2009 5x5 Blacktail Buck

[HuntingFanatic]

Very nice buck!!!

[Northwest75]

Congrats on a good looking harvest.

[PacificNWhunter]

Great looking buck!

[eastside boy]

Good One !!!!!

[SkookumHntr]

--Nice Buck but thats a 4pt w eye guards dude, not a 5 pt.

[testar77]

--Nice Buck but thats a 4pt w eye guards dude, not a 5 pt.

Well considering that if is over an inch it is an officially scored point (G1 in the link below) Why would it not be considered a 5X5??

http://www.boone-crockett.org/bgRecords/bc_scoring_typmuledeer.asp?area=bgRecords&type=Typical+Mule+Deer+%26+Blacktail

Nice Buck man Congratulations!!!!

[SkookumHntr]

--Nice Buck but thats a 4pt w eye guards dude, not a 5 pt.

Well considering that if is over an inch it is an officially scored point (G1 in the link below) Why would it not be considered a 5X5??

http://www.boone-crockett.org/bgRecords/bc_scoring_typmuledeer.asp?area=bgRecords&type=Typical+Mule+Deer+%26+Blacktail

Nice Buck man Congratulations!!!!

--ya nice buck but I dont care if the eye guards were 10 inches long its still a 4 pt.
not nocking the buck becouse its a dandy but I was expecting to see a 5pt not a 4pt w eye guards. Still dandy buck 

[testar77]

That didn't answer my question as to why it would not be considered a 5pt?  I am not like an east coaster and add up all the points, but I was brought up in hunting that any legal/scoreable point was counted in the description of a Buck, is this not the official case? Is there an official way? or is it all just preference and opinion?? 

Sorry if I am thread jacking

[JackOfAllTrades]

There's another thread that discusses whether to count the eye guards, stickers, or not.

Damn nice buck you harvested there!

-Steve

[andrew_12gauge]

eye guards count for legality and scoring but most blacktail and mule deer purists dont count eye guards, always do count on whitetails though for some reason either way nice buck

[chrisb]

Nice buck....congrats

[Buckmark]

Very nice buck..
Good thing you had pics with your tag on it, otherwise the tag police would come out..

[Michelle_Nelson]

Great looking buck!  Congrats!

[Buckoholic]

good buck!!!! hang er up on the wall

[KimberRich]

Yeah pics 

Are the deer around Goldendale BT's or Muley's or a cross??

Considering they are still arguing about which deer developed from which, who knows if they are a cross, or just the original breed of deer, before adapting.  However, fish and game and the books call em muleys if they are east of the PCT.

That's what I was thinking.