Whitetail deer with score
Whitetail Deer
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Threw out a couple of threads about my trip at the end of the week to Peace River Alberta looking for a big Whitetail. I have a buddy who has land up there and he says he see "Mega bucks" regularly. I don't think his place has ever been hunted for big bucks. He shoots the first buck he can every year. I have a pretty good idea what a good one is having been around hunting lots but just never focused on whitetail before. I also have heard of the massive bodies up there can make a big racks looks small. So to help me get even more excited (if possible) post some whitetail picture with score and even better with a trail cam or on the hoof look.....don't want to shoot a small one and don't want to let a big one walk!
Thanks!
This deer isn’t as big of body as the Canadian deer. But he fooled me. I didn’t figure he was as big as he scored. He had 3 stickers totaling about 8-9 inches. Grossed right at 140
Very pretty rack. Congrats
Thanks Bake that's perfect!
Looking cool...neat double brow tine
Here's my biggest IL buck. Didn't get it with my bow, but he was only 10 yards away and I was wishing I had my bow instead of the 12 gauge.
Scored about an 1/8 inch shy of 180--that's gross, no deductions counted. This buck has a TON of mass all the way to the antler tips.
A good rule of thumb to judge a rack for me is to look for the frame of the antlers to be wider than the ears when the deer is looking towards you. If the G2's are at least as long as the ears are then it's going to score pretty well.
An Ohio 4x4. Grossed 148 3/8 Nets 145-5/8 Roughly 275# live weight Biggest bodied deer ive ever killed
This one grossed 192 Netted 185 Only about 220# live weight
Cool bucks helping me get a feel for it....the those double brow tines are cool love the character stuff
Will try to attach more pictures of my rifle deer from this weekend. I guessed it at upper 140s, ended up taping at 162 5/8s. G4s are a big player in the score game. I’ll attach the score sheet if I can
Boggs pictures show how deceiving pictures can be. See first picture then seeing score sheet, I was like no way. Then saw next two pictures I was wait I believe it.
Yep, I thought no way the first time I scored him too John, lol.
Here’s the thing, if this is your first serious whitetail hunt, shoot what makes you happy. Lots of fellas on first whitetail hunts set such a hard line at 1XX” that they are scared to shoot a deer that will really make that happy because they don’t want to embarrass themselves by shooting a deer that only scores 1YY”
If you see a buck and your heart immediately starts racing, he scores Enough”
Yep....usually when I see something I want I know it right away thanks cool deer...I don't care about hard score just general parameters...
153 4/8, had a 6 inch eye guard busted off
153 4/8, had a 6 inch eye guard busted off
The 153 on the left and my dads 14X on the right, not sure if it’s exact score but it was mid 140s for you to compare the difference
The 153 on the left and my dads 14X on the right, not sure if it’s exact score but it was mid 140s for you to compare the difference
Here’s a few more if I can get the photos and caption right
This was a mid 140s 8 pointer, not sure of exact score, I’ve had a few sleeps since then
This is my 2004 buck. Grossed in the low 180s, netted 160 and change.
Wow, I have no idea where that image came from!
Here I'll give you some Canadian deer. These are Manitoba and size will be same. That's a great area you're headed to. Should see some gooders!! This buck was mid 150's gross was officially scored I think netted 124 typical.
158 gross net 147. Official.
Going from memory believe it netted like 141. But was officially scored.
156 gross. Shoot. Going by memory and that gets foggy.
195 gross, but it was a 180 frame with 14" of trash on the bases.
If they’re never gonna make 200, we shoot them down here in Florida
For live deer and body size I'll try and dig up some pics. I feel quite confident in scoring a deer on the hoof. I would say although narrow this buck would gross in the upper 140's.
Little blurry but one of these bucks was abut 150 and the other 160 class. Both 5x5's.
Adam is just showing off now ;)
Not a lot of Canadians on here that can help, and seeing as I have like 0 hunting time bowsite is all I got this year. Lay off man!!! Getting a little testy in the rut with no hunting time! lol
I'd prob trade almost all my bucks for just that buck 12yards posted. What an absolute unit.
Great stuff guys really giving me a feel for it!
Forgot to add trail cam pics of my 162 5/8 deer. Note: that deer had a 29” neck when I killed him which is huge, the body size was definitely giant by MO standards, and will be closer to CAN deer, these are his summer pictures before his neck swelled up
Talked to a guy elk hunting this year experienced whitetail hunter and he was Mule deer hunting up in that region and said they saw 160-70 clas WH's most everyday
Man, if he gets your blood pumping, take him!!!
Bigs that has always kind of been the way it is all my life you know it when you see it !