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#23
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Eastern wv
Posts: 3,649
those calling the buck in the 130's, 140's, and even a 150
compare the 2 pics, the top buck scores 126, horns are about equal except the top buck has a wider spread and more mass.
you figure the top buck has 2" more spread, at least 4" more on main beam length, and possibly 2" on mass, your looking at approx. 118" in the bottom pic.
RR
#24
Wouldn't body size factor in to the appearance of the rack size? Not sure what your deer weighs but just thinking a WV deer wouldn't be an accurate comparison to a Kansas deer based on the fact that i have always heard Kansas deer are heavy compared to the same age WV deer. Its all just my opinion but no way do I believe that second deer is only 118 inches. Guess I never will know
#25
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Eastern wv
Posts: 3,649
Wouldn't body size factor in to the appearance of the rack size? Not sure what your deer weighs but just thinking a WV deer wouldn't be an accurate comparison to a Kansas deer based on the fact that i have always heard Kansas deer are heavy compared to the same age WV deer. Its all just my opinion but no way do I believe that second deer is only 118 inches. Guess I never will know
here is a link to some bucks that either barely made 125" P&Y min. or barely did not, look at the 130's and 140's in there
http://forums.bowsite.com/TF/bgforum...orum=4#3086109
RR
Last edited by Ridge Runner; 01-25-2015 at 06:59 AM.
#26
I know what it takes for 8 point to make 140's. I have a 142" 8 point on the wall(gross). And from the first and third picture of the original poster they are similar other than lacking some mass and some brow length.
#29
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Allegan, MI
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If you know what it takes for an 8 pointer to make 140s and are guessing the OP buck at 135-140, please post a picture of your 142" buck! This thread is exactly why I don't like to see people asking for scores because it's obvious with the wide discrepancy of "guesses" that a lot of people making them haven't killed and/or scored enough deer to know what they're talking about. Very few 8 pointers will go into the 140s and a 150" one is very few and far between. RR is in the ballpark on the OP buck and IMHO anyone that says it goes over 120" needs to get the B&C scoring sheet out and learn how they're measured!