A little disclaimer on this buck, he is a California buck. He lives on the west slopes of the sierras which means he's a mule deer/blacktail hybrid. I've hunted this buck 4 days and have been as close as 25 yards from him and was not able to get a clean shot but got a good look. These deer can be tricky to judge because of their varying body sizes. I'm still up in the air as to what he might score. I've been off by 10" either way before.
Thanks! Im going to stay middle of the road and say 175. I think he's all of 170 and could push 180 but it's hard to tell. His other back fork you cant see is a little weaker but I don't care.
That is awesome that you was able to put him down, I may have over judged him by quite a bit, but still a stud buck, Congrats. I am saying 173 off of the kill pics. Thanks for sharing.