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

[Red Dawg]

How many points does a 200 inch moose that is all over place have.

[robodad]

I was just wondering which side of the deer's antlers (smaller or larger side) are scored for P&Y or B&C ?? and also do they include eyeguards ??

[boneaddict]

 Both sides are measured, points don't count as a measurement. The smallest measurement is the one that is counted.   An eyeguard is measured if present as G1.

[Curly]

I just want to try to clear one thing up on the point issue.  Just because the game regulations might restrict us to 3 point minimum doesn't mean that I would necessarily pass up a 2 point if it had eye guards that were at least 1 inch long.  But I would still call it a 2 point........(maybe I'd call it a 3 point if I was talking to a warden though; no need to get him worked up ).

[ICEMAN]

So in washington does a deer have 4 legs or two???  

Doe have four....Buck five. 

[DOUBLELUNG]

Oh, Red Dawg - I don't know caribou, but the pronghorn/antelope/pronghorn antelope/speed goat/goat thing ... now that's a whole other can of worms in some parts.  The debate about prongs, diggers, cutters, paddles ... can continue until all the beer and firewood are gone. 

[Red Dawg]

I guess it is a good think i always have a lot of both.

[Bookworm]

I've always counted just the points above the eyeguard. So many times blacktails just don't have them.

[WAcoueshunter]

I think it's a regional thing rather than species specific...in AZ and NM, coues whities are called 3-points, 4-points, etc., and no one counts the eyeguards.  Maybe because they're all surrounded by muleys down there...?   

[Dman]

 All in good fun and this one's been enteraining I have to admit, but to me, this isn't really a debateable topic given the following scenario. A hunter goes hunting in an area that is a 3 point or better blacktail area, but this hunter has not read the regs thoroughly enough to understand an eyeguard at 1" is a countable point and is from another State that doesn't have point restrictions. The hunter shoots a buck with 3 points on the main beam, but turns out one of the points is an eyeguard. The hunter then leaves the deer to rot, fearing he's shot an illegal buck. Incomprehensable to most of us, but we know it does happen. The point, doesn't matter what we "feel" a point should be counted as, it only matter's what the gamewarden's definition of a point is in the State of Washington. You have to adjust your thinking per State.

[Red Dawg]

I think that tose people should start reding to game regulations, or even not hunting at all if they dont even know something as simple as that.

[boneaddict]

If a guy is that stupid D-man then they should hang up their gun and go join PETA or some wolf hugging organization.  I can totally see the arguement of who calls what what.  Its obviously a personal choice or preference.  But those arguments are insane.

[Skyvalhunter]

He needs to stop hunting!!

[Dman]

If a guy is that stupid D-man then they should hang up their gun and go join PETA or some wolf hugging organization.  I can totally see the arguement of who calls what what.  Its obviously a personal choice or preference.  But those arguments are insane.

 Think you totally missed the point. Would the game warden be open for "debate" with the hunter on how many points the deer he harvested "should" have?

[Dman]

  -I can just hear that conversation now,
 Warden: "Son, you've harvested and illegal buck, it needs to have 3 points, all over 1" long".

 Hunter: "Come on, can't we call it a two-point rule, just for this week??? It's my birthday this week..."