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Big Game Hunting => Elk Hunting => Topic started by: PeninsulaPariah on November 12, 2022, 05:28:11 PM

Title: Spikes with brow tines
Post by: PeninsulaPariah on November 12, 2022, 05:28:11 PM: Hunting in a 3point min unit I saw a bull that had unbranched spikes maybe 16-18 inches long. He also had these strange gnarled masses at the base of each spike, with 2 tines sticking out of each one. On one side, the tines were well over 1 inch long. Do the main antler beams have to be branched, or is that bull a shooter?
Title: Re: Spikes with brow tines
Post by: JimmyHoffa on November 12, 2022, 05:31:38 PM: Isn't it that one has to be above the ear tip?
Title: Re: Spikes with brow tines
Post by: steeleywhopper on November 12, 2022, 05:35:55 PM: Count the points and if there are more than 3 on one side it's going in the freezer.

From the Regs.
3 Point Minimum:
A 3PT. Min. elk means that a legal elk in these GMUs must have at least 3 antler points on one side. Eye guards are antler points when they are at least one inch long. A 1x3 and a 2x3 are legal elk in a 3 pt min unit. Antler restrictions apply ot all hunters during any open season."
Title: Re: Spikes with brow tines
Post by: PeninsulaPariah on November 12, 2022, 05:57:13 PM: Yeah, I was thinking he was technically legal…but didn’t feel 100% about it. On the bright side, I might have another chance tomorrow.
Title: Re: Spikes with brow tines
Post by: millerwheeler on November 12, 2022, 07:07:30 PM: Quote from: JimmyHoffa on November 12, 2022, 05:31:38 PM
Isn't it that one has to be above the ear tip?

No when they changed it too one inch that went out the window too my knowledge
Title: Re: Spikes with brow tines
Post by: JimmyHoffa on November 12, 2022, 07:53:14 PM: Thanks.
Title: Re: Spikes with brow tines
Post by: millerwheeler on November 12, 2022, 08:04:16 PM: Quote from: PeninsulaPariah on November 12, 2022, 05:57:13 PM
Yeah, I was thinking he was technically legal…but didn’t feel 100% about it. On the bright side, I might have another chance tomorrow.

GOOD LUCK!
Title: Re: Spikes with brow tines
Post by: huntnfmly on November 28, 2022, 02:10:42 PM: He’s a shooter good luck👍