Post by: 6haase6 on June 26, 2024, 12:04:33 PM
Post by: Bonnie on June 26, 2024, 12:46:15 PM
Post by: trophyhunt on June 26, 2024, 01:18:45 PM
Post by: jrebel on June 26, 2024, 01:40:23 PM
I personally like large wide (individual) paddles with longer tines. I love big brow tines. If I was trying to judge a moose, I would go with what gets the blood pumping?? 45+ inches wide would be a good moose. General rule of thumb....ears laying flat will be approx 30" wide. Palmation on the brows gets me excited. Some of the best scoring moose I have been around, are kind of ugly (obviously not all)...... Tall, narrow (individual paddles) with flattened points (not deep valleys) that come off the moose's skull like big goofy ears....just don't do it for me.
I like mass (doesn't equate to good scores), long points, width, character.
Here are a couple that I wouldn't pass on day one...hour one...minute one. These are Canadian Rockies moose which are a very close relative to the Shiras.
Fist two pics are same bull....lots of mass, BIGGG BROWS, curls in as opposed to sitting flat which didn't help score.
Post by: jrebel on June 26, 2024, 01:45:13 PM
Smaller moose in this picture is also very nice....just younger.
Post by: 6haase6 on June 26, 2024, 02:19:37 PM
Post by: 6haase6 on June 26, 2024, 02:22:01 PM
Post by: Ridgerunner on June 26, 2024, 02:30:55 PM
When I had the tag I wanted something that had alot of eye appeal to me. That was double or triple brows, paddles that had a good width to them and points that were off the paddle a little bit, but not super long like a deer or elk. I did hear from talking to other hunters who had hunted moose that you wanted to look for bulls where the main beam dipped down as that was a trademark of older bulls.
End of the day you're the one who needs to be happy with whatever you pull the trigger on at the end of the day.
Post by: benhuntin on June 26, 2024, 02:47:16 PM
No expert by any means, but a single eye guard will kill any score. Deep, tall paddles, multiple fronts and width. @benhuntinShoot the biggest one you can find. The score will take care of itself.
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Post by: jrebel on June 26, 2024, 02:59:52 PM
Do you know scores on those bulls?
I'll find my score sheet for the first bull and post it. It missed making the books...but not by much. Don't have the score for the bottom moose. It wouldn't have made book either, but it is one heck of a bull.
Here is a picture of another one that is super nice. Don't have the score on this one either. I'll be honest.....scoring animals had it's appeal at one point in my life, now it doesn't.
Post by: Buckjunkie on June 26, 2024, 03:49:15 PM
B & C for each side paddle length + paddle width + 1 mass measurement at the smallest place between the paddle and the burr + outside width and count the points.
SCI for each side is 2 x paddle length + 2 x paddle width + 1 mass measurement at the smallest place between the paddle and the burr + outside width and add the length of the points.
Paddle length is a big deal. Paddle length is the longest point parallel to the inside of the antler between two points on top and bottom. If you don’t have 2 or more points on your fronts you measure to the paddle. You can lose 10+ inches on each
side.
Post by: jrebel on June 26, 2024, 04:02:06 PM
Post by: jackelope on June 26, 2024, 04:11:32 PM
No expert by any means, but a single eye guard will kill any score. Deep, tall paddles, multiple fronts and width. @benhuntinYass. A big score needs 3 eye guards.
Post by: benhuntin on June 26, 2024, 04:26:35 PM
Needs 2 brows. 3 is only one extra point.No expert by any means, but a single eye guard will kill any score. Deep, tall paddles, multiple fronts and width. @benhuntinYass. A big score needs 3 eye guards.
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Post by: MADMAX on June 26, 2024, 04:27:51 PM
Boy he’s pretty nice and 30 yds from the road
Little weak on eye guards though :chuckle:
Not this guy
Boom
OIL tag done
Post by: Naches Sportsman on June 26, 2024, 05:15:33 PM
Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to say
Boy he’s pretty nice and 30 yds from the road
Little weak on eye guards though :chuckle:
Not this guy
Boom
OIL tag done
That was exactly me last year when my co worker and I saw mine standing up on top of the cut bank.
Post by: hunter399 on June 26, 2024, 05:19:16 PM
You'll know which one is the special,when you see him.
Post by: brew on June 26, 2024, 05:27:50 PM
Post by: 6haase6 on June 26, 2024, 05:35:21 PM
Here is the official score sheet with the top moose. I cropped the B&C scorer information so I wasn't publishing his address.Thank you. I was good to practice judging the different measurements and then getting to know what they actually are.
