Buck Scoring...Need help.

[CoryTDF]

you should just mount the tag! It is a trophy in and of itself. Good luck getting a big one!!

[Napalm68]

Yea....the tag will most definately be mounted. 

This is the buck that I dropped  a couple of years ago.  Could not figure out how to insert it so i just attached the photo to the post. 
 

Largets buck that I had personally seen brought out of the area in the years that I have been hunting around Oroville.  Pretty heavily hunted though.

Would have a hard time passing one like him up in the Desert A.

[Bigshooter]

If that's all you are looking for should be a 1 day hunt from the truck.

[Napalm68]

Kind of why I started this thread.  Have not hunted any other GMU's and I worry about pulling the trigger too early.  I'm not the kind of hunter that is in a hurry.

[Bigshooter]

If you are not in a hurry then shop around for a few days.  This is one of the better hunts in the state.  With a little effort you should be able to kill a buck like the second buck bone posted or bigger.

[boneaddict]

Take 5 days and hunt your heart out.  If you see something over 30 inches, or has more than about 7 points a side, dump him and enjoy.  Figure out what you have seen after 5 days of the best hunting with little hunting pressure in your life.  ENJOY IT, you'll never draw it again.  After that, figure out what you would "settle" for and then take it.  You can see 20 bucks a day that are as big as the one you posted if you are vigilant.  Have fun!

[h2ofowlr]

When it's way past it's ears on both sides, you will definately have a mounter mule deer.

[Lowedog]

One thing to consider in that unit is the deer are big bodied and you may be deceived a little thinking the rack is smaller than it is.  Not uncommon for a mature buck to have the tips of it's ears at 24" +.  

-Lowedog

[markts]

If you see the buck of your dreams what difference does any score mean. Mark (That second pic Bone posted is always in my dreams )

[boneaddict]

and just for the record Napalm, though this buck doesn't meet either of those two criteria I mentioned. 
SHOOT!

[Napalm68]

Got it.   Hopefully I can put  myself in a good place for that.

Have a buddy I hunt with that works in the farming supply business that tells me he will be able to get me permission to hunt on several farm areas in that gmu.  Still waiting for his call.....

[Ridgerunner]

Enjoy the tag, do lots of window shopping unless you see an absolute toad like the one bone just posted, finding a deer like teh one you shot and you'll be done in an hour.   I'd spend at least 3 or 4 days just enjoying it then pull the trigger on one you like. Its a hunting experience like no other in this state.

[georgia redneck]

Well I would score that buck WITH the eye guards :jacked:heeeheeeheeee!

[stringflinger4elk]

Ok I checked these out from home and now I know what you are talking about.
Not real impressive though anyone got any better pictures from the desert?

I had a Quilimene tag back in 02 and the dear I saw on the ranches just below and on the way up that were on private property were bigger than this.  made my mouth drool but I had to go higher up to be on public ground.

I have the Desert D this year I have seen some massive sheds my buddy and I that drew this year as individuals mind you have picked some up in the potholes while bowfishing as we cruise around we usually find them on the islands that are probably land accessible by that time of year when they drop and we find them the next spring/ early summer including some complete skulls probably deer dying from old age I'd guess. but they are huge. I guess I was expecting more length on that 4x4 after what I've seen first hand unless he is just average to run of the mill out there.
 

[PacificNWhunter]

That's a stud buck bone