that's 174 3/8

178

169 3/8

Kris24,
this happened in the last contest as well. If you are correct that the score has been disclosed, a different buck will be chosen. No worries.

155 5/8

159 3/8

173

161 3/8

172 3/8

It did happen in the last contest. since its posted at 176 an some change i'll add my change 7/8. 176 an 7/8

164 6/8 inches

156 3/8

147 1/8

169.

247 and 5/100 of an inch ;)

151 1/4

I'm sorry, I forget to post this..
I tagged a nice buck not far from my home..
September 30, 2009..
The Gift Buck: Scott Bestul Tags Huge Bow Season Whitetail in Minnesota!!!

152 3/8

157 1/8

it looks to be a 12 pt. buck nice spur shaped kicker by his right thumb.

Atleast a 27 maybe 28 in spread I could be wrong angle kinda doesn't give much of a hint.

My apologies. I wasn't trying to be discouraging. I just think if everyone posts their guesses now, there will be so much more influence on people to change what they might have guessed and just go with some of the most popular answers. That takes the fun out of the competition in my opinion.

"He gross-scored 176 and change. Lousy judging skills? Poor camera/deer angle?"

That is a quote from the man who killed it. This competition really isn't fair if you are going to use deer that can be looked up via the internet or any other method. What is sad is that the quote is posted on this very blog on October 1st 2009.

"He gross scored 176 and change." Scott Bestul (October 1st, 2009)

Come on Dave Hurteau give me some type of acknowledgement that you have seen my message about Scott Bestul already giving the score of this deer. In your post you even comment that he hasnt given the score to anyone, but that is not true. I understand if you still want to use the buck because your having the contestants guess the fractions, but it isnt really fair to those who are purely guessing measurements from the photos. In my opinion you should pick another deer, but hey that is just my opinion.

i would have to say 148 1/8

o that guy used a mattews

148 7/8

Again, apologies to all. I just contacted Scott, who says he is "red-faced with shame" for forgetting that he'd posted the score. And I'm feeling rather red-in-the-face myself for not catching it.
Anyway, this buck is disqualified, and I'll be putting a new buck up today.

One should not be shocked if people get this 100% correct. There is a program you can download that is used for measuring items in photos online. It is often used to measure target submitted in contest and is very, very accurate. One clicks the starting point and edn point and it tells you what the measurement is in the photo. The software is calibrated by finding items in the picture of known size. Item in this case would be glasses, strap, bow string, string grub, zipper, etc.

:)

this deer grosses177 and 1/8

176 3/8- That was my guess before they started posting that it had already been scored!

153 3/8

160 3/8

Must be alot of people out there that just look at the pictures. ha There must be at least 20 guesses since the real score was released, how funny.

Kris24 is the kind of guy that no one likes to go hunting with I am sure. My stands would be to low, in the wrong tree, or over the wrong trail.......... Who cares that this buck score was posted somewhere in the world of the internet. If you had half-a-brain you would have just kept the number to yourself and been a lot closer to the Grand total than some of the others. Quit telling us how the "Movie Ends" and just have fun with it.

158 1/8

175 1/4

172 4/8

What a coincidence! I would have guessed 176.

My guess is 144 5/8 really just a guess

Great buck!! I'd say 146 5/8

167 5/8

165 7/8

151 3/8

umm i never saw the new buck to replace this week 2 one....so 176 is my guess ;) just incase...or did we skip from week 1 to week 3

153 5/8

412 9/8

You kids sure are open with your guesses when it doesn't do any good to post them until the end.