How big of a Mule Deer is equal with a 400 inch Elk

Would you rather kill a 400 inch Bull or 220 inch MuleDeer

  • 200 inch MuleDeer

    Votes: 45 33.8%

  • 220 inch MuleDeer

    Votes: 54 40.6%

  • 230 inch MuleDeer

    Votes: 13 9.8%

  • 240 inch MuleDeer

    Votes: 12 9.0%

  • 250+ inch MuleDeer

    Votes: 4 3.0%

  • Nothing Ever

    Votes: 5 3.8%
  • Total voters
    133
DeerAddiction4

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Please share your thoughts on what would compare to a 400 inch bull. I brought this up in another thread and thought it would make an interesting poll.
 
I agree with Ridge.
I have a 200" typical that I wouldn't trade for a 400" 7x8 elk.
Now if the 400" elk was typical, then....
 
It depends on the 400" elk and the deer. A symmetrical 36" wide heavy 200" net typical muley would be superior to any 400" bull for me.
A heavy antlered symmetrical 400" 6 point would be preferable to a willow horned 230" nontypical muley.
A 250" nontypical muley vs a 400" elk would be a hard choice for me. I would just shoot both.
 
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I think typical vs non- typical really matters here. 400" bulls are so rare in any areas other than a select few. 200"+ mule deer (non-typical) are really fairly common. I think a true 200 typical mule deer is on about the same level with a 400" bull. Both are pretty dang rare from my experience.
 
Mathematically based on population I figured 20 400” bulls on an average year in Utah, of which we kill 10 of them. Which is .00022 percent of the population 20/90,000.

By that math, to get the same percentage, you roughly get the 72/325,000.

So at what point do you get the top 72 deer in the state? Or if we go by harvest which is a little easier to quantify, 36~ assuming we kill about 50% of the best that grow each year.

In Utah on average will there be 36 200” deer killed? 210”? 220”?

Personally I think it’s around the 215” mark.

15 of them off of LE hunts, 10 CWMU and 10 off GS units.
 
Well, I did some math. Going off of 190 and 375 for B&C All Time, I get 202 for the equivalent of a 400 bull.

There are 4 typical elk past the 400 mark, and 11 typical mule deer past the 200 mark entered in the Nevada state record books.
 
Cam@strawberry said:
Mathematically based on population I figured 20 400” bulls on an average year in Utah, of which we kill 10 of them. Which is .00022 percent of the population 20/90,000.

By that math, to get the same percentage, you roughly get the 72/325,000.

So at what point do you get the top 72 deer in the state? Or if we go by harvest which is a little easier to quantify, 36~ assuming we kill about 50% of the best that grow each year.

In Utah on average will there be 36 200” deer killed? 210”? 220”?

Personally I think it’s around the 215” mark.

15 of them off of LE hunts, 10 CWMU and 10 off GS units.
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20 400" bulls a year in utah? IMO that is a big stretch.
 
IMO a 240 buck would make it a pretty hard decision. I might just have to pull the trigger on a 230 over a 400 inch bull. The amount of bone for a bull to score 400 inches is amazing.
 
I'm in the 400 elk camp, love hunting mules but elk are KING. In all my times in the woods I've only set eyes on one bull that would go 400, probably 4 mules topped 200 . Obviously beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. Got 2 good muley hunts this year and unfortunately no elk hunts, my opinion might change. Lol.
 
How many elk?

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How come nobody has posted pics of a 200" buck next to a 400" bull.?? I thought there were at least a dozen top posters here with both on their wall... 😁😉
 
450,000 to 500,000 mule deer in California?.....lmmfao...wtf made up the data on that chart?
 
If I have to pick.. I’d much rather send an arrow at a 200”mule deer and a second arrow at cow elk for the freezer. 🤙🏽
 
Homer said:
lol....I ain't buying the second arrow at a cow over a 400 bull.....lmmfao
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Lmao.. Homer.. if thy were a 400 “ bull standing side by side with a cow you know which one would fall if I had the right tag.. lol 🤙🏽
 

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