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Large eight pointers

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Billings, MO
Here is something different. I know we all like guessing the scores of big bucks, but what do you all think this 8 point scores? Also, who else has some big eights on their farm. Every year it seems like some preserves need big 8's. I know Josh had a monster last year. I am not sure what he scored. Maybe Josh can let us know and add a picture of him.
 

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Good question Jim. I wish I had the answer. To me a good 8 is 150, a large is 165, and huge would be 175. Of course that is my opinion. It is rare to get that sort of bone on a deer without throwing more tines. For some reason I was thinking the one Josh had was a 180 class. Last year I had a local preserve looking for a 165" 8 point, clean. I found very few of them, with most of them not being clean enough. I am hoping when the one I showed is grown out, he hits 170", but I am not sure.
 
I think I remember 2 in the last 10 years that were very close to 200" and clean. One belonged to Shorty Lambright in northern Indiana and David Coblentz TP buck @ 3 was a beautiful massive huge framed 8. He had one 2" sticker and scored 201" with a 199" 8point mainframe. They need some help from very long g-1s,serious mass, and main beams to reach 200". Prentice was a big 8 over 200" but was not as clean. A son of TP my GT buck was clean and over 180" as a seven point the year he died of EHD. I have carried his velvet antler mount at our booth in the past. I believe the year Shorty had that big 8 was 2004. Someone else from that area should remember him. I believe he was out of Glenn's Lambright's Magnum and the old Johnny line.
 
This guy was 193 and some change. He is incredible in hand. I have excellent quality semen on him if any one wants to play around with some fun genetics... He is bred very well.  He had two small splits on the brows that scored a few inches everything else was frame.
 

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Typhoons Bucky @3
 
Some nice 8 points. I had one, but this last week or so he decided to throw up a G-4 on his right side in front of his main beam. He has split brows on both sides but pretty clean..
 
Thanks, not really wanting 8 pointers but he's pretty cool looking!  What is a deer like this worth if selling to a preserve?  JIM
 
My very inexperienced opinion would be $5000 regardless of score. Maybe more. I've talked to quite a few hunters that wanna shoot big, clean 8's. If u go by score, u might get $2500 for him..


Again just my opinion
 
Jim

If he hits 200" you will get $15000 + for him. Prentice was harvested for 30,000+ A couple years ago. That buck is a prime example of why I try to raise mostly clean typical bucks. Under 200" you can chop $s in half. A lot of 300 inch deer will not get you the payday that 8point will. I would love to have a pen full of those! 2,548 people are now listed as Deer Forum participants. If your 8 point hits is 200",I bet you will have the only clean one on here and likely in the country. That is why someone will pay big bucks for him. We have a 5 by 5 that looks almost just like your buck. He has the wide set brows just like that.
 
It is awful tough when you miss getting that fourth mass measurement. Then you have make up 8-10" with the rest of your measurements.
 
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It is awful tough when you miss getting that fourth mass measurement. Then you have make up 8-10" with the rest of your measurements.


What do you mean?

You sill get 4 mass measurements even a fork horn gets 4 mass measurements
 
On each side sorry Lol

6 total instead of 8

If your getting 8"-10" inch mass at the 4th circumference measurement I doubt the buck is typical.
 

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