Scoring trophies
I do not really care about how much a game animal scores. I very seldom measure mine but I have done it to amuse myself a few times. However, I do find it funny when I see a mount or a picture where someone claims a score that is absolutely unbelievable.
Looking at an elk rack that would score somewhere around 300" if a tape was properly applied and seeing the hunter claim 340" or 360" just tickles me. Same goes for some of the 80" pronghorns and 190" mule deer out there. Of course the fellows on TV hunting shows can score a running animal within an inch or so at 800 yards and "pass on them" if they are not up to snuff. Amazing talent. |
When you get paid to kill deer from a blind or stand that has been set up for you and the deer baited to the blind or stand before you arrived and all your hunting equipment is paid for by the company who makes the brand you use, you too can be an amazing expert and measure deer on the run.
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lmao@ 80" pronger! Lawdy have mercy! What's the record now? 96" or something like that? Taking in all measurements, mass circumference, spreads, blade length, main length, 16 inches really isn't all that much difference so an 80"er sheesh! I think the biggest green scoring prong I ever took was around 63" 65" or somewhere thereabouts and he looked like a MONSTER in the scope. Ended up after drying (inside and tip to tip spread shrinks some) I think it ended up with a 61 5/8" or somewhere thereabouts. Been 20+ years so memory fades a smidge. I really couldn't imagine an 80 or a 96 incher in my scope. Talk about getting horn fever! Hell I haven't bone hunted in a couple of decades but I still get all rowdy when I see a nice set of bones walking out!
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Originally Posted by super_hunt54
(Post 4201135)
lmao@ 80" pronger!
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Seriously......who cares?
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Originally Posted by Big Uncle
(Post 4201148)
They do exist but a real 80" goat is pretty rare, except on the internet!
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thems some nice lookin goats ,top. purty decent whitey in the background also.
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Originally Posted by kidoggy
(Post 4201172)
thems some nice lookin goats ,top. purty decent whitey in the background also.
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Thems some nice speedies Top, but I was sure I had to measure tip to tip as well as the widest point between. Had to look it up but I was correct. Here's the B&C online scoring sheet http://www.boone-crockett.org/bgReco...type=Pronghorn
Like I said, been a lotta years since I really cared about that stuff so I was thinking maybe I was mistaken. |
Originally Posted by super_hunt54
(Post 4201197)
Thems some nice speedies Top, but I was sure I had to measure tip to tip as well as the widest point between. Had to look it up but I was correct. Here's the B&C online scoring sheet http://www.boone-crockett.org/bgReco...type=Pronghorn
Like I said, been a lotta years since I really cared about that stuff so I was thinking maybe I was mistaken. |
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