Why do people inflate their deer scores ?

[KBacon]

I've visited many of these forums.. and seen alot of nice buck pics. Some people post legitimate scores.. and others are grossly inflated.

Why post a score higher than what your deer really scores?

I just don't see the point.. But it seems to becoming more and more common.

[Red Lion]

I personally would not do so, as I am proud of any deer I harvest. People think that deer hunting, like other pursuits, is a competition, so exagerating is not unexpected.

[janesburg]

EGO, thats it. Lets not forget guys posting the weight of a deer. Either they don't weigh it and guess really bad or they have never even weighed an actual animal to even come close to a legit guess.

I've read guys posting of 180 lb does. Like it happens all of the time. Not saying it can't happen, but it surely is not the norm. I often laugh when I read of an animals weight. Its usually rounded to the next 000("the deer weighed 170 lbs.) Why not 167 lbs? Why not 177 lbs? Because it was never weighed, thats why.

[Pops423]

I think it's a case of not knowing how to do it properly. I think a lot of times, guys include the tip to tip spread as well. or don't know how to properly measure the tine lenght.

I also think a lot of it comes from watching all the hunting shows on tv and hearing them say, I just passed a 130" deer and you darn well know that buck isn't more than 100".

Or they look at other pictures, which can be deceiving and take a guess

Or when we look at their pictures, they are deceiving and we all think they are overstating.

[Allen Denton]

I know some people do it on purpose but most do not know and think they are making a good guess. We started weighing every deer and taking jaw bones for the state at our club and the weights we thought we were killing went WAY DOWN!!!! At first a deer would come in and someone would say that buck is every bit 200 lbs. and we would weigh it and it would be 175 or so. It was usually about 20 lbs off. Same goes for horns, people do not know and guess way high.

[sjsfire]

Possibly to make up for some of their other "short comings"

[retrieverman]

I can't answer the question at hand, but I get a chuckle every time I see a "score this buck" post on this forum. It becomes blatantly obvious that MANY/MOST hunters wouldn't know a 100" from a 175" deer. I am not very good at scoring myself, but I know it.

[Lanse couche couche]

Well, I don't give a damn about big racks and am clueless when people start talking about scores and measurements. However, as someone who can turn a 3.5 lbs bass into a 5 pounder after a couple of beers, i can understand why it happens[X(]

[buckhunter14]

Because they aren't proud of what they shoot. That's what I don't get. Someone shoots and 75" buck and then they brag about some booner they got. Just be proud of what you shoot fellas.

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