BC,
Why are you so defensive about this post? Funny YOU should bring your buck in to this discussion. I guess, if you think it's relevant, to a certain extent, so there shouldnt be any reason not to bring it up. Here is the text of our discussion you are refering to...
MY POST....Just curious, (for reference purposes) Thats a very intruiging set of antlers. Curious to see what they do on paper. bittersweetmuleymeat
YOUR REPLY...While I ain't no official scorer, I have learned from a few. I've got MnT grossing 202 inches as a 9x7.
MY REPLY TO YOUR REPLY...WOW, guess I was wrong, I couldnt get him to paper out that much. Congrats, thats a hard one to top. ?bittersweetmuleymeat
What part of "I was wrong" didnt you comprehend? Do you use a different term up there for the word WRONG? "I" coulnt get him to paper out that much, did I say HE DIDNT gross over 200"? Let me say, I would have shot your buck without thinking twice, and I tend to be pretty picky, to say the least. I would have shot him had I never seen or known of him before that day. The story involved is iceing on the cake for you, no doubt about it. You deserved that buck. We arent always "rewarded" for hard work and perseverance, in this case you were.
I didnt "guess" the score of the "guess the score" buck. Good thing, as you have pointed out what a terrible "scorer" I can be. Good job for being so close, (and pointing that out to me) Guess "you're the man"
Also, I dont recall that I was the one dissagreeing with the "potential BC record" although I may be mistaken. It dosent ring a bell, but hey, Ive been WRONG (not correct) before.
The original topic of this post (in general) was how the written/stated scores of bucks (at least SEEM to be) higher than the buck appears in the photos from article/post/video. I really dont think thats an unrealistic observation or "suspicion" if you care to call it that. Lets be reasonable about it, not deffensive.
YOU are the one who brought your buck into the discussion. Maybe YOU WERE RIGHT, Maybe it is relevant to a certain extent.
As a side note, I prefer to shoot fork horns myself. They are easy for me to field judge. Again, congratulations from one dedicated hunter to another.
bittersweetmuleymeat
Like Grampa always said... "When you start saying you're the man, you're not the man anymore.