Eye Guard Length

Fencer · Aug 7, 2021

What's the longest eye guard on a mule deer shed you got? I found a nice four pointer the other day and measured the guard. Over 3 inches...

antlerradar · Aug 7, 2021

This one is just a bit over six inches.

antlerradar · Aug 7, 2021

Some others from the buck with 5 inch plus eyegards I have found.

antlerradar · Aug 7, 2021

Some other antlers with 5 inch or better eyegards.

huntercameron · Aug 9, 2021

Biggest eyeguard I found was 3 1/4 Inches deer shed

fstop · Aug 11, 2021

This is an old shed I found 10-15 years ago. Biggest base I've ever found on a mule deer. It has two "eye guards". I think the longest is 5" and the shortest is 4". It's also the biggest two point I've ever or will ever find.

Servehim · Aug 12, 2021

That is one awesome find. Hats off

whiteantlertip · Aug 12, 2021

wow , great mass on that antler !

OutdoorWriter · Aug 12, 2021

I don't have any sheds, but the two bucks below hanging on my wall have some impressive brow tines. The one on the right & in the 2nd photo is an AZ Coues deer. Both BTs are over 5". The one on the left is a TX buck. Both BTs are over 6" and also fork.

huntercameron · Aug 12, 2021

fstop said:
This is an old shed I found 10-15 years ago. Biggest base I've ever found on a mule deer. It has two "eye guards". I think the longest is 5" and the shortest is 4". It's also the biggest two point I've ever or will ever find. View attachment 49225 View attachment 49226 View attachment 49227

nice 2 point shed !

smokepoll · Aug 13, 2021

Archerymechanic said:
nice 2 point shed !

+1 on the two point!

Katoom · Aug 14, 2021

Not a shed but 4” (plus a little bonus one) on my 2018 CO

Trix4me · Aug 15, 2021

WT I shot several years ago. 7 3/4

antlerradar · Aug 15, 2021

I found my best whitetail eyegard this past year. Just under 11 inches on the right antler.

Fencer · Aug 16, 2021

No way! And the other one is split? What a beauty!

Fencer · Oct 10, 2021

Moving up slowly... four inches eye guard and funky points

Gator · Oct 12, 2021

Crazy rack

Shedz · Oct 14, 2021

Found this nice side by side set with killer eyeguards this spring!

Longun · Nov 12, 2021

fstop said:
This is an old shed I found 10-15 years ago. Biggest base I've ever found on a mule deer. It has two "eye guards". I think the longest is 5" and the shortest is 4". It's also the biggest two point I've ever or will ever find. View attachment 49225 View attachment 49226 View attachment 49227

I wanna shoot that forked horn on the hoof and head

Elkrazy01 · Jan 5, 2022

This one is just over 9" on the longest browtine. He has right at 20" of total browtine length between the 4. Definitely my longest eye guard by a long shot, and one of the only ones I've actually found hunting instead of shed hunting.

Troubadour · Jan 5, 2022

Never found the match. Look every year….

toklat · Jan 6, 2022

Not to change the thread however,
Appears whitetails typically have longer overall brow tines than muleys?
Your respective thoughts?

SS! · Jan 6, 2022

toklat said:
Not to change the thread however,
Appears whitetails typically have longer overall brow tines than muleys?
Your respective thoughts?

No not even close. Mule deer have eyeguards. Whitetails have browtines.

toklat · Jan 6, 2022

Semantics?

antlerradar · Jan 7, 2022

I have found hundreds of big mule deer and whitetail sheds.
Mule deer average two and half to three inches, whitetails are five to six inches.
It is not uncommon for mule deer to not have brow tines, very rare for a whitetail.