It’s a 5-point Mule Deer, change my mind

[Ought Six]

@Ought Six
Are “management bucks” 3 pointers, or 4 pointers?



“Points are counted above the first fork and don’t include the eye guard, which isn’t considered a point.”

https://wildlife.utah.gov/pdf/bg/management_buck_orientation.pdf

The Utards really contradict themselves in this paragraph lol

“Points are counted above the first fork and don’t include the eye guard, which isn’t considered a point. A point is a projection that’s longer than one inch, measured from its base to its tip, including damaged or broken antlers.”

I get not counting them if they are less than an inch rules is rules

 

[Straight Arrow]

A buck worth a closer look.

 

[TheTone]

I counted these on this bucks harvest report. No guidance as to whether or not to count them. I kinda just wanted whoever entered the data to think someone killed a 6x6 buck and make the assumption that it was really big, which it isn’t

 

[Ought Six]

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I counted these on this bucks harvest report. No guidance as to whether or not to count them. I kinda just wanted whoever entered the data to think someone killed a 6x6 buck and make the assumption that it was really big, which it isn’t

Really cool buck! Don’t see that very often

 

[Redman]

This is a 3x3 out West.
This is a 13 point in the Midwest

Don't get me started trying to explain the confusion around here when I tell people I passed a 12 point for to shoot a 8 point! Most people around here don't understand how to age a deer and go off of antler tine numbers vs actual length, width, and mass....

 

[gouch]

A couple of years ago I saw the biggest blacktail I have ever seen. I have only seen a handful of mule deer with bigger racks. He was a mainframe 3 point with split brow tines. I told people I saw a huge three point and I think they had a pretty good idea what I saw. If I said I saw a huge 5 point because of the brow tines, they would have envisioned a mainframe four point with kickers. not even close to what I actually saw.

 

[The Hedgehog]

A ten pointer

 

[gouch]

A ten pointer
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You almost have to count those brow tines.

 

[Ought Six]

This is a 3x3 out West.View attachment 255833

3x3 with eye-guards in my part of the west

 

[Ought Six]

A ten pointer
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That looks like a big ol’ heavy mountain troll Dino 5-point if I ever seen one

 

[6mm Remington]

All the points are counted on a mule deer here in Montana. Should have clarified that a bit. Count points on each side. 5x5 mule deer buck, 3x4 mule deer buck. Each point per side is counted. KISS

 

[6mm Remington]

A ten pointer
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Heck of a nice 5 point mule deer buck. Big old body on him also!!

 

[EYJONAS!]

 

[bigsky2]

The weird thing to me is how its common for people to not count the eyeguards on a mule deer, but they always count them on a whitetail. Then if you go to Arizona they don't count eyeguards on coues or what the locals often refer to as whitetails.

 

[Straight Arrow]

My 14-yr-old-then grandson shot this buck. The eye guards are like knife blades. It has fifteen points you can hang a ring on.

 

[Ought Six]

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Think I’d rather be called a Utard tbh

 

[gouch]

Going home from hunting on night we stopped a gas station. The attendant saw we were hunters, so he pointed to a pickup parked alongside the station and told us that that guy had a 17X15 buck in the back. We went over to look and sure enough there was a buck, not particularly big, but it had points going all over the place. While talking to the guy he started noticing a bunch of junk around the base of the antlers, so he started counting those too. He ended up calling the buck a 23X20. I don't know what it should really be called but it was sure a cool looking buck.

 

[Carl 9.3x62]

People tend to count brow tines when they want the buck to sound bigger than it is.

 

[Ought Six]

People tend to count brow tines when they want the buck to sound bigger than it is.

I disagree, eye-guards can be the difference in 6-8 inches of extra score, that 6-8 inches can mean the difference of a 180 gross and a 180 net

 

[The Hedgehog]

I've got a 4 by 4 plus 10 eyeguards.