Who Counts the Eye ,,,,,

[Elkpiss]

well for antler restrictions i count the eye gards but when i say somethin bout it i will say for example 3x4 with eye gards...

This is how we count um up in SW washington.. 4X4 with eye guards..  Not a 5X5.. eye guard do count as a point but when you tell a buddy what you shot you dont count it just 3X with eye guards.. Dont stretch what ya got.. !

  hows that sound skook?

[Elkpiss]

Growing up in Montana we counted eyeguards on elk and whitetails but not muleys so I dont count them on Blacktail either, however I suppose if the gamewarden counts them so should I!!!!  

We count all points when it comes to a bull.. even though the bottom 2 are the eye guards but when you get a pig 6X6 you better say i just shot a big ass 6X6 bull not a 4 point with double eye guards.. when it comes to Bulls and your talking to a buddy stretch it..  !! 

[robodad]

How about if P&Y and B&C start scoring them like you count them, maybe some will change their method !!    

[DRDANTDC]

this is a good question, ive wondered the consensus on this myself. i count the eye guards as a point. am i right am i wrong? east coast a 10 point deer is a 4x4 with eye guards. i call that a 5x5  

I call it a 4x4 with eye gaurds. So does everyone I hunt with. I count the eye gaurds as legal points, but if I am describing the buck to someone I call them what they are...eye guards.

[LongTatLaw]

I wonder if the "eye guards" are what they are...eye guards is a mule deer land thing or a PNW thing? or WA thing?

again...I never heard the term eye guards in the 16 or so states i hunted before WA???

call em what they are....   brow tines....   

[bow4elk]

and while we're at it, let's call antlers antlers and horns horns.  Deer and elk don't have horns! 

[Houndhunter]

elk dont have eye gaurds

if i shoot a 4 point, that means it has 4 points plus maybe eye guards. i just dont count them, thats the way it is everyone else is 

[billythekidrock]

Here are a couple of local 3 over 2's.....

[robodad]

Here are a couple of local 3 over 2's.....

Dude, I'll never hear your story if you give me a bunch of math problems to work out while I'm trying to listen to you !!!  

[Alan K]

I call it a 4x4 with eye gaurds. So does everyone I hunt with. I count the eye gaurds as legal points, but if I am describing the buck to someone I call them what they are...eye guards.

 

[Big Bucks Tim]

Personally I don't give a crap if they are counted or not.  However, I do say (for instance) three point with eye guards.  But to be perfectly honest where I hunt you don't see a lot of larger bucks, mostly spikes and two points but they still taste as good or better than any big five point out there.