsula.

[billythekidrock]

Do a search on this topic. It has come up a couple times.
2 over 2 = 4pt
4 over 2 = 6pt

[smartazz171]

the G1 = eye guard =Point !

[Jonathan_S]

"3 pt with double eyeguards" is way easier to say than "5 pt"

[bobcat]

"3 pt with double eyeguards" is way easier to say than "5 pt"

Really?

Seven syllables is easier than only two?   

[Thefisherman83]

"3 pt with double eyeguards" is way easier to say than "5 pt"

Really?

Seven syllables is easier than only two?   

Makes sense 

[Jonathan_S]

My post was oozing with sarcasm.  Is "oozing" a banned word? 

[bobcat]

Well, it doesn't appear to be. If it was, it would have automatically been changed to *censored*.

Sorry I didn't catch the sarcasm.