Holly crap!!! look what I found while scouting today...

[Pat B]

Nice rack Ryan. We got pics of 3 different deer at our club with split brow tines a few weeks back. We have hunted that same piece of ground for over 20 years and never seen a split brow tine on any deer. Some or these critters are totally nocturnal. I hope his bro or dad will screw up and give you a chance.     Pat

[Auggie]

As far as Im concerned take and measure what the good lord put into the rack and the deducution crap, well its just crapola,and Ill leave it at that. Auggie.

[mullet]

Beautiful f it was me I'd hope he was the male slut in that neighborhood.

[8up]

Ryano great find. Here is a link to help you score him.
http://www.boone-crockett.org/bgRecords/bc_scoring_typwhitetail.asp?area=bgRecords&type=Typical+Whitetail+Deer

You might talk with the guy who was looking for the big one he shot. If he describes it right maybe you could trade the rack for hunting rights

[Ryano]

Thanks Ron. I already showed it to him, hes not sure if its the one or not. Im sure he would let me hunt his land if I asked anyways, he always has in the past. Hes not a archery hunter. I dont think he showed any interest in taking the skull, hes killed lots of big bucks.

[Lilmoosecountry]

NICE FIND!!!!!

[Ryano]

    

[Ryano]

My buddy remeasured it to pope and youngs spec's and came up with 145.25 gross and 12" of deductions for a net of 133.25" not bad I think I still would have shot him!

[Justin Snyder]

I think your buddy made some mistakes.  It has more deductions than that.  Every inch that is not symmetrical is a deduction.  Missing an entire point of that size is a lot of deductions.  Lets call it 145.25" non typical.  He is pretty no matter what he scores.  Justin

[DanaM]

I thought us primitives wern't trophy hunters

[Ryano]

Justin,we did deducted the 6" G4  two 1 3/4" kicker points plus a couple inches for symmetry on the rest of the rack. Pretty sure he knows what hes doing.

Dana, I'm not what I would call a trophy hunter but I still try to kill the biggest buck I can find. Don't you? Doesn't mean I don't end up shooting a smaller one near the end of the season, but I always take a doe for the meat so I really have no reason to shoot a small buck. Measuring a rack is just for fun, I like to keep track of the biggest deer harvested on or near my hunting areas and this one would have been close to being the largest ever.

[DanaM]

Ryano i wouldn't pass on a big buck thats fer sure but then again I don't think I would worry about measuring it either.
The way its going so far this year I may have to settle for squirrrels The area I'm hunting just don't have many deer,
no farm land and no mast crop this year but it is mine alone to hunt so no competition. Tough hunting to say the least.

[Justin Snyder]

Ryan, I thought G4 was longer than that, maybe 8".  Maybe that is why it didn't seem right to me. 

Dana, there is nothing wrong with measuring.  It helps give non-primitives a better appreciation of what can be done with a stickbow.     I measured my pronghorn to see how he would score. He scored 9" over book, but I didn't bother to submit him for the book.  Justin

[Pappy]

That is about what I would have guessed him.140gross and net around 130.Very nice deer.
I'm no trophy hunter either but I sure like knowing there is one around that I might stumble
into.Like I have said in other threads I am a trophy hunter till something else comes a long the I go into the kill mode.Just can't help myself.
   Pappy

[DanaM]

Pappy I'm surprised that you see any deer, I imagine the deer  have posters of you in all thier bedding areas warning
of the dangerous predator lurking in trees