Post by: 6haase6 on June 26, 2024, 05:41:32 PM
Post by: trophyhunt on June 26, 2024, 05:52:44 PM
Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to saytough to tell from pic, but we passed this bull 20 yards off the road because he had weak fronts. Tough pass
Boy he’s pretty nice and 30 yds from the road
Little weak on eye guards though :chuckle:
Not this guy
Boom
OIL tag done
Post by: trophyhunt on June 26, 2024, 06:08:13 PM
Post by: brew on June 26, 2024, 06:18:14 PM
My wife’s 155” Wa bull.nice
Post by: benhuntin on June 26, 2024, 06:22:22 PM
Mine was no monster but being able to "quarter" it up on a road made him a trophy in my bookMy favorite thing to do is load them whole.
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Post by: trophyhunt on June 26, 2024, 06:26:15 PM
he’s not lying, he was pretty disappointed when we had to cut mine in half. LolMine was no monster but being able to "quarter" it up on a road made him a trophy in my bookMy favorite thing to do is load them whole.
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Post by: brew on June 26, 2024, 06:30:30 PM
mine barely fit in the wife's explorer :chuckle:he’s not lying, he was pretty disappointed when we had to cut mine in half. LolMine was no monster but being able to "quarter" it up on a road made him a trophy in my bookMy favorite thing to do is load them whole.
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Post by: HillHound on June 26, 2024, 06:33:14 PM
Post by: jrebel on June 26, 2024, 06:35:20 PM
Post by: Bonnie on June 26, 2024, 06:41:48 PM
Post by: 6haase6 on June 26, 2024, 06:50:31 PM
Post by: MADMAX on June 26, 2024, 06:51:34 PM
Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to saytough to tell from pic, but we passed this bull 20 yards off the road because he had weak fronts. Tough pass
Boy he’s pretty nice and 30 yds from the road
Little weak on eye guards though :chuckle:
Not this guy
Boom
OIL tag done
I’m looking forward to see what others are seeing in the areas on their scouts
Definitely would dictate my trigger finger itch level
Never hunted moose
But hoping to see others success
:tup:
Post by: jackelope on June 27, 2024, 08:31:27 AM
Needs 2 brows. 3 is only one extra point.No expert by any means, but a single eye guard will kill any score. Deep, tall paddles, multiple fronts and width. @benhuntinYass. A big score needs 3 eye guards.
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Doesn’t it also help the overall width and/or length of the palms also with more brow tines? I’m an amateur. You definitely gotta have as that will help them score big but 3 brows will help them get to really big score. That’s what I thought.
Post by: hunter399 on June 27, 2024, 08:39:42 AM
Scored or judging moose is definitely a new born thing for me.
Pic #1 or pic #2 are different units , different moose.
Post by: trophyhunt on June 27, 2024, 08:54:41 AM
Post by: hunter399 on June 27, 2024, 09:19:02 AM
That bottom one looks like my moose in 2019, think someone put it around 140-145 ish. Top one is tough to tell, smaller though.I gotta agree ,it looks exactly the same.
I think this is another pic of the first one.
Little more in his prime before the rut.
I believe this is another of pic #2
Post by: benhuntin on June 27, 2024, 01:47:26 PM
No difference in 2 or 3 or 5 brows. The only difference is the total points. You want the brows to fork out as far as possible. That’s where you get the length of paddle.Needs 2 brows. 3 is only one extra point.No expert by any means, but a single eye guard will kill any score. Deep, tall paddles, multiple fronts and width. @benhuntinYass. A big score needs 3 eye guards.
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Doesn’t it also help the overall width and/or length of the palms also with more brow tines? I’m an amateur. You definitely gotta have as that will help them score big but 3 brows will help them get to really big score. That’s what I thought.
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Post by: huntnnw on June 27, 2024, 02:05:09 PM
I don't think B&C scoring is a good measurement of moose.
When I had the tag I wanted something that had alot of eye appeal to me. That was double or triple brows, paddles that had a good width to them and points that were off the paddle a little bit, but not super long like a deer or elk. I did hear from talking to other hunters who had hunted moose that you wanted to look for bulls where the main beam dipped down as that was a trademark of older bulls.
End of the day you're the one who needs to be happy with whatever you pull the trigger on at the end of the day.
B&C scoring of moose is terrible! Be the same if we didn’t measure the length of any elk tines when scoring elk.
Post by: BlackRiverTaxidermy on June 29, 2024, 10:54:44 AM
Post by: Bonnie on June 29, 2024, 05:07:44 PM