What would you say this buck scores?

[4runr]

Nice buck Dave. Maybe you should let Gray have this one and you go after his daddy!  

[Talondale]

2016     At least that's what I shoot.

I figured 158" before deductions.

[deertraks]

Enough!  

[NDTerminator]

I agree with Big Ron.  Hard to judge from a photos like these and I tend to guess conservatively anyway, so I think high 130's to low 140's gross...

[Blackhawk]

I sent the photos to a friend of mine who is an official scorer, and here are his comments.

"OK, nice buck.  Real nice on the first initial look, but............. I figure he is about 155 gross.  Unfortunately the rack has a few booboos....  that the left G2 and what would be the G3 share a common base,  Bingo, there goes points, and there is no G4 on the right side rack.  Final net score, about 145 B&C.  Maybe a 'skoosh more.  I wouldn't hesitate as my best whitetail scores just under 130.  There  is more growth potential in this buck as I don't think his rack has met it's full potential for girth."

[hill boy]

I think Slayer 1 is right on the money.Hunt It, just killem and will know for sure.  

[Shawn Leonard]

I say high 150's , low 160's gross but he would not net real well, but who cares, he is a shooter for sure. score means little to me except to give an idea to someone so they can visualize the deer in their head. shawn

[Gordon martiniuk]

Not much mass lots of duductions my guess 125 to 130tops net

[Shawn Leonard]

He loses at least 20"s in deductions, so mid 130's. Shawn

[draco]

Is he big to you? Thats all that matters. He has horns with a lot of character,and they look unusal,he`s a shooter. If score matters just ground score him when you get him and let us know.

[Straitshot]

After deducts, I don't think he will make it, but I'm not real good at scoring in the field. I've shot a couple that I thought for sure would squeek in but didn't. Like others have said, however, he is a shooter.

Louis

[Nakohe]

I would say mid 140's or so.

[hunt it]

It's still way to hot here to think about hunting yet. I'll hang a few stands this weekend and work on him. God willing and lots of luck maybe I can tell you all exactly what he scores. It really dosen't matter to me what he'll score, unless he comes by with a bigger buck he's a shooter in my books anyday. He is welcome to hang around my house anyday.

[Buz-AL@work]

Doubling the small side then subracting deductions makes me think no more than 120" net.

I hope you get your chance at him.  Looks like he's probably a "ghost", since all of those pictures are nighttime.

[gwhunter]

I'd say he goes about 65-85 lbs of butchered meat.  Real tasty looking too.   Oh yeah, he has a nice looking rack too.

[Gene Roberts]

mabye 100-150 >>>>>>----------->

[Keefer]

I would say he scores big with many Does if he doesn't get a stick in him first but if someone does get him I would say his rack goes 156 and 3/4 inch + or - 1/8th . God Bless ! Keefers <")))><

[paleFace]

i have measured a lot of deer for both P&Y and B&C and i would say his net score will be in the mid to upper 130's.

one thing you can do is use known measurements to figure out lengths. on average a bucks ear from the base to tip will be approx. 7". the width between eyes (outer edge)6". from the base of the antler to the tip of the nose approx. 9".

[eagle24]

Hard to see all in the pics.  My guess, nets in the lower 130's.

[lt-m-grow]

Put me in the lower 130s group too.  

This is one of those bucks where the scoring system fails and doesn't give it justice as to the caliber of buck it really is due.  The problem is the imbalance between the two sides.

For folks not familiar with the scoring, this buck gets scored as an eight and a very asymetrical eight at that - hence the lower score.  So you not only lose tines for inches, you lose to symmetry too.  A double penalty more or less.