What will he score?

[Andy S.]

I realize these are just a few photos, but that is usually all we have. Give it your best shot if you will, gross score and age for the 2014 pics. This is the same buck on the same scrape, one year apart. Camera was placed higher on tree in 2013, thus the difference in perspective.

2013 photo

2014 photos

 

[Andy S.]

Come on guys, 20 views and no guesstimates...... oke:

 

[landman]

Well I'd say he was 5.5 in 2014

The 2013 pix doesn't show enough
And 2014 not much better, is that a split G-2?

 

[turkeyhuntr4]

Hard to tell with those pics but I will guess 129 in 2014. Do you know what he scored?

 

[Andy S.]

I'd say he was 5.5 in 2014

That was my guess as well.

The 2013 pix doesn't show enough

Shows plenty for a guesstimate, just make some assumptions. Estimating gross scores in not always black and white, plus it's fun to operate in the gray area. :tu:

And 2014 not much better, is that a split G-2?

Yes, about a 3" split that you cannot see. I have more trail cam pics from different angles, but they are on my field computer at home, so not much help for me today at work.

 

[Mission08]

Ill go 5.5+ and 134" gross

 

[TheLBLman]

Come on guys, 20 views and no guesstimates...... oke:

Feel like it's a "trick" question! :tu:

Part of my reservation is due to not being able to "see" much of an extra tine on his left beam. That one tine could change his gross score by 8 to 10 inches.

But I'll give you a "guess" ---- he's in the ball park of 130 ---- wild guess based on two pics not showing everything well.

Also, those particular pics tell me nothing about the buck's body size ---- not having a clue about his weight can cause significant error in antler score guessing.

 

[Andy S.]

Feel like it's a "trick" question! :tu:

Not really a trick question, but an example of how judging from a few trail cam pics does not tell the whole story, which you already know. I just want to here some members "best guess", there is no right or wrong answer.

Part of my reservation is due to not being able to "see" much of an extra tine on his left beam.

Understand, but I mentioned it was about 3-3.5", there's your tip. :tu:

But I'll give you a "guess" ---- he's in the ball park of 130 ---- wild guess based on two pics not showing everything well.

Got it, and I realize it is just a guess with limited data to go on. I was in the same boat as you in November 2014, with A LOT more to lose if I made a mistake.

...those particular pics tell me nothing about the buck's body size ---- not having a clue about his weight can cause significant error in antler score guessing.

This is somewhat surprising to me. The side view pic of that buck's body (long body, deep brisket, short legs, belly sag, etc) and neck screams 5.5+ to me, dressing 160 lbs all day long.

 

[tree_ghost]

First pic I'll say 3.5 and 118"
Second pic 4.5 and 131"


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[TheLBLman]

The side view pic of that buck's body (long body, deep brisket, short legs, belly sag, etc) and neck screams 5.5+ to me, dressing 160 lbs all day long.

Only thing that pic "screams" to me is "mature" deer.
That body profile tells me little about whether that deer is large or small bodied.
Again, I've seen mature bucks barely field dress 100 lbs in areas where "average" would field dress over 150 lbs.
This becomes much of the reason we can be badly off with such limited pic data.

YOU may have seen other pics, particularly other pics giving you a better frame of reference as to this buck's body size (not just its mature "configuration"). But you've only presented two pics here, and neither of them tell me much about his weight. It has often been instructive for me to see a bachelor group of bucks, and then seeing how each buck relates in body size to the others.

 

[Andy S.]

YOU may have seen other pics, particularly other pics giving you a better frame of reference as to this buck's body size (not just its mature "configuration"). But you've only presented two pics here, and neither of them tell me much about his weight. It has often been instructive for me to see a bachelor group of bucks, and then seeing how each buck relates in body size to the others.

He was never with another buck, always by himself in my pics from Sep-Dec. Sometimes that is all you have to go on (no other pics with bucks), and it was for sure the case with this recluse of a buck. From my experience, this is another clue that he is most likely 5.5+.

 

[Andy S.]

There sure are a lot of guesses on other buck's scores, surely we can drum up a few more for this one too. :tu:

 

[TheLBLman]

I ain't SKEERED! :mrgreen:

 

[fairchaser]

I'm gonna guess 120 and 4.5 in 2013 and 137 and 5.5 in 2014.

 

[chebuck]

I'm gona say he is definitely 5.5+ and gona say 142 on score can't tell much as far as bases ons brows.

 

[SelphLogging]

2014 6.5

Totals
G1: 5.5"
G2: 15.5"
G3: 10.5"
Abnormal: 2.5"
Mbs: 41.5"
Spread: 19"
C1: 8.5"
C2: 7.75"
C3: 8.25"
C4: 5"

Gross: 123"

 

[fairchaser]

2014 6.5

Totals
G1: 5.5"
G2: 15.5"
G3: 10.5"
Abnormal: 2.5"
Mbs: 41.5"
Spread: 19"
C1: 8.5"
C2: 7.75"
C3: 8.25"
C4: 5"

Gross: 123"

Mass?

 

[ROUGH COUNTRY HUNTER]

I was thinking 117,nice old buck

 

[megalomaniac]

right at 132"... beam length and spread helps his score... shame tines are so short, they hurt his overall score

 

[Andy S.]

Mass?

It's there. He denoted circumference (H measurements) with a C.