Is my buck a 6 point or an 8?
11-26-2013, 05:25 PM
#61
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Not really because you have to know how a rack is scored in order to determine how many points it has. In this particular case I have to differ with you and anyone else that says this is a six pointer because those blunt ends of the main beam, even though they are less than an inch, are technically a point because of the way the scoring system works to determine beam length. You are making this much harder than it really is! See my post #54 
If you want to live in fantasy land that is fine by me but that buck has 6 points.
The OP knew it or he would not have asked the question in the first place.If an official B&C scorer were to come on here and state that buck is an 8 pointer(provided the scorer gives his credentials) I will be the first to admit I'm wrong!
Last edited by VAhuntr; 11-26-2013 at 05:28 PM.
11-26-2013, 05:30 PM
#62
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RR
11-26-2013, 06:50 PM
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If you want to live in fantasy land that is fine by me but that buck has 6 points. The OP knew it or he would not have asked the question in the first place.
If an official B&C scorer were to come on here and state that buck is an 8 pointer(provided the scorer gives his credentials) I will be the first to admit I'm wrong!
The OP knew it or he would not have asked the question in the first place.If an official B&C scorer were to come on here and state that buck is an 8 pointer(provided the scorer gives his credentials) I will be the first to admit I'm wrong!
Last edited by Topgun 3006; 11-26-2013 at 06:54 PM.
11-27-2013, 05:26 AM
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OK, I'd LOVE for everybody who posted on this thread to look closely AGAIN at the buck we're talking about, then tell me it's an 8pt. I'm not concerned about the scoring proceedure, which some think makes that an 8pt. If that were my buck, I promise you I wouldn't be telling my buddies I killed an 8pt. The buck in that pic has 6 points, which really answers the original question, "is my buck a 6pt or an 8pt".
We did really run with this, but it's been fun.
We did really run with this, but it's been fun.
Last edited by early in; 11-27-2013 at 05:28 AM.
11-27-2013, 06:21 AM
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If that were my buck, I promise you I wouldn't be telling my buddies I killed an 8pt.
If you call it a 6-point, I would picture a forkie with brow tines.
You would have to do more describing to get the full visual if you started with 6-pointer than if you were honest and called it a broken 8-pointer.
11-27-2013, 06:44 AM
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If you wanted to decribe it well and have people being able to visualize it, you should call it a "busted up 8-pointer". You can specify that it's an 8-pointer with the ends of the main beams broken off.
***That would probably be the best way to describe this 8 pointer since it appears that many on the forum are hung up on the 1" requirement for a tine to be counted as a tine even though the beam is not under that rule!
***That would probably be the best way to describe this 8 pointer since it appears that many on the forum are hung up on the 1" requirement for a tine to be counted as a tine even though the beam is not under that rule!