Preserve owner Question!

My self I would go for the eight with a wider frame.

Mark



We all know the width adds shock value but we need to consider the tine length mass and length of beams. We still have hunters tracking bucks this weekend with fresh snow on the ground. Posted are a few of the bucks shot last week at Apple Creek. We are getting to the end of our hunting season but the hunters are still thrilled. Soon we are can only dream of what will grow out this spring.



Scott

Scottt, who is the buck in your aviator. Thats the kind i would like to shoot.

Mark,



Are the score and price the same also? Let me know and I will give you an answer (Hopefully the short version) LOL!

If the 10 point had 5 inch g4s and all else was equal it would score 10 more inches than the 8 point. Given that, a majority of hunters... I'd say 7-8 in 10 would shoot the higher scoring buck. Plus there are a few that would rather shoot a 10 pointer.



If the g4s were only an inch or 2 I would think that they would be close enough in score to go exactly the opposite. In that case 7-8 in 10 would shoot the wider 8 point.



And like you pointed out, there are few who want 8 pointers and a few who want 10 pointers, so there are always a couple that would shoot either buck for that reason.



I saw on another thread that asked if 2 bucks were exactly equal in antler size would you shoot the buck with the bigger body or smaller body. It was interesting to see the answers.



I would answer that the hunter would like to shoot the one with the larger body but 9/10 times will shoot the one with the smaller body because the antlers look bigger. A lot of 2 year olds have been shot that had serious ground shrinkage. The smaller underdeveloped bodies just make the antlers look bigger. Its hard to get the Southern hunters to pull the trigger on those large northern deer because they simply don't believe the score you are telling them. Then you have to trick them into shooting LOL. I'll save that for another thread!

Not a preserve owner but if I was hunting a preserve and I see two deer about the same frame size one an 8pt one a 10pt I would shoot the buck with the better brow's be it the 8pt or the 10pt even if his score might be a few inch's less, just a sucker for long brow's.



Look at the photo above from Apple Creek, the brow's on that buck is what would make me want to shoot him.