Guess the B&C Score.

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I ran into a few Mulies yesterday and wondered about the spread and score of this guy:

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I would **** my pants if i saw 3 bucks like that together here in washington! Lol all of those are great deer reguardless of score
 
Honestly its a good deer but its not a great deer score wise. Witout being able to see a side view its pretty tough to give an accurate score but here is what I can tell you from the front. He has good mass, good spread but where he looses in overall score is in his fork depth and overall tine length.

My first impression is that buck is going to have a hard time making 180". He is a solid mature buck but he's a long way from making the book. If I could see a side view I could give you a more accurate score but with what I'm seeing I'd go with about a mid 170's score.
 
Ok now that I can see a side view I'm dropping him down a few inches he is going to go mid 160s maybe more likely closer to 160. Put it this way I wouldn't let a client shoot that deer on a guided hunt in my local area.

Most mule deer lose score big time with weak fronts otherwise known as crab claws. This guy has weak front forks and and weak backs. He might get better with time though. Let that guy walk.
 
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A note about this deer, I know right where this picture was taken and it certainly isn't from the huge muley producing guided backcountry of Colorado. It is right off the hiway in fairly populated farm country with marginal habitat at best. This is a very nice buck for the area, and if you pass him up because of his "crabclaws" you will be waiting a REAL long time for a bigger one. He is a little short in the back but his fronts are not what I call "crabclaws" unless you are after a Booner. As The OP stated, he is young and next year he could be looking pretty darn good.
Plus he is hanging out a few hundred yards from wyohome's stand on private ground, which makes me a little jealous.
 
If you guys have some rain and good feed up there that guy could easily put on another 10 to 15 inches of score next season. He's got a great frame and awesome potential but as I said what kills his total score is tine length all the way around. You could get another 10 inches off his backs alone with minimal growth. I don't think his fronts are ever going to amount to much.
 
In a New York Minute, in two years. He looks young to me but would still be a great trophy. If you are B&C hunting then find another deer or wait 2-3 years and see what happens.
 
Several years ago, I stalked up on a dude just like that, way up in the high country here. I got close, real close; maybe 10 or 15 yards from him as he grazed in a clearing. He never saw me or heard me coming, but he eventually walked up and around me, and off through the woods out of sight.
 
130-to-140 class......no significant mass or length on the tines. Give 'em a couple years and you'll have something nice.
 
I'd say about 165". He's a late season shooter for sure, but he's not a trophy by most mule deer hunters' standards. He's got good forks, good shape, decent mass, width and height. Good potential, he just needs a couple years to become a big boy. I consider a 180+ inch mule deer to be a great buck, but I'm a meat hunter as much as anything.
 
Ive never seen a Mule deer, only whitetails however I would plaster him. How much bigger do they get?__________________ Good luck with MS-13 in the
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If that was a whitetail he is about the trophy equivilant of a 130 class 10 point.
 
I can't judge that well from the photo but I would be more than happy to give you a solid score if I was allowed to observe said mulie with my nikon prostaff that so happens to be attached to my .270....
 
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