Examples of 150" or better mule deer

[JamesK.]

Bone, I kept the Velvet. Managed to get it home without messing it up at all.


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[DIYARCHERYJUNKIE]

Over 150.

YOU CUT THE CAPE!!!!!!!!

I'd be buying a new cape!

[Rainier10]

Here are two that are around 150. Most people get it backwards. The one on the left is 159 4/8 the one on the right is 147 4/8.

[boneaddict]

Good example right there.

[boneaddict]

Over 150.

YOU CUT THE CAPE!!!!!!!!

You have a big buck and you don't have a cape.   couldn't resist. 

[jackelope]

Over 150.

YOU CUT THE CAPE!!!!!!!!

You have a big buck and you don't have a cape.   couldn't resist.

I used to have a cape though.........

 

[jjhunter]

This buck grosses around 160" as a slick 3x4.   A different example of a 150" plus.

 

[Rainier10]

Good example right there.

Thanks standing in a field together I think most would shoot the one on the right thinking it was bigger, the width is deceiving and doesn't gain anything for the score. The one on the left is taller with more mass and 6" worth of eye guards. Both deer only had 3" of deductions, pretty symetrical.

Anything above 140 is tough for me to judge in the field. I am not big on score but it is a reference point.

Here is my deer from this year and it goes around 130. Tank of a body that I wasn't about to pass on.

[huntnphool]

Here are two that are around 150. Most people get it backwards. The one on the left is 159 4/8 the one on the right is 147 4/8.

 That's because most people get way too excited about spread.

 Nice bucks and great examples.

[Rainier10]

Here are two that are around 150. Most people get it backwards. The one on the left is 159 4/8 the one on the right is 147 4/8.

 That's because most people get way too excited about spread.

 Nice bucks and great examples.

Thanks, this year's deer is pretty wide and heavy, the crab claw forks all around kill the score and it is only 3x4, not that a 4" tine would have helped the score a ton. Deeper forks and it would have scored really well, it started great the eye guards are 3".  General archery at 44 yards that is a deer you just can't pass up, especially this year, it was real slim pickings.

[huntnphool]

Here are two that are around 150. Most people get it backwards. The one on the left is 159 4/8 the one on the right is 147 4/8.

 That's because most people get way too excited about spread.

 Nice bucks and great examples.

Thanks, this year's deer is pretty wide and heavy, the crab claw forks all around kill the score and it is only 3x4, not that a 4" tine would have helped the score a ton. Deeper forks and it would have scored really well, it started great the eye guards are 3".  General archery at 44 yards that is a deer you just can't pass up, especially this year, it was real slim pickings.

Outstanding buck too , I couldn't care less about score, my focus is on mass when I'm out. I'll drop a 2x2 if it's got 6" bases and chocolate antlers.

[DOUBLELUNG]

Best way to find a 150 buck in WA is to follow the guy who says he saw a solid 180 class buck.

[boneaddict]

I was going to say the same thing.   Most "180" bucks in Washington are 150 and most  "200" bucks are 180.


Bottom line, most 150 bucks are mature deer and most hunters should or would be happy to harvest one unless carrying a special permit in their pocket, or  are some kind of special.   

[westsidehntr]

I was going to say the same thing.   Most "180" bucks in Washington are 150 and most  "200" bucks are 180.


Bottom line, most 150 bucks are mature deer and most hunters should or would be happy to harvest one unless carrying a special permit in their pocket, or  are some kind of special.

Like you? 

[DOUBLELUNG]

Something that only happened to me once in 15 seasons checking hunters: 2 old guys in the foothills of the south Bighorns in Wyoming.  They complained there weren't any yearling bucks, all they could find was "big old bucks that aren't worth eating".  Thought it was a joke at first, but they were totally serious.