Field Judging Big Bulls: Tricks of the Trade

lawhawg · Jul 18, 2007

I was talking with a friend today about making a reasonably quick field judgment on bulls. He gave me his point of view, and I thought I'd throw it out to the experts. If you are making a quick field judgment on a bull, what indicators do you look for in a 300", 350", or 400" bull?
As for me, if I start shaking and forget everything I know - it's big enough to shoot.

Chef · Jul 18, 2007

If it's bigger, with more points than my last bull, I shoot.

smokinf15 · Jul 20, 2007

If you have to ask yourself if its big enough to shoot, its too small.

Elmacho · Jul 20, 2007

300= hmmmm.........maybe
350= ooohhhhhhhhhyeahhhhh....knees start to shake
400= don't know yet......probably just sit there stuttering as I wet myself........

Outdoordan · Jul 20, 2007

A quick way, look at the whale tail and thirds. If you think OMG than shoot.

Gator · Jul 21, 2007

Yep the Whaletail does it for me.

Daggerboy · Jul 21, 2007

i look at the head of the elk.. you can see how long the front-end of the bull is by the length of there head and nose..then you have to quickly move on to the next points.. now 3rds come off on a diffrent angle, so if he will give you a front view the you can judge that way, and also look at the gap's between each point( long gaps..longer beams) you get alot of points off of beam length and width

mike111 · Jul 21, 2007

I look at the top four points, and most importantly the G-5's when making a quick judement. If the G-5 matches or comes close to the length of the royal more often than not he's a shooter bull.