How to Judge a Buck: Can you guess the score of these 10 B&C trophies?
(1) Measure the inside spread at the widest point between the main beams. Make sure your tape measure is perpendicular to the length of the skull and parallel to the top of the head. Round all measurements to the nearest 1/8 inch. (2) Measure from the antler's burr edge along the middle of the main beam on the outside, all the way to the center of the last tip. Repeat on the other side of the rack. (3) Measure the tines from where they emerge off the main beam along the outside of their curvature. Start with the brow tine (called the G1), then the next point (G2), and so on. Then record all abnormal points. Only count points longer than 1 inch. (4) Measure the circumference (mass) of each antler in four spots: roughly halfway (or at the narrowest spot) between the burr and the brow tine, the first and second points, the second and third points, and the third and fourth points. If the buck is an 8-pointer and doesn't have a fourth tine jutting off the main beam, take the measurement halfway between the middle of the third point and the tip of the antler. (5) Add all the measurements for the final gross score. Field & Stream Online Editors
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Typical whitetail deer
Killed in Cando, SK, 1998 Can you guess the score? (see answer by clicking to the next slide)
A: 172-2/8
B: 181-6/8
C: 195-5/8
D: 210-1/8
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B: 181-6/8
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Typical whitetail deer
Killed in Lac La Biche, AB, 1998 Can you guess the score? (see answer by clicking to the next slide)
A: 161
B: 167-7/8
C: 175
D:182-1/8
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C: 175
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Typical whitetail deer
Killed in Valleyview, AB, 1988 Can you guess the score? (see answer by clicking to the next slide)
A: 160-2/8
B: 169-1/8
C: 172
D: 180
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A: 160-2/8
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Typical mule deer
Killed in Platte Co., WY, 1993 Can you guess the score? (see answer by clicking to the next slide)
A: 161-2/8
B: 172-5/8
C: 188-2/8
D: 195-7/8
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C: 188-2/8
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Non-typical Coues’ whitetail
Killed in Santa Cruz Co., AZ, 1996 Can you guess the score? (see answer by clicking to the next slide)
A: 125-1/8
B: 133
C: 145-2/8
D: 152-7/8
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A: 125-1/8
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Typical whitetail deer
Killed in Crawford Co., WI, 1995 Can you guess the score? (see answer by clicking to the next slide)
A: 144-7/8
B: 158
C: 172-1/8
D: 188-6/8
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D: 188-6/8
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Typical whitetail deer
Killed in Noble Co., OK, 1997 Can you guess the score? (see answer by clicking to the next slide)
A: 151-1/8
B: 164-1/8
C: 177
D: 182-2/8
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B: 164-1/8
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Typical mule deer
Killed in Sounding Creek, AB, 1998 Can you guess the score? (see answer by clicking to the next slide)
A: 180-1/8
B: 196
C: 204
D: 211-7/8
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B: 196
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Typical whitetail deer
Killed in Adams Co., IL, 1998 Can you guess the score? (see answer by clicking to the next slide)
A: 165-1/8
B: 176-1/8
C: 186-1/8
D: 191
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B: 176-1/8
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Typical Coues’ whitetail
Killed in Sonora, MX, 1999 Can you guess the score? (see answer by clicking to the next slide)
A: 101-1/8
B:111-3/8
C:117-4/8
D:129-5/8
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B:111-3/8
