Methow Valley Beast! 210 3/8 Gross

[TVHunts]

Oh my lord what a buck!  Congrats!

[Karl Blanchard]

That buck will gross between 205 and 210.  pm me if you need help with scoring him.  What a buck!!!!!!!

[NOCK NOCK]

    Speechless

[Karl Blanchard]

The mass is the hardest to guess but I bet he is 23 or 24 a side.  Main beams are probably 24+.  Spread credit is probably 23+.  91-93ish a side.  Absolute MASHER!!!!!!!!

[wastickslinger]

My dream buck!!  I will throw out a number of 206" sci or total gross.

[Karl Blanchard]

My dream buck!!  I will throw out a number of 206" sci or total gross.

206 is exactly what I came up with and am usually within 5".  The mass has me guessing on this pig though!  I don't even know how to guess the H3 measurement on that thing so I just tossed a couple inches on!   

[Chad Osterholtz]

Awesome buck and congrats to your dad.

3 clean misses at 450-500 yards is questionable at best though, and not the kind of hunting ethics I think we should celebrate on this board. 

On a monster buck once in a lifetime opportunity I think most of us would have tried and I don't give a sh!t what other people think.  It's not like I was spraying the hillside with bullets.  It was in the heat of the moment with very little time to setup.  I have bipod on my bolt action .270 rifle and have shot out that far before.  There are a lot of variables involved obviously and I just flat out missed.  Most would have left out that part of the story but it's what makes the ending so sweet. 

Nobody was celebrating the fact that I missed.  Always has to be one guy that puts a sour taste on a good story.  thanks for that bud.

Don't let one maggot ruin your orchard... Great buck... Great story... Thanks for sharing it with us!

[Griz231]

My dream buck!!  I will throw out a number of 206" sci or total gross.

206 is exactly what I came up with and am usually within 5".  The mass has me guessing on this pig though!  I don't even know how to guess the H3 measurement on that thing so I just tossed a couple inches on!   

I wish I knew how to do it.  Pops is coming over tonight and we are going to take a stab at it.  The taxidermist said he can throw a tape on it too.

I may PM you with questions tonight.

[Karl Blanchard]

My dream buck!!  I will throw out a number of 206" sci or total gross.

206 is exactly what I came up with and am usually within 5".  The mass has me guessing on this pig though!  I don't even know how to guess the H3 measurement on that thing so I just tossed a couple inches on!   

I wish I knew how to do it.  Pops is coming over tonight and we are going to take a stab at it.  The taxidermist said he can throw a tape on it too.

I may PM you with questions tonight.

Its much simpler than it seems.  Feel free to bug me.

[blindluck]

my god, you killed a buck we all dream of, good for you and dad!!

[Karl Blanchard]

Here is a vid that sums it up pretty much.  As long as you don't worry about net score you won't have an issue finding total inches of bone.  Just remember, your spread credit cannot exceed the length of your longest main beam.  So if you have a 25" inside spread, but your main beams are 24", your spread credit will be 24".


https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=4uGFol58PAk

[Buck Rub Jr]

Wow. Unreal. Huge congrats to you guys!!

[autodink13]

Honestly it doesn't even matter what that monster scores. But how does an official scorer determine which points are extras and which are part of the frame?

[widebear]

Holy s#$@ what a BUCK!!

[Karl Blanchard]

Honestly it doesn't even matter what that monster scores. But how does an official scorer determine which points are extras and which are part of the frame?

Almost every buck out there, even the super trashy ones have that typical g1,g2,g3,and g4 frame.  If you look, this buck only really has the one extra inline on each side.