What does this bull score?

[Founder]

Sweet bull photo shared by ricochet. He shares a lot of them.
What score would you all put on this one?
Is he a taker in any unit in Utah?

Big Bull

• ricochet
• Mar 13, 2023
• 1

 

[easyelk13]

I don't care what he scores....If i have a tag I will ground score him!

 

[c3]

I get him at 374 5/8

Crazy scoring bull and not all the good looking but his left side is pretty epic !!!

Cheers, Pete

 

[CHWino_1]

372

 

[BLooDTRaCKeR]

He scores…..
Meh, inches are for the bedroom.

As far as that bull goes, he’s a taker in any Utah unit. 15 years ago, you might have had an argument on units…

 

[treedagain]

He scores…..
Meh, inches are for the bedroom.

As far as that bull goes, he’s a taker in any Utah unit. 15 years ago, you might have had an argument on units…

Alot more than a north slope raghorn or spike?

 

[BLooDTRaCKeR]

Alot more than a north slope raghorn or spike?

Meat tastes the same.

 

[berrysblaster]

Knocking on the door of 4

 

[treedagain]

Meat tastes the same.

A lot more on a mature bull. All tastes the same to me.

 

[HORNhunter7]

Gross non-typical score well over 400

 

[BLooDTRaCKeR]

Weak fronts. He’s a freezer bull.

 

[treedagain]

Those week fronts are bigger than most north slope raghorns.

All elk fill a freezer. Just how full? Raghorn or a mature bull? Mine get filled with mature bulls.

 

[huntin50]

weaker fronts and narrow. Extra points will help. 375 gross

 

[Homer]

It won't net well....but a giant bull. Some just don't fit the B&C rules.....

 

[BLooDTRaCKeR]

Those week fronts are bigger than most north slope raghorns.

All elk fill a freezer. Just how full? Raghorn or a mature bull? Mine get filled with mature bulls.

Any rag in my freezer lasts over a year. What’s another 30 lbs from a mature bull gonna do in my freezer besides freezer burn?😉

 

[The_Coloradoboy]

Doesn’t appear to have the main beams or width to be four hundo… 378 to 380

 

[berrysblaster]

Doesn’t appear to have the main beams or width to be four hundo… 378 to 380

45” of extra goes quite a ways.

 

[Shadow]

He’ll easily break 400 gross

 

[yotebuster17]

Doesn’t appear to have the main beams or width to be four hundo… 378 to 380

I think you’re right on the money there. That 43” mainbeam on the left side and those fronts and thirds kill him as far as being a 400”er. They gotta have everything to get things to add up that much.

But to answer the question I don’t think there’s a unit or hunt that I would pass him on.

 

[berrysblaster]

Giving this bull 48” mains, 59” of mass that double beam 3rd is gonna carry some chunk on the h-2 measurement, and a 38” spread credit there’s a flare in the beam out towards the end.

That’s a 193” main frame which feels right to me.

Fronts 15” average
3rds 11”
4ths 21”
5ths 17”

158”

193+158=351” main frame 6x6. So, let’s call him a healthy 345” just to be safe.

Now it’s just figuring out how much extra there is. I can’t see that double main being less than 30” that plus the 9” flyer on the left side. Then it’s a 5” in line, 6” flyer on the right 5th and 1.5” sticker off the sword, all up? 51.5” of extra that jumps him from 345” to mid 390’s.

Not a unit in the world where you don’t shoot that bull.

 

[Tristate]

Baaaaaang!

 

[Battlewagon]

Berryblaster's math works. 390+ bull.

 

[eelgrass]

If I ever shot a bull like that I would yell "SCOOORRRE!"

 

[LIK2HNT]

Giving this bull 48” mains, 59” of mass that double beam 3rd is gonna carry some chunk on the h-2 measurement, and a 38” spread credit there’s a flare in the beam out towards the end.

That’s a 193” main frame which feels right to me.

Fronts 15” average
3rds 11”
4ths 21”
5ths 17”

158”

193+158=351” main frame 6x6. So, let’s call him a healthy 345” just to be safe.

