Originally Posted by
Semisane
Exactly right
WV Hunter. A "trophy" must be judged by the local environment.
Here's the best buck I've taken in twelve years of hunting our 900 acre piney woods lease.
He's a true trophy by our standards - a monster.
I've never scored a deer. But just for the heck of it I scored this rack a little while ago using the B&C on-line score calculator (didn't fudge a bit). He scored a whopping 99.
It's unlikely I'll ever shoot a better one in our area. But go 30 miles West to the black soil of the Mississippi River bottom lands and this one would be considered mediocre.
Semi....that is a nice buck for sure! Congrats!
I don't care about score, because I know I'll likely never kill one that scores high, unless I move or hunt places where they live. As it is, I just enjoy my hunting....and hunt for the upper end bucks in the area I'm in. I pass alot of small / med bucks every year, and usually only end up shooting does. Once every few years I'll bump into one I feel like shooting. Three years ago I saw one a little bigger than this one during M/L season....and of course I had my bow, and stood there at 45yds. This time I got lucky and made the right choice and had my knight.
