Originally Posted by Topgun 3006

Thank you! Both those racks are whitetails. The nearest is a typical 10 pointer and the rear one is the only nontypical one I've ever seen in the wild. He's pretty wide and is also a ten pointer that most think is a 4x4 muley with brows. Both were taken in the brush country of south Texas. What was really something about the Booner antelope is that John and I were putting a stalk on two nice bucks that I had scouted and waypointed before the season opened when we ran into him and there was no doubt he was the best we had ever seen on the hoof. He went straight away from us and actually cut the distance back to the truck by over 1/4 mile and then laid down on the top of a big hill to watch his territory to the north the way he had been heading. We slipped up below him to about 210 yards, set up and waited until he got back up and he didn't know what hit him when John touched one off. Here is John carrying him back to the truck so we could take him in and let the taxidermist cape him out, as we didn't want to mess him up. The taxidermist isn't done with the mount yet and I can't wait to see it when it's finished.

Originally Posted by flags

What I think happens, especially for game like elk is that a lot of people are hunting them with guides and they don't know much about them. They go on a guided hunt and when the guide says "shoot him he will score 330" or something like that, they take the guide's word as gospel even if the elk is little more than a raghorn. Guides get paid to get animals for their clients and they aren't above stretching things a bit on hunters that are kind of ignorant. Same thing happens with speedgoats. Not many people live in real good speedgoat country so not many people are good at judging them. There are a lot of non-residents hunting mulies with guides and the same thing happens there. How many spindly mulies you see with a caption saying he went 180 or 190? You don't here about it as much with whitetails since people are more familiar with them.

And since it won't make the book it never gets officially scored. Plus, no trophy ever gets smaller when the stories start being told. Unless the score is officially recorded it will always increase slightly every time the story gets told.


lol. a little time makes an average fishing trip , great.




I used to be a member of the NAHC until they got stupid. There was a guy on there that stated he took bulls better than 325 B&C every year on public land in CO. I told him he was a liar since I know the area really well that he claimed to hunt and a 325 bull is a very rare beast in that area. So, went on the net and found a photo of a 325 bull and posted it and challenged him to post some photos of his "325" bulls. He never did. A 325 bull is a pretty impressive beast. He may have thought he was taking big elk, but bottom line if the main beams aren't 50 inches or better the bull probably won't break the 320 mark.

Originally Posted by kidoggy

my thoughts on this is if your happy with what you shot , it makes no difference if it scores 250 or 350.if your not happy with it , you should have passed.just the oppinion of a simple man.