However, if larger bucks are a goal on any property, shooting young bucks just compounds the problem. An option to manage buck harvest on some properties is to limit each hunter to only one buck per year and require each hunter to pay a taxidermist to shoulder mount any buck harvested.
For more information about white-tailed deer management, the publication White-tailed Deer: Their Foods and Management in the Cross Timbers is available from the Noble Research Institute. Mike Porter serves as a senior wildlife and fisheries consultant with Noble Research Institute, where he has worked since He previously worked as an independent wildlife management consultant in South Texas.
He has strong interest and management experience in rangeland ecology, the Cross Timbers and Prairies Ecoregion, prescribed fire, soil erosion stabilization, recreational leasing, small impoundments, aquatic plants, white-tailed deer, beaver damage prevention, northern bobwhite, eastern bluebird, ducks, snakes, largemouth bass and grass carp. This article was revised in Tags: deer genetics hunting white-tailed deer eight point rule bucks trophy bucks yearlings deer harvest protection mike porter.
Search the Website Search People. They are the furthest from the reference points but also can be subject skewed estimations based on view angles, or when additional points on the tine are present. The easiest point to reference tine length is the ear base to tip measurement.
By estimating how much longer or shorter each tine length is G1, G2, G3, G4, etc. All bucks, regardless of how many tines they have always will be measured with four circumference measurements.
Four pointers, six pointers, or even spikes will all need four evenly distributed measurements of antler circumference. The circumference measurements are measured between:.
If it is roughly 1. The example buck can be judged at essentially the same mass for the first two measurements between the base and G1, and the G1 and G2. These measurements would be somewhere in the ballpark of 3. If time allows it often does not and if the buck is generally symmetrical, you can simply multiply the sum of the antler measurement by two. For this buck, a very symmetrical buck, we can total the antler measurements to be roughly inches. You do not get the luxury of confirming your estimations in the field while hunting.
This picture can be a trail camera picture, a harvest picture, or even a freeze-frame of a video if you happen to film your hunts! The results are posted below. You will watch a quick video encounter with a buck and be given 4 multiple choice options of scores.
There are 10 bucks to score with a time limit of 10 minutes for the entire quiz. This allows you 1 minute to score each buck, about all the time you might receive in a real hunting scenario.
This now allows real encounter scoring. Within minutes of snapping the picture, you can have a score of the deer before he even offers you a shot opportunity! Your email address will not be published. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. The main beam is the main branch of the antler, and the tip of the main beam is counted as one of the points.
Near where the antler emerges from the head, it is common to see a brow tine, a small tine that protrudes straight up, and it is also treated as a point. The antler also produces a number of branches called tines, and the total points on a buck represent the sum of all of these individual tines on both antlers. When antlers are taken as a trophy, the points aren't the only consideration.
Many hunters also look for antlers that are very symmetrical, with no broken or misshaped tines. Hunters also tend to prefer big sets of antlers, looking for sheer size in addition to individual points. People can also collect fallen antlers as the deer shed, although this carries less mystique than hunting in many regions of the world. In certain cases, the points are especially notable; bagging a 14 point buck, for example, is considered to be quite an accomplishment for a hunter.
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