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Originally Posted by gnoahhh
Whether it has any or not.
Winner!Winner! Chicken dinner!

Yeah for me, if there's a drop tine at exactly a 61.27 degree angle that reaches the end of the nose, but doesn't exceed it, man I'm all in.


WHAT A BUNCH OF CRAP!

Just give me a legal buck-any legal buck. You can't eat horns, and tag soup really sucks.


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Symmetry with mass and/or character. I will take a thick tight 6 point over a spindly 8 point.

But sometimes; "Holy crap... look at the size of that thing!" trumps everything. Case in point. [Linked Image]


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I've always wanted a 20" wide deer. Short tines wouldn't bother me if he was 20"


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either dinks, injured, or it has to be greater than 10 points.

My biggest so far is a 10 point, so shooting another 8 or so is moot.

I just go out and kill meat, and will generally let bigger bucks walk.

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Originally Posted by 357Carbine
Tall symmetrical 6-point!


Exactly. I think a large 6 point is an under-appreciated masterpiece.

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I'm like RWE,

As a dedicated meat hunter, spikes & forks are by far the tastiest !


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Originally Posted by Bighorn
Drop points!!


Have to agree here. I've always had a thing for a drop-tine. I've only seen one in the wild...and he was about 40-50 yards away, while I was hunting with my compound.

It was the day before gun season started. I sat that stand a lot that season, hoping to get him, but he never resurfaced.


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Originally Posted by gitem_12
Mass. I don't care about score, nor do I much care about width. But I like to see consistent mass


This! and drop tines! but long points and width added in don't hurt none.


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I like atypical oddballs. Given a choice between a massive typical and a massive atypical, I'll pop the atypical.

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#1. Chocolate colored antlers!

#2. I would love to get bigger than an 8 one day. I have a couple, need a chocolate 10.

Also, over the years I've seen a couple with double main beams. Never had a shot at them. I'd love to get the chance.


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Originally Posted by MarkFed

#2. I would love to get bigger than an 8 one day. I have a couple, need a chocolate 10.


My BIL has been an avid whitetail hunter all his life. He's killed tons of 8 and 9 points, never a 10. I started hunting about 7-8 years ago. My first buck was a 20 inch wide 10 point. My BIL couldn't believe it!

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Originally Posted by whitebread
Originally Posted by 357Carbine
Tall symmetrical 6-point!


Exactly. I think a large 6 point is an under-appreciated masterpiece.


x3 - I have only seen one while hunting. Tall, long, wide 3x3 whitetail - very cool. Makes me think of how much I would also like a huge, heavy 5x5 elk over an equivalent 6x6


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Doubt I will ever see one like this again so I jumped at the chance to take it.

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Originally Posted by MarkFed
#1. Chocolate colored antlers!

#2. I would love to get bigger than an 8 one day. I have a couple, need a chocolate 10.

Also, over the years I've seen a couple with double main beams. Never had a shot at them. I'd love to get the chance.


Here's a Chocolate horned buck for ya! Horns wet with the morning dew. Elk
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Here is a very symmetrical 10 point my son killed a few years back. Made a great looking mount!
[Linked Image]


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THIS [Linked Image]


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I'm a width kind of guy. I also like uniqueness and drop tines but width is my biggie.

In Moscow, Idaho I once saw a euro mount of a smallish mule deer/whitetail hybrid that was absolutely amazing. It was a small (20" wide or so) typical 4x4 mulie rack with a basket 5x5 whitetail rack (maybe 12" wide or so) growing out of where the mule deer rack's eye guards should have been.

I would faint if I got something like that.



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This one Did it for me!!!!!!Fog is your friend.





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Originally Posted by Elkhunter49
Originally Posted by MarkFed
#1. Chocolate colored antlers!

#2. I would love to get bigger than an 8 one day. I have a couple, need a chocolate 10.

Also, over the years I've seen a couple with double main beams. Never had a shot at them. I'd love to get the chance.


Here's a Chocolate horned buck for ya! Horns wet with the morning dew. Elk
[Linked Image]



Yup, that's exactly what I'm talking about. Gorgeous and not all too common.


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