Define Raghorn

[Torrent50]

What do you consider a raghorn bull?  Fairly new to elk hunting and hear the term a lot and was wondering what the consensus opinion is.

[vandeman17]

Raghorn to me is something bigger than a spike but smaller than a 5 or 6 point but the amount of points are subjective. I have seen "raghorn" 6's but also seen nice heavy mature 5's. For me, its the combo between mature and number of points that differentiates between raghorn and "shooter"

[Gringo31]

Immature branch bull

[_TONY_]

 

[coachcw]

lack of mass ! and tine length

[rtspring]

Small branched antlered bull

[luvmystang67]

Any bull who has recently been fighting with a clothes line and has remnants still on its antlers.

The one pictured below is trying to take its clothing right form the source.

[grundy53]

Immature branch bull

This

[chester]

differentiates between raghorn and "shooter"

I've never seen a difference between those two.


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[chester]

This is a raghorn or 2pt


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[vandeman17]

differentiates between raghorn and "shooter"

I've never seen a difference between those two.


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Considering I normally either chase spikes in western wa or branched bulls out of state, shooters to me are spikes or mature bulls 

[chester]

Lol yea I've hunted rifle on the west side for a long time. First legal gets taken


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[huntingaddiction]

Anything under 400 inches!

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[sled]

Something bigger than a spike that I would love to shoot!

[DOUBLELUNG]

Two year old bull

[grundy53]

I love raghorns. They're delicious!

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[coldsteel3d]

A raghorn is any branched bull regardless of the number of points that has not reached maturity yet. It could be a 6x6 that is only a 3 year old, or a 3x3 or any combination of points as long as they have not reached maturity. Most bulls that get killed are raghorns in Washington.

[jdb]

 

[grundy53]

Raghorns don't get any love so I say let's show them some. Post up your Raghorns. This will also show some fine examples of what a raghorn looks like. Here are mine. All coastal Rosies.

[blacktailcody]

2.5 year old bull! It's an age thing.

[KFhunter]

Any bull who has recently been fighting with a clothes line and has remnants still on its antlers.

The one pictured below is trying to take its clothing right form the source.

and that idiot got that spike killed for sitting there letting it do that thinking it was cute.

[PlateauNDN]

Any bull who has recently been fighting with a clothes line and has remnants still on its antlers.

The one pictured below is trying to take its clothing right form the source.

and that idiot got that spike killed for sitting there letting it do that thinking it was cute.

  it was put down?? Where's the outrage, that poor elk was only playing with him and he was a beloved elk called "spikey"...probably another trophy hunter. ..

[nwwanderer]

A bull that needs to mature, let him walk, shoot the calf

[grundy53]

A bull that needs to mature, let him walk, shoot the calf

Shooting a calf isn't an option for most rifle hunters.

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[h20hunter]

Grundy...

I'd take any of the lil raghorns any day.

[The Gobble-stopper]

Raghorn, is anything my buddies shot, even if mine was smaller! 

[vandeman17]

Raghorn, is anything my buddies shot, even if mine was smaller! 

Take that one to the bank, put it in the dictionary. 

[boneaddict]

Any bull that tastes better on my    than another

[grundy53]

Raghorn, is anything my buddies shot, even if mine was smaller! 

for sure!  "He would've been a good one next year"

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[Jonathan_S]

Raghorns are what I will never be able to pass up