Pic of buck i would be more than happy with what would something like this score is my 1st question and my second is these genes have been around here for years and years, full rack on one side and a fork on the other, whats this coming from, certain buck or doe or what?

I have NO analytical method to scoring deer. I just like trying.....and I'm pretty new at it.

Top of my head......80's.

He reminds me ofmy Pa buck from last year.

Can't answer your question.

I killed one with a nice 4 on one side and small 2 on the other, but he had somehow broken
his leg and it was knotted and calcified around the break, and the broken leg was opposite of
the small side. As I understand it there is often a correlation btw injury and antler growth like this.

This first buck was taken in 04 and entered in the contest. When I shot him I thought he was a spike on that side, actually he was a broken rack buck. He was 3.5 years old and would have been 130" buck, that one side almost went 60 inches.

His score for the contest was: 79 7/8




Now this buck I shot on my birthday, almost the last day of our season and it was a true spike on one side. 12.5" spike. I scored this buck for entering into the 05 contest. It's score was 71 1/8".



You buck should measure into the 70's perhaps 80's with that extra tine on the one side.

A guy from our hunting party shot a, what I think was "mature spike" This thing had like 12-15" spikes that were thick. I would have probably mounted it just because you would think you will never see that again. It was a big bodied deer too.

Ive been told by deer farmers that does genes make up 80% or something like that of the genes in their offspring. As a deer farmer my dad not only gets good bucks as breeder bucks but he also is most particular on which does he will get to use in breeding. As for what started the case Id say a doe from what Ive been told. But IMO it takes good genes on both Buck/Doe to produce another good buck.

I love the "odd" racks

Rob, too bad you couldn't take the left from the first and the right from the second. You'd have a pretty good Frankenbuck.

BTW, from those pics and your recent ones you can really tell you've gotten into shape. Way to go, bud.