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maros91

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Impossible to say. By the looks of the picture he would be a 150 plus inch deer but absolutely no way to be accurate. I wouldn't waste too much of your time worrying / thinking about that buck though. Since it is a photo from 2012 and you only have the one of him and it was during the rut last year... odds are - he is on someones wall right now as I type this. Great deer either way but I suggest you focus more on the deer that you have lots of current pics of.

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I get what folks that hunt for a "high scoring" deer....no issues with that.

What I do question though is - Is the sport of hunting and fishing gotten to the point for some that they have to catch the biggest and shoot the biggest or harvest the most?

Again, please understand - to each their own and everyone has a right to hunt in any manner and way and thought that they like - as long as its legal.

I know a person who hunts and fishes....pretty good at it.

He use to bow hunt on my property until I found out the truth about the 147 1/8 inch 8 point he shot off my land was never eaten. He does'nt eat deer. He gives all the deer and wild game he harvests to neighbors, relatives.

He went to New Mexico a few years back for elk with his bow...shot a respective 6x6 that scored 358. He never ate one ounce of the meat...gave it away.

He harvests his game for his wall. And let me tell you, his man cave is the best I have ever seen. For him, he hunts for ego.

When someone hunts or fishes to satisfy their own ego, its time to re-evaluate whay they do what they do.

Again, to each their own.

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I get what folks that hunt for a "high scoring" deer....no issues with that.

What I do question though is - Is the sport of hunting and fishing gotten to the point for some that they have to catch the biggest and shoot the biggest or harvest the most?

Again, please understand - to each their own and everyone has a right to hunt in any manner and way and thought that they like - as long as its legal.

I know a person who hunts and fishes....pretty good at it.

He use to bow hunt on my property until I found out the truth about the 147 1/8 inch 8 point he shot off my land was never eaten. He does'nt eat deer. He gives all the deer and wild game he harvests to neighbors, relatives.

He went to New Mexico a few years back for elk with his bow...shot a respective 6x6 that scored 358. He never ate one ounce of the meat...gave it away.

He harvests his game for his wall. And let me tell you, his man cave is the best I have ever seen. For him, he hunts for ego.

When someone hunts or fishes to satisfy their own ego, its time to re-evaluate whay they do what they do.

Again, to each their own.

to each his own you say?? then why are you bugged about somebody's ego??

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I get what folks that hunt for a "high scoring" deer....no issues with that.

What I do question though is - Is the sport of hunting and fishing gotten to the point for some that they have to catch the biggest and shoot the biggest or harvest the most?

Again, please understand - to each their own and everyone has a right to hunt in any manner and way and thought that they like - as long as its legal.

I know a person who hunts and fishes....pretty good at it.

He use to bow hunt on my property until I found out the truth about the 147 1/8 inch 8 point he shot off my land was never eaten. He does'nt eat deer. He gives all the deer and wild game he harvests to neighbors, relatives.

He went to New Mexico a few years back for elk with his bow...shot a respective 6x6 that scored 358. He never ate one ounce of the meat...gave it away.

He harvests his game for his wall. And let me tell you, his man cave is the best I have ever seen. For him, he hunts for ego.

When someone hunts or fishes to satisfy their own ego, its time to re-evaluate whay they do what they do.

Again, to each their own.

lol... Who cares, do it the way you want. Meat hunter or trophy hunter, whatever it is. I donated one of my deer to the venison program this year, does not mean I don't like eating venison. I have meat from another deer I shot.

Back to topic, can't really tell how big the deer is in the picture but looks like I would shoot him.

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I get what folks that hunt for a "high scoring" deer....no issues with that.

What I do question though is - Is the sport of hunting and fishing gotten to the point for some that they have to catch the biggest and shoot the biggest or harvest the most?

Again, please understand - to each their own and everyone has a right to hunt in any manner and way and thought that they like - as long as its legal.

I know a person who hunts and fishes....pretty good at it.

He use to bow hunt on my property until I found out the truth about the 147 1/8 inch 8 point he shot off my land was never eaten. He does'nt eat deer. He gives all the deer and wild game he harvests to neighbors, relatives.

He went to New Mexico a few years back for elk with his bow...shot a respective 6x6 that scored 358. He never ate one ounce of the meat...gave it away.

He harvests his game for his wall. And let me tell you, his man cave is the best I have ever seen. For him, he hunts for ego.

When someone hunts or fishes to satisfy their own ego, its time to re-evaluate whay they do what they do.

Again, to each their own.

You say to each thier own yet you criticize a friend who hunts for the trophy. You said the meat went to others so there is no waste and he broke no law, no wanton waste as the meat was eaten.

Heck, I give most of the fish I catch away to a care center for the elderly or my elderly neighbor's who cannot go out hunting or fishing any longer but still enjoy the fish or wild meat as they enjoy it so much.

I guess maybe he does not like the taste of wild meat but he still enjoy's the thrill of the hunt and enjoy's the outdoors.

I do not believe one should get down on anyone for giving wild game or fish to others to enjoy.

He may hunt for the challenge of harvesting any trophy animal as it is not an easy chore to outwit the senses of any wild animal. No law book says one has to eat the meat as it can be given to another for thier enjoyment also. What would be wrong is if he left the meat to rot.

Here you state--Again, please understand - to each their own and everyone has a right to hunt in any manner and way and thought that they like - as long as its legal.

Then you say his fishing and hunting turned into getting only a trophy animal. No law against that either as long as he does not waste the meat, the law does not state he has to eat all the meat himself.

We all hunt for numerous reasons, the hunt, being out with friends and the thrill of catching or harvesting a true trophy. Nothing wrong with any of the above as it is all within the rule of the law.

It's all in the eye of the beholder, period.

All the OP wanted was a guesstimate of the size of the deer, no more, no less.

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