Eye guards count?

[bobcat]

Yep. Fork-en horn, with an "n". That's right. I'm sure someone on here from Oregon can confirm it.

[swanny]

eye guards count

Thank you

I thought in previous years the picture showed them in the regs but I didn't see it  this year.

[Mike O]

I count every point, not to give myself credit but to credit the animal.  I'm not a fan of "deductions" either (unless it is tax time) because it seems kind of ridiculous to me to penalize the animal for not managing to grow perfectly symmetrical antlers.  My blacktail is a 4x3 because it has only one eye guard.  The 2010 Texas whitetail in my avatar is a 9-point because it has 2 eye guards but broke off a point in the rut.  If I shot it further west I would call it a 5x4.  Counting all the points doesn't make me a better hunter but it does seem silly to pretend a point staring me in the face isn't there.

[huntnnw]

 

[Miles]

  Counting all the points doesn't make me a better hunter but it does seem silly to pretend a point staring me in the face isn't there.

 

[carpsniperg2]

This one always gets good every year! A eye gaurd is a legal point. It does not matter if you count them or not. Mr. game warden will count them and if they make a deer a legal deer "by law" then yes they count

[huntnnw]

so all u guys that dont count them probably shouldnt count them either in point restricted areas so they better have 3 up top..or u are a hippocrit if ya shoot a forked muley with a brow

[PolarBear]

Some folks that I hunt with don't shoot them unless they have at least 3 points on the main beam and still do not count the eye guards.  Point restrictions don't matter when your standards are greater than the restriction by at least a full point.

[Miles]

Some of us don't even count the points anymore, we go by the length and mass of the main beams.   Counting any antler growth that is under 15 inches is foolish.  That's my standard, try and top that one Polarbear.

[huntnnw]

elitest has chimmed in...I wont shoot anyhting unless it has 24" main beams and 18" of mass a side

[BULLBLASTER]

Guys I hunt with don't even take bullets because their standards are so.far and above the restriction that they won't ever see one that meets.   

[rickomatic]

This one always gets good every year! A eye gaurd is a legal point. It does not matter if you count them or not. Mr. game warden will count them and if they make a deer a legal deer "by law" then yes they count

I don't know about you guys, but I never count eyeguards when making a shoot/don't shoot decision in a restricted area. Not unless they're obviously longer than an inch. I have enough trouble counting points by themselves let alone trying to "measure" eyeguards on a 2x2 to determine if it's technically legal. 

[firefighter4607]

Just wanted to be sure, eye guards count as a 3rd point right? Just have to be one inch or longer? I didn't notice it said anything specific to an eye guard in the regs? Thanks!

By the law yes eye guards count if they are over 1".
My  . Am I going to risk my tag and hunting rights by measuring at eye guards? NO!!!! I know a few people who shot a 2 point with eye guards that were a tad over an inch. I don't want to put myself in thoses shoes.

[Dhoey07]

In Oregon a 2 point is called a "forken horn".        

forken horn?       tee hee... he said forken!     every one knows it's a fork-ed horn!  not forked horn, but two syllables, fork-ed.   

I say forken horn when describing a 2 point.  I think calling it a fork-ed horn just sounds silly

[boneaddict]

Yes, a 2 point with eyeguards is legal, BUT that still doesn't make it a 3 point!   

Yep