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Large Muley... Can you Guess the width?

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Large Muley... Can you Guess the width?

Postby Packfitter.com » 10 24, 2013 •  [Post 1]

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This is a great Muley a friend of mine just shot yesterday in Utah. Test your skills and see if you can guess the width of this great buck.
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Re: Large Muley... Can you Guess the width?

Postby cnelk » 10 24, 2013 •  [Post 2]

Using the 7 inch rule between the eyes, Im guessing 34-35in outside spread
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Re: Large Muley... Can you Guess the width?

Postby Swede » 10 24, 2013 •  [Post 3]

Brad is close, but I think he is a little bigger at 35-36 inches. It is interesting that he has very little eye guards.
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Re: Large Muley... Can you Guess the width?

Postby ElkNut1 » 10 24, 2013 •  [Post 4]

33" outside to outside which is a non score-able measurement when scoring officially!

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Re: Large Muley... Can you Guess the width?

Postby cnelk » 10 24, 2013 •  [Post 5]

+1 Paul
Actually these measurements (outside spread, tip to tip) were first created by B&C for statistical data only
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Re: Large Muley... Can you Guess the width?

Postby Elkduds » 10 25, 2013 •  [Post 6]

Stellar buck, what region of UT? I'm thinking 33".
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Re: Large Muley... Can you Guess the width?

Postby Packfitter.com » 10 25, 2013 •  [Post 7]

He was shot in the Henry mountains. I am impressed with the guess so far. Let's allow a few more to see if they can nail the width and then I will share the actual.
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Re: Large Muley... Can you Guess the width?

Postby Packfitter.com » 10 28, 2013 •  [Post 8]

He was actually 31.5 Inches Wide. Great Guesses. I am impressed you did so well just off of a picture. Have a great day!
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Re: Large Muley... Can you Guess the width?

Postby >>>---WW----> » 10 30, 2013 •  [Post 9]

Dang! First time for me on the deer forum. I was going to guestimate him @ 31. I always figured if they were as wide as their ears, they would go pretty close to 30". This one is slightly wider from what I could tell in the picture. Nice deer!
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Re: Large Muley... Can you Guess the width?

Postby Swede » 10 31, 2013 •  [Post 10]

I was going on the ears too, and they looked wider to me. Do you suppose he has narrow ears? That is what could have thrown me off. LOL
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Re: Large Muley... Can you Guess the width?

Postby Jaquomo » 11 01, 2013 •  [Post 11]

Pretty buck! It's so difficult to gauge anything from a photo, especially when the person holding it is behind it at arm's length.

My widest one is just over 31" outside, and from the photo here, this one looks 3-4" wider. I was going to go with the 34" guesses.

Now that we know the outside width, can you find out the gross score? I'm guessing 183".
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