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A deer has 4 tines on one side, and 4 on the other.

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I would call it an 8 point. some in Canada or other in states would call it a 4 point. What if it has 5 on one side and 4 on the other side? I think the best way to count points is to count them all. It will be interesting to know why some would only count one side.

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I would call it an 8.

People in my area would call it a 4, but personally I learned how to add way back in elementary school. 4 on one side + 4 on the other = 8 total points.

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And still some people would call it a 4 x 4.

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I live in SD and most would call it a 4 pointer here, but on all the hunting shows they would refer to it as an 8, just curious how the forum pans out.

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It would be called a 4 by 4 or an 8 by most folks I know.. Well, most would call it an 8 but I spent to much time out of the area with people who called them 4 X 4's.

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8 pointer by Eastern count. 4 pointer by western terminology.

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8pointer here in Illinois we like to count them all.this way there is no question to how many they actually have.

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I would call this a 8 pointer, but i've heard it called a 4x4 even a 9 pointer they call it a 4x5 just doesn't make a whole lot of sence to me.

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LOL as Dubya would say Fuzzy Math...

8 pointer soundsa lot better to me..

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I voted '4' because that's closer to the way we do it around here. Nobody I know would call it an 8. And yet, nobody I know would call itjust a'4' either; most would call it a 4x4.

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yup i agree. but i'm in the east so i voted for 8. i've never heard whitetails called a 4 point or 4x5. but elk on the other hand.

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Around these parts it'd be called an 8 pointer. We add all thepoints together and that's what it is.It seems to me thatusing the"4x4"nomenclature is a western/northern thing where they also talk about mulies and elk where the"A x B" is the common method of describing a rack. Here in whitetail(only) country, weuse the common method for describing a whitetail rack (at least from my observations).

Mike

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8 pointer.

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It's an 8. Don't let Girly men confuse you.

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growing up in Wyoming with elk, mulies, and white tails I heard all the nomenclatures. The Standard was to count one side for all three. But I think that elk and mulies should be counted on one side and whitetails count 'em all.
Elk: 4 point bull
Mulie: 4 point buck
Whitetail: 8 point

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I dont even see a pic ???????

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That'd be and 8 pt in Ohio.

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It's nice to see I've got at least 2 others on my side. When you easterners say in a post, "last year I got a 6 pointer" I'm under the assumption it's got 6 on each side.

Where I get confused is that when it's a non-typical you always hear for a 5x5 that "It's a main frame 5", why not say it's a main frame 10????????

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Am I allowed to vote?? I'm not in the contest! ;)

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None of the above, I never pointer....

I'd call it an 8 point.

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I described a buck I took a couple years ago this way: He's a main-frame 5x5 with split brow tines, making him a 12-pointer. But that's just so you'd know how his structure looks. If anyone asks how many points he has, I say 12.

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I would call it an 8 point. IMHO 4 X 4 and one sided counts are deceiving to the accurate count of points. Use the KISS analogy (keep it simple stupid)!

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I get confussed so I callem all it's a 4x4, 8 point total, 4 on each side. kinda cover all the bases....

don't get to make the call all that often, most of the time its a floppy, oleskin head, ect ect.. :)

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8 point

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Deer! And meat in the freezer. :)8 point

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Where is the pic?

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no pic, just in theory to see what people use for terminology

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I'd call it an 8 point, and hopefuly dinner on the table. :)

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Here in Georgia, everybody would call it an 8 point. Maybe in Canada or some northern state, they might call it at 4x4 or just a 4 point.

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I can maybe seewhere the one-sided counts would maybe not give you the true image of the rack, if you're used to counting both sides.

But how would 4x4 or 4x5 or 5x6 or 4x6 (or whatever) be deceiving? That's as plainly and accurately as you can state it.

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freezer meat?

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How big is that northern?that's not a musky is it? tiger musky maybe? anyway how long n how heavy?

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8pointer in my neck of the woods!

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The Northern is26lbs, not sure on the length, and unfortunatly it's my little brother who caught it, I can't lay claim to that prize.

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4 x 4 = 8 There is no pic guys...he described the scenario as a deer with 4 points on each side:eek:

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In nebraska its simple. That would be called a 4 By 4. Up here you can always tell when a guy is from the south when he says he got a 4 pointer.

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EDIT .............DEAD!

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OH... WHAT THE HECK.... Let's just call him a
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