Thoughts on Score

[DeerMan66]

This guy showed up a few days before Christmas on three different days on three different cameras. I've never seen him before. I hope to see him in person before the end of the season. What do you guys think he will score?

 

[redblood]

About 130 now, but he appears to be young. Id try to keep him alive till next yr

 

[cbhunter]

About 130 now, but he appears to be young. Id try to keep him alive till next yr

X2

I have to think he is a run down 3.5 year old but his neck screams 2.5

 

[redblood]

Im in the same situation with a 3.5 yr old 11 pt who is begging to be shot everyday. Trying my best to keep him breathing till next yr

 

[redblood]

Id say a run down 3.5 for sure

 

[backyardtndeer]

Low to mid 130's.

 

[Lost Lake]

Low 130's

 

[Antler Daddy]

Looks like he would be attracted to corn!

 

[megalomaniac]

About 130 now, but he appears to be young. Id try to keep him alive till next yr

Agree completely. 130in 3.5yo... thats a deer that could be a TN deer of a lifetime next year (150 plus). You will probably kill a half dozen 130 class deer in your life if you put the time in... but there are a lot of hardcore hunters that never kill a deer over 150 unless they travel out of state. (I'm MORE than hardcore, and I've only killed TWO deer over 150 in TN)

 

[redblood]

That deer will be all over 150 next yr

 

[Jim Fred]

He would be a potential target for next year for me, but certainly wouldn't fault anyone for harvesting him either.

 

[Shed Hunter]

I think with the trash points he's already a bit closer to 140"

 

[13pt]

137"-142" pretty sure. That's gross of course. Hope you get that stud. If he's just showed up there's an important food source close by and he's likely staying for a while.

 

[Snake]

X2

I have to think he is a run down 3.5 year old but his neck screams 2.5

I was thinking along this line too. He seems to be older by looking at his back but his neck is smaller than I would think a 4.5 should be . Score 135 ish .

 

[Bear15]

My guess from only those couple of pics is right around 140. Kickers and splits off those brows will help. Probably only 3 but he may be extremely run down. Would be really hard to walk, especially with a bow but if he is in fact 3 he might really blow next year. Questions you gotta answer though are do you have history with this deer? Where do you think he's been? Do your neighbors hunt? Do you have food sources that he's on? All part of what makes this so fun! Good luck, I hope you get to make that decision.

 

[102]

Gross 142
guessing 19" main beams
18 " spread
5" bases
etc.

 

[102]

no idea on age. he is too run down.

 

[Joe2Kool]

I'm guessing 130's. But I'm not a good judge. Either way, I'd shoot hiim

Shoot what you want(provided it's legal!!). A 130 is huge to people with only a small basket rack and limited hunting space. But needs another year to someone with 160's on the wall and several hundred acres only they hunt.

Good luck and let us know who is closest to score!!

 

[Hillbilly Hunter]

130" gross and i agree with others, 3.5

 

[Bell3wv]

This guy showed up a few days before Christmas on three different days on three different cameras. I've never seen him before. I hope to see him in person before the end of the season. What do you guys think he will score?

Looks really poor from running does.

 

[DeerCamp]

My guess is 135, and a worn down 4.5 yo.

Just a total guess though. Looks like a shooter to me!

 

[rem270]

I think high 130's.

 

[TheLBLman]

I think he will gross over 140 now.
Contrary to most thinking he's a run-down 3 1/2,
I think it's more probable he's a run-down 4 1/2 (or older!).
Either way, very likely he'll go way over 150 a year from now.

Lastly, if he turns out to be only 3 1/2 now,
he could easily go over 160 gross a year from now.

 

[GRIT]

Around 140 run down from the rut 4 1/2 years old.
If you could have seen him right before or right when the rut started his body would have looked totally different.

 

[WTNBowHunter]

About 130 now, but he appears to be young. Id try to keep him alive till next yr

Agree

 

[DeerMan66]

This guy showed up a few days before Christmas on three different days on three different cameras. I've never seen him before. I hope to see him in person before the end of the season. What do you guys think he will score?

I have similar thoughts as a lot of you guys. I was thinking 3.5, 135 inches and really run down from the rut. There is a food source close by. He's probably hanging around due to the food. The only issue is I only have 40 acres there to hunt. If I get a chance at him before the end of the season I'm gonna take him. If not there's always next year. It would be nice for him to show back up as a 150 next season.