View Poll Results: B&C Gross Score that puts a Buck on the Wall
130+
19
57.58%
140+
10
30.30%
150+
2
6.06%
160+
2
6.06%
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How Big Does it Have to be?
11-23-2009, 05:04 PM
#1
Fork Horn
Thread Starter
Join Date: Nov 2005
Posts: 105
How Big Does it Have to be?
Alright, I'm sure this will strike quite the debate...
How big does a buck have to be for you to justify the $500 for a mount?
I know that there are a lot of determining factors i.e. first buck, memorable hunt, etc.
What does it have to be...140, 150, 160?
I'm just for those who have killed a lot of deer, where do you decide to make the investment for a shoulder mount?
How big does a buck have to be for you to justify the $500 for a mount?
I know that there are a lot of determining factors i.e. first buck, memorable hunt, etc.
What does it have to be...140, 150, 160?
I'm just for those who have killed a lot of deer, where do you decide to make the investment for a shoulder mount?
11-24-2009, 05:11 AM
#2
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Audubon & Red Rock, Penna.
Posts: 4,472
I would say that, for most hunters, a 130"+ deer is the deer of a life time.
Unless you're only talking about hunters in Canada or the midwest, you may have started the numbers too high.
I have 4 bucks mounted:
90" six pointer - first archery buck
105" eight pointer
100" eight pointer
120" eight pointer
My biggest buck to date only grossed 128". And it was a 4.5 year old buck that weighed 230lbs on the hoof.
Unless you're only talking about hunters in Canada or the midwest, you may have started the numbers too high.
I have 4 bucks mounted:
90" six pointer - first archery buck
105" eight pointer
100" eight pointer
120" eight pointer
My biggest buck to date only grossed 128". And it was a 4.5 year old buck that weighed 230lbs on the hoof.
11-24-2009, 07:52 AM
#3
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: northern USA
Posts: 274
I have a ten point that scores 138 on the wall, antlers only. I would probably get a full head mount but my wife feels like the deer are staring at her and I wouldn't be able to hang the head mount where I could see it a lot. So I would go with just an antler mount until I get a Booner. No point in mounting them if you can't enjoy looking at them all the time.
11-24-2009, 12:01 PM
#5
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: South Central Wisconsin
Posts: 1,007
I've got to say 140 with my bow, 150 with gun. That isn't a hard and fast rule as a broken tine or some other factor could limit the overall score of a great buck. I've got several 115-125's on plaques, but they don't deserve a head mount. They would look very silly next to the 174 that my grandpa shot (his first ever buck) and I had mounted after he died.
11-24-2009, 07:40 PM
#8
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Fulton county IL USA
Posts: 4,271
My wife says that any more bucks need to score 150"+ to go on our walls. That seems to be the average of the deer we've got mounted up to this point.
However, with all 3 of my kids hunting now.... I'm sure we will make exceptions to this rule as they take some "trophy" bucks over the years!
However, with all 3 of my kids hunting now.... I'm sure we will make exceptions to this rule as they take some "trophy" bucks over the years!
11-26-2009, 06:57 AM
#9
Spike
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Connecticut
Posts: 47
i shot a 144 8 pointer that exwife wouldnt let me mount luckily 10 years an new wife later shot a 160" gross 10 pointer that is shoulder mounted and hanging in living room. i dont feel there is an answer to this. if you shoot a deer that you feel you want to get mounted than you should. you're the judge not us
