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What would this buck score?

That’s a great buck, he looks to be 5 based on his body…I would say 135”
If he had 3” more inches to his spread everyone would say 150” lol
 
Something I've learned is it's hard to score a buck without an idea of body size. If I had that buck on my camera I'd bet on him being 110ish, because I have several bucks on my wall that are about even with their ears on width (15" inside spread) like that one. Eight pointers. They all score 100-110ish. Small osceola and virginianus subspecies. 220ish live weight.

But if that's a 275lb deer, my mind may change.
 
MSbowhunter48 said:
I’m not great at scoring and it may just be the picture angle, but that buck is bigger than 114” in my opinion. If he’s got 22-23” main beams and 17-18” wide like I’m thinking, he’s easily mid 120’s with that tine length.
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Officially scored 114 and change.

Didn’t mean to hijack. I just think my buck is very similar to the OP‘s. His might be more narrow but similar mass and his has better tine length.


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I have to agree he's right around 115. And there's no way I would pass on a buck like that. Tell your boy to shoot him and get a nice European mount made
 
PEEJAY said:
. theres no way that guy is scoring 135.
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I don’t think 135”, but I have a 112” on my wall and this guy has taller tines from what I can tell. I’m a friggin noob though. I know there’s some well educated and better gentlemen/woodsmen and women on here than me!
 
Nutterbuster said:
Something I've learned is it's hard to score a buck without an idea of body size. If I had that buck on my camera I'd bet on him being 110ish, because I have several bucks on my wall that are about even with their ears on width (15" inside spread) like that one. Eight pointers. They all score 100-110ish. Small osceola and virginianus subspecies. 220ish live weight.

But if that's a 275lb deer, my mind may change.
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100% agree. If the OP’s buck is 180 pounds I bet 120” is a great guess. If he’s a 275 pound Minnesota monster He would easily score over 130.


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This is a 10 point just outside the ears wide and he scored 130. He OPs deer is a 115ish Screenshot_20220908-164813_Gallery.jpgScreenshot_20220908-164830_Gallery.jpg
 
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There’s a big difference between what a 3 year old will score vs a 5 year old .
 
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