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Was blessed with a good hunt and harvest last evening! I absolutely love bow season!
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wrightk2 said:
Was blessed with a good hunt and harvest last evening! I absolutely love bow season!View attachment 150504View attachment 150505View attachment 150506View attachment 150507
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Hey OP, I enjoy estimating B&C (Boone and Crockett) scores for white tail;


-I like to practice so when I am in the field I can estimate on the fly.

-All my scores are based on photos you posted to here, thus it may not be accurate. Normal B&C scores are done with a 1/4-inch wide flexible steel tape to the nearest one-eighth of an inch. I do not go to the 1/8 inch. I do whole inches and go off photos and use things in the photos for approximate references!

-Also, I do gross score and don't do the whole subtract for atypical stuff.

-Of note, circumference (mass) is tough to gauge off of photos

Based on the pics in my estimate B&C for your deer is: 138 ; give or take 5-8 inches for error.

The G@ on the right and the G3 on the left is an absolute BEAST of a tine!!

Great deer!
 
Speedwell-Hunter said:
Hey OP, I enjoy estimating B&C (Boone and Crockett) scores for white tail;


-I like to practice so when I am in the field I can estimate on the fly.

-All my scores are based on photos you posted to here, thus it may not be accurate. Normal B&C scores are done with a 1/4-inch wide flexible steel tape to the nearest one-eighth of an inch. I do not go to the 1/8 inch. I do whole inches and go off photos and use things in the photos for approximate references!

-Also, I do gross score and don't do the whole subtract for atypical stuff.

-Of note, circumference (mass) is tough to gauge off of photos

Based on the pics in my estimate B&C for your deer is: 138 ; give or take 5-8 inches for error.

The G@ on the right and the G3 on the left is an absolute BEAST of a tine!!

Great deer!
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I need you to score some of mine. Wow!

Congrats!
 
GOODWIN said:
I need you to score some of mine. Wow!

Congrats!
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He did say he scored based off of his pics here. Which from a scoring stand point aren't the best to guess scores. I like scoring deer from pics and like he said he might be way off. I came up with 124''. But again I might be off (I think I would be on the lower end) by 2-4''.

Either way it's a great buck and proud for the hunter!!
 
For those of you scoring the rack, here are some figures that help. Across the whitetail's range and subspecies, there are some physical commonalities. Eyeballs & ears don't grow much if at all. Eyes are 1" diameter, or 3.14" circumference. That lets you estimate mass. Distance from corner of one eyeball to the other averages real close to 4" regardless if the buck is 2yrs or 8yrs. That can help you estimate tine length. Last but not least, average distance from ear tip to ear tip on an adult whitetail is 16". Might be as much as 17" or as little as 15" but most are pretty darn close to 16". That will help you estimate spread. Doesn't matter much on age, body size, or region. Whitetail bucks all share these commonalities. Field or pic scoring is a guess at best but having a frame of reference helps.
 

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