2-bucks
PMA Member
Not really a 300" deer, but I did have an awsome week of bow hunting in early November. I saw a lot of deer and connected on these two beautiful ones (one any sex and one land owner tag).
A lot of deer get there age and score estimated on here. I think the estimated scores are usually pretty close, but the ages are all over the place. I think very few people, me included, are any good at field judging age once a deer is 3.5 or more.
Let's have some fun and see who can score (gross) and age these the closest. I will tell you the main frame 8 had 8 sticker points that total 18 inches. He weighed 200 lbs dressed. The ten point is a clean ten that weighed 180 lbs dressed. I have scored both carefully but am not an official scorer. I have come within 2" of official scores on several other deer I have scored, so my score is not likely exact, but pretty close. Both deer have been aged by me and an experienced taxidermist using the lower jaw and comapring to tooth charts. I am going to send in teeth from both for cross section aging, but have not done that yet.
I already have my mounts back so I will post a couple more photo's to help also.
A lot of deer get there age and score estimated on here. I think the estimated scores are usually pretty close, but the ages are all over the place. I think very few people, me included, are any good at field judging age once a deer is 3.5 or more.
Let's have some fun and see who can score (gross) and age these the closest. I will tell you the main frame 8 had 8 sticker points that total 18 inches. He weighed 200 lbs dressed. The ten point is a clean ten that weighed 180 lbs dressed. I have scored both carefully but am not an official scorer. I have come within 2" of official scores on several other deer I have scored, so my score is not likely exact, but pretty close. Both deer have been aged by me and an experienced taxidermist using the lower jaw and comapring to tooth charts. I am going to send in teeth from both for cross section aging, but have not done that yet.
I already have my mounts back so I will post a couple more photo's to help also.
