Guess the score....

mntnguide · Mar 13, 2014

I have pictures of bulls that look 360 but score 300 and vise versa..pretty easy for a picture to be misjudged both higher or lower than they are. Thats what always cracks me up on forums of people so dead set that they can tell the score of someones animal...Doesnt happen on this forum that ive noticed.. but over on a couple others, its an absolute joke sometimes listening to people tell someone their animal doesnt score what they say. . Nonetheless, im going to go with 312" for this bull. Great bull. great down low, gets a little condensed up top with the 4th and 5th being a little close together in my view of the pic. Congrats on a great bull

tdub24 · Mar 13, 2014

Hilltop!!! Give up the score, its killing me!

gonhunting247 · Mar 13, 2014

I'm going with 310 because I always think their bigger than they are

velvetfvr · Mar 13, 2014

OregonJim said:
Velvet; this isn't The Price is Right
Ok I revise to 329 flat no .5

I guessed 330 0/8

You guessed 329 4/8. Totally fine and correct

OregonJim · Mar 13, 2014

OK someone told me to shoot the first 300" bull I see in Wy #24.
That bull would be going down 5 minutes after shooting light or 5 minutes before the end of the hunt.
I'm really hoping that bull isn't 280

I'm sticking to my original thoughts (basically)
My original guess 329.5, I'll ask for up to 10" less but less that 319...... come on man?

Thanks for the clarification Velvetfvr....... your right it's all good.
If I'm within 25" I'd be happy and surprised

Musket Man · Mar 13, 2014

Hey Jim, where have you ever seen .5 in a B&C score?

Do you really have a tag for 24?

kesand72 · Mar 14, 2014

320. No doubt. ; )

arwaterfowler · Mar 14, 2014

I agree with 72, 320

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libidilatimmy · Mar 14, 2014

Looks like Kiddwinner and Timberstalker get to wrestle over the major award with both missing by an inch......Tell them what they've won, Bob!

Bitterroot Bulls · Mar 14, 2014

Sorry I shorted it so badly.

velvetfvr · Mar 14, 2014

OregonJim said:
OK someone told me to shoot the first 300" bull I see in Wy #24.
That bull would be going down 5 minutes after shooting light or 5 minutes before the end of the hunt.
I'm really hoping that bull isn't 280
I'm sticking to my original thoughts (basically)
My original guess 329.5, I'll ask for up to 10" less but less that 319...... come on man?

Thanks for the clarification Velvetfvr....... your right it's all good.
If I'm within 25" I'd be happy and surprised

You were 4.5" off bro. I was 4" off. Not to shabby.

Topgun 30-06 · Mar 14, 2014

Let's just say that MM won't have any ground shrinkage on this one!

OregonJim · Mar 14, 2014

Musket Man said:
Hey Jim, where have you ever seen .5 in a B&C score? Do you really have a tag for 24?

I do MM, drew 24-1.....can't wait !!!!

Velvetfvr: I'll take that anyway and even better that I under estimated a bit.

OregonJim · Mar 14, 2014

Hilltop said:
No offense taken... It was a crappy angle in the picture to guess the score but that was really my intention. It is fun to see all the different opinions.

Since I drew a great tag for this season, I have been really doing more score guessing so I am up to speed for my hunt. My goal is to set a 330 minimum for the hunt as the land I'm hunting consistently produces much larger bulls. The difficult part for me is that I look at some 350ish bulls that just don't have the eye appeal that some 300ish bulls have. I have never been a guy that measures inches before I pull the trigger so being patient will be my challenge...

Same for me Hilltop. It is really about finding something with character and not just numbers. Thanks for the friendly competition that was cool and actually a pretty good exercise.

Ikeepitcold · Mar 14, 2014

Hilltop said:
This is fun guys. I love to hear the different opinions and justifications for the opinions! The bull was scored by two state of Wyoming employees while it was green- a day or two after the kill. These two are experienced Wildlife and Fisheries Biology graduates but not official scorers. That's my disclaimer...lol. I believe the score to be very accurate.

Main beams- 87"
Mass-57"
Inside Spread- 38"
Total Tines-152"

Total before deductions- 334

This bull gains a huge portion of his score in his fronts which makes it very deceiving to many experienced guys. If he had the "base 200" frame he would have gone 350! IMO, bulls like this are the hardest to judge. The short main beams are consistent with the area that this bull was shot. Southern half of Area 7- We have only two bulls through the years with 50"+ main beams from this ranch.

Thanks to everyone for guessing and hope you enjoyed it.

Boooooom Friend!

VF not to bad for an uneducated guess! Hahahah JK

kiddwinner · Mar 14, 2014

if anyone was curious how I came to that score I GUESSED... I was going to guess 320 but I have recently been learning about much fronts help on the score, so I bumped it to 330, but 333 just sounded nice.... Either way, If I can judge a bull within 20 points in the field that's good enough for me!

Drhorsepower · Mar 14, 2014

I was going to guess 320-330. Until I started reading other posts and I was way high! I didn't want to show my ignorance in elk scoring. Turns out I would have been lucky.

Musket Man · Mar 14, 2014

Topgun 30-06 said:
Let's just say that MM won't have any ground shrinkage on this one!

Thats for sure! lol Im not all that good at judging bulls but was having trouble getting much over 280 because the beams looked kinda short and I would always rather estimate low and be pleasantly surprised when they are bigger! Maybe the 2 280 bulls I saw in Idaho a few years ago were really 335 too

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