Does your biggest buck score the most?
03-19-2007, 09:21 AM
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Does your biggest buck score the most?
yea I know this sounds like a dumb question, but hear me out. Does anyone else fall into the situation where your "biggest" buck isn't the one that scores the most?
Between my 2 nicest bucks, I consider the smaller scoringone my biggest. It only scores lower because the one side of the rack is a little goofy, but its good side is awesome. My "smaller" buck out scores it by about 3", but in my opinion, the goofy sided buck is clearly the nicer(bigger) one.
yea I know scores shouldn't matter and all that, actually I think this post is trying to prove that you can't always put so much focus on the score of a deer.
Anyways, its march we are all bored so I figured at least this topic wasn't about bows, or carbon clothing.
Between my 2 nicest bucks, I consider the smaller scoringone my biggest. It only scores lower because the one side of the rack is a little goofy, but its good side is awesome. My "smaller" buck out scores it by about 3", but in my opinion, the goofy sided buck is clearly the nicer(bigger) one.
yea I know scores shouldn't matter and all that, actually I think this post is trying to prove that you can't always put so much focus on the score of a deer.
Anyways, its march we are all bored so I figured at least this topic wasn't about bows, or carbon clothing.
03-19-2007, 09:25 AM
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RE: Does your biggest buck score the most?
I have never scored a single on of my bucks, and I have well over ten under my belt. Size doesnt matter to me...
Now, if you asked me how much MEAT I have gotten out of deer, that I could tell you. Many of my racks just get nailed to the side of the barn for bird perches and squirrel nutrients. Gotta give back to nature what you take out
Now, if you asked me how much MEAT I have gotten out of deer, that I could tell you. Many of my racks just get nailed to the side of the barn for bird perches and squirrel nutrients. Gotta give back to nature what you take out
03-19-2007, 10:03 AM
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RE: Does your biggest buck score the most?
My buddy has a 130" 6 point that is just MASSIVE and would be considered QUITE larger than his "biggest", a 160" 12 point.
The 6 point actually weighed 212 dressed while the 12 point only weighed about 165. Obviously the 6 point was much older too
As far as MY biggest... well that's getting a little personal isn't it??
The 6 point actually weighed 212 dressed while the 12 point only weighed about 165. Obviously the 6 point was much older too
As far as MY biggest... well that's getting a little personal isn't it??
03-19-2007, 10:09 AM
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RE: Does your biggest buck score the most?
The 2-1/2 yr old 7-pointer I took, last year.....was a bigger bodied deer than the 3-1/2 yr old 8 pointer taken at the tail end of the rut. The difference in body mass was noticeable......but I believe there was more meat in the lighter deer (Sounds funny.....but I think he was lean from rutting so hard).
Rack-wise.....the 3-1/2 yr old would definitely outscore the 2-1/2 yr old, though.
Rack-wise.....the 3-1/2 yr old would definitely outscore the 2-1/2 yr old, though.
03-19-2007, 11:02 AM
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RE: Does your biggest buck score the most?
Doesn't sound like a dumb question at all to me. I fall into the same category as you. If you just went by age, mass, spread, and height thenI have a couple of"smaller" bucksthat are bigger than my "biggest" buck.
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