Now it’s just figuring out how much extra there is. I can’t see that double main being less than 30” that plus the 9” flyer on the left side. Then it’s a 5” in line, 6” flyer on the right 5th and 1.5” sticker off the sword, all up? 51.5” of extra that jumps him from 345” to mid 390’s.

Not a unit in the world where you don’t shoot that bull.

Ya, and I would not waste a second trying to figure a score. Shoot first, admire and score latter at camp.

 

[PRCnut]

396 gross . Shooter anywhere

 

[PacificFork]

A solid 10/10

 

[HikeHunt61]

Guessing 385. So cool and impressive- but a tight rack.

 

[eelgrass]

If I ever shot a bull like that I would yell "SCOOORRRE!"

 

[huntin50]

Shooter bull.
I see the score more like this.
right 15,14,9,17,13,5,6,48=127
left 15,14,10,18,14,7,30,48=156
Inside spread = 38
Mass ave. =55
Total. = 376

 

[BrowningRage]

A 9x8 thats hovering around 400"..?? Shooter anywhere Id say...

Of course, you can't grow 500" bulls if you shoot these kinds of 'dinks'... so in Utah he's a pass

 

[Thatguy]

Over 400”. No brainer no matter where you are. If I get permission I have pictures of a 390” bull I’ll post.

 

[Thatguy]

 

[Bigwiffy]

155

 

[Wapitiwilly]

I am no expert but 400 is going to be a stretch.

 

[texbowhunter]

No idea on score, but I would not hesitate to shoot him on any tag I could possibly get in my lifetime - Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona, LE Utah, etc.

 

[Zeke]

Boom, done!
That is all I know for sure.

Zeke

 

[huntin50]

View attachment 106152

This 390 bull is a fair amount bigger than the bull in question IMO. He is wider, heavier, and better tines.

 

[DaveD]

This 390 bull is a fair amount bigger than the bull in question IMO. He is wider, heavier, and better tines.

Pictures can do amazing things to perspective...

 

[Neverdrawn]

Very unique bull. I'd flip an arrow, but whether I'd hit him or not with the uncontrollable shaking is another story.

 

[fullthrottle]

No question shooter, any unit, any state.
385 ish.

 

[Buckfever34]

I’m not good at scoring elk on the hoof at all but my best WAG would be 380s.

I’d shoot it on the first day at first light anywhere.

 

[Thatguy]

Ok fine maybe I over shot it on my guess…I’m much better at guessing deer. That other picture was a Wyoming public land general area bruiser my brother got. Here’s another view.

 

[DBLung]

396 2/8"

 

[ortegageno]

400 plus ? You all smoking bat ****. 😆 🤣

 

[grt67]

View attachment 106152

That's a huge one right there.

 

[muleybeast]

Doesn’t matter. It would be an amazing hunt. Just seeing one that big would get the heart pumping.

 

[twdjr]

Great bull, I wouldn’t pass.

 

[Wiszard]

I would have guessed over 400 but I am no expert. There's lots of inches in extras there so maybe those got me. He's a cool bull anyway.

 

[littlebighorn]

It's pretty amazing how far we have come from when I first started hunting elk. In that day, any Utah bull was a shooter and a 6 pt. bull was a going down trophy.
Now, if a bull isn't a certain number, he doesn't get a second look. For sure he's a shooter. Even today.

 

[Battlewagon]

I hear you LBH. I killed a giant 6x6 elk back in the 90's. It was a 296 bull.

 

[105Coues]

Thats a cool looking bull, looks young tho so all I can think about is him with another year of age.... potential new record. That being said I would probably have to have a friend hold my bullets to keep the bull safe.

 

[Robiland]

View attachment 106152

I would have guessed about 380. It takes alot to break that 400" mark. People see big bulls and automatically think 400". I bet most people have never seen a TRUE 400 inch bull in person on the hoof. But I would shoot that bull any day of the week on any unit. Maybe I will find one like that in Arizona on my archery hunt in 6A. A guy can dream, right!?!?