Your thought on counting points on deer, All together or one side,eye guards etc

[Coasthunterjay]

as all of his character makes me run out of breath.

WELL SAID! ! ! !

I like those words CHARACTER and IT MAKE ME RUN OUT OF BREATH....And thats what all horns are....CHARACTER! and thats what all horns should make you feel like.....OUT OF BREATH!

[jake]

 i guess some people put more thought into it than i do....usually first i just try finding a legal one, my opinion is that if you look in the game regs. it says a 2 point with a eyeguard is legal to shoot, so i would shoot it and call it a day, but if i shot a main frame 3 point with  eyeguards and stickers on it i would call it exactly that, not a 30 point buck lol

[Red Dawg]

Wow!!! I did not know you felt so strongly about this jay. I think that we are having just a bit of fun. I think this is a case be case, deer by deer issue. how does everyone count double eyegaurds. Are they eyeguards or browtines or does that also depend on the species also. What do ya think.

[popeshawnpaul]

I guess I know where you are coming from Jay, but I must admit if I was talking with a guy and he told me he had a big 4 point, I would want to see it.  I would feel a bit "off" or "disappointed" if it was really just a 3 point with eye guards.  I guess I would be thinking, why is this guy trying to pass off his 3 pointer as a 4 pointer?  Of course we are talking about mulies.  The standard amongst most that I know is to not count the eyeguard for mulies.  If it's an honest mistake and they don't know that scoring system I'm not going to hold it against them.  I would just have a little laugh in my head or try and correct them.  

It's just all about expectations.  For example, when the auto shop tells me my truck will be fixed in 5 days and it takes 7, I'm pissed.  If they had told me it was going to take 7 days from the start I would be happy.  

I seriously think a guy would pack into the Pasayten alone 8 miles and camp in snow and primitive bowhunt during a rifle season just to impress his friends...?  We all have our reasons to why we hunt but others don't have to hunt for the same reasons that you do.  We all have our different motivating forces.  

If it was a whitetail then I'm not sure what I would expect they would bring out.  Whitetails are scored so many different ways I never know what someone is talking about when they describe their deer.  

[boneaddict]

No need to flame Coast, you can call the antlers whatever you want.  I'm just having fun.  Its all with a smile.  and....I never look down at anyone for whatever they shoot.  I am just as happy with folks that bust a doe for meat than I am for trophy bucks like Red Dawgs.  Hunting means WAY more to me than that.  Don't get me wrong though, I do love big bones.   I will be the first to harass someone if they make something bigger than it is, but thats just harassment, not mean spirited.

[Coasthunterjay]

Wow!!! I did not know you felt so strongly about this jay. I think that we are having just a bit of fun. I think this is a case be case, deer by deer issue. how does everyone count double eyegaurds. Are they eyeguards or browtines or does that also depend on the species also. What do ya think.

I am very serious about hunting and animals.....Hunting for me is different....It means more to me.....I guess i could honestly say that i love hunting.....!

And yes you are correct i think alot into these posts. Im not hear to just give a stupid un-educated opinion(thats was not an attack at anyone) but i have close to 15 years of sucessful experiance hunting Big game and i look at this site as a learn all.....we can learn from all! everyone learns from everybody........so i take it very seriously, i hate bad gouge and would hate for anyone else to get any also...!

Think about if a newbie went hunting by himself and passed up the only deer that he was going to shoot and it was a Forked mulie with eyeguards and he passed it up because he read this post and people said that they didnt count eyeguards....sure would make a bad first hunt for a guy and make him less inclined to want to hunt again the next year(get what i mean?)

as for double eye guards (they are counted both) but i referance when one is shot that my friend shot a 5x5 with double eyeguards(that is including them).......extra stickers underneath the eyeguards are what i call(Extra stickers)

But anything longer than an inch is counted as a point. A point is a point...wether it is a 8x5 with dual double eyegurds and 2 extra stickers on the right base of the horn.......a point is a point

[Coasthunterjay]

Hunting means WAY more to me than that.  Don't get me wrong though, I do love big bones.

I will be the first to harass someone if they make something bigger than it is, but thats just harassment, not mean spirited.

And i love big bones as well.... Its not like i shot the smallest deer in the world either last year.. *censored* i love my deer and look at the rack every day, and it is just like what reddawg said. it takes my breath away. my best and happiest day of my life and i relive it everytime i pick the rack up.

What you dont like my colors?........ LOL ...LOL

[Red Dawg]

dude you are making me dizzy. I am going to pass out. I think you have used every color under the sun.

[Coasthunterjay]

just messing with you guys....get a little excited sometimes when i start talking horns, lol

[Red Dawg]

i dont know anything about moose but i think that caribou have shovels and antilope have diggers or somrthing like that.

[boneaddict]

All moose are big Miles, thought you knew that.

[boneaddict]

I've seen several dears with two legs and have bumped into with several Bambis with two.  Thats a whole other thread of field judgeing though.  They are usually measured 00x00x00.  

[boneaddict]

I'll let you know how they compare when I go back there and tag one this fall.

[popeshawnpaul]

Everyone asks me how big my moose is.  I have no real way to describe it.  I guess most are asking for the widest spread, but I think that does not tell you much about how big they are.  I guess it's a 7x8, but what does that mean to people?  I tell them I scored it to 149" but that means nothing to them.  I just end up telling them is frickin big and tasty.  

[boneaddict]

frickin big and tasty.   

Perfect description that I bet Miles can't even argue with.