What would this bull score

RoadlessHunter

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What does this 6 point score? I would guess around 300 inches am I off? I have video and pictures of him.


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I like this bull but he looks a little young and his 3rd's are a little short.

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LAST EDITED ON Jan-24-16 AT 02:59AM (MST)[p]My 2015 bull grosses right at 330"....and this one looks alot like him...but with better splits. I'm not the best at field judging elk, but my guess would be 330"+.

Everyone else is seeing less antler, what am I missing?
 
His tine length and spread put him over 300 I would say 320 great looking bull lacking on mass. But sometimes those long skinny tines look good to
 
>LAST EDITED ON Jan-24-16
>AT 02:59?AM (MST)

>
>My 2015 bull grosses right at
>330"....and this one looks alot
>like him...but with better splits.
>I'm not the best at
>field judging elk, but my
>guess would be 330"+.
>
>Everyone else is seeing less antler,
>what am I missing?


His tine length appears longer than it is because he lacks some mass. The best way I've found to get tine length is judging the brow tines by the nose. Nearly any mature bull will be within a hair of 16" from burr of horn to tip of nose. Once you get homed in on the brow tine length, the rest are easily estimated by comparing to the brow tine, which I'd put right at 16 on this bull. I judge mass by looking at the ears and comparing them to the main beam. I generally use one of 3 mass totals with 50" being light, 55" being medium and 60"+ being a heavy bull and that usually gets me within 5" on mass. I give him 50 on mass. From the side view I put him right at 320 even though his frame makes him look a little better.
 
I have a tough enough time guessing gross and won't even attempt Net. My guess is between 315-325 gross. Elk in pictures can be tough. My daughter killed a 360+ bull. Several very knowlegable people were guessing 315-320 based on the field photos.---------SS
 
I don't even try to estimate net. On a bull like this one that doesn't go book anyway. Besides, nets are for fishing and keeping the chickens in.
 
I'm not sure on the Bulls score and I'm not very good at guessing.

I'm reading a lot of 320" estimates

This guy has arguably 30"+ broken off but grossed 321

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RoadlessHunter - I think you are probably pretty close at 300, he is certainly that and probably a bit more, but I can't put him much past 315.

Certainly symmetrical with a nice confirmation. Its funny, his antlers are pretty thin like a younger 4-5 year old bull, but his body looks like he is older.
 

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