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What about the 20 or so that have it over 190?

[blindluck]

This buck is over 180 closer to 190 and all of 28” wide 

[chukardogs]

That's what I said!
 Just kidding. I have literally no idea how to judge a Mule deer. There would be no adding, subtracting or carrying the three going on before my safety got clicked to the off position and the trigger was squeezed.

[CarbonHunter]

I called this buck a 190” buck and I base my opinion on the 168” buck I have on the wall that I look at daily. This buck has longer tines, forks and has eye guards that my buck lacks. Both bucks in my opinion are 28” wide, mine for sure and this one I believe is 28” wide.

Mass gives you little for score. Deep forks and 5 long tines is where true scores come from. Oh ya and those extra tines on nontypicals  that make high scores easy.

[boneaddict]

[The scout]

That angle shows tine length much better, I would add 7” to my original guess to 182”

[Romulus]

Thin horned bucks always make the points look longer than they are......great young buck and like someone stated if he adds some mass will be a masher. If everything is on the plus side he mights push near 180.......if he has small face and the beams are just an inch or 1.5 smaller he will be closer to 170. 175 or 176 would be my guess as a good over/under number.

Thanks for posting....hope a shed is found to see where it hits.

[NOCK NOCK]

This thread is exactly why lots of folks dont care to "score" size. Bickerin over a few inches......a stupid number/I'm better at it than you game. 

Its a beautiful buck that anyone/anytime/anywhere should be proud to shoot. If you're not, you may be hunting for all the wrong reasons. IMHO


Bone, any idea what's wrong with his snout/lip? Assuming fighting wound. 

[boneaddict]

Likely a fight wound. There was another buck in the hood that was all busted up. 

The only way I wouldn’t harvest this buck in Washington would be if I had a very specific buck I had seen and was targeting, or it would have to be a very special hunt.   I guess that’s why I have a pile like him. 

[MtnMuley]

What about the 20 or so that have it over 190?

Well, some people just tend to get a lil excited