Lope Score Guess

eagle_eye · Apr 18, 2011

Took this guy last year in WY and had him officially scored by a B&C measurer after the mandatory drying period to settle a bet with my brother.

Anyone care to take a guess on the score?

264mag · Apr 18, 2011

A real nice trophy 86 6/8

zekers · Apr 18, 2011

79. Do you have more pics? Sweet goat!

DoeNob · Apr 19, 2011

I'm going to guess 83 but it is hard to tell from that photo how much the mains curl in.

beavis14 · Apr 19, 2011

nice one a real lunker ! i will say 86 1/2

TOPGUN · Apr 19, 2011

Well into the 80s if the lengths are as good as what it looks like they are from that one picture.

predator · Apr 19, 2011

85 -87. Love the mass.

oregonmuley · Apr 19, 2011

Even when you have a great picture or view they are darn tough to score. A little hard to tell the exact length from the posted pic, good mass & height though, pretty good prongs so I'll go 84 +/- a point.
Great buck though congrats!!

PaleHorse · Apr 19, 2011

You can't beat that mass. I am gonna guess 84 7/8. I'd put an arrow in him anyday!

Tagalong173 · Apr 19, 2011

Sweet Buck.

I just hope I can get a shot at one that big on my hunt this coming season.

Dr_Hunter · Apr 19, 2011

81 2/8

"Half of being smart, is knowing what you're dumb about."

eldorado · Apr 19, 2011

I'd say 84. Nice mass and prongs.

Eldorado

losthuntr · Apr 19, 2011

I'll guess 82 very nice goat

huntin100 · Apr 20, 2011

It's hard to be very accurate with one side view. You can get a guess on length of left horn. I would guess 83-85.

Flint · Apr 20, 2011

eagle_eye · Apr 20, 2011

I scored him on the hoof as "big enough"

I scored him after I shot and he was on the ground as "bigger than my brother's"

I green scored him a week later at home at a little north of 84"

He officially grossed after the drying period at a little over 82 and netted 81 6/8". I thought Dr. Hunter guessed right on the nose till I looked at the score sheet.

A Wyoming lope hunt is amazingly fun. Couple of preference points and you're hunting goats this size every 2 or 3 years. Many of the goats I saw had mass similar to mine.

TOPGUN · Apr 20, 2011

I'm surprised he didn't go higher than that, but it was hard to tell with only one picture of him laying the way he was. That's still a darn good goat and one to be proud of. I would definitely agree on the fun it is hunting them and I think you have a good chance at one like that in an awful lot of the Wyoming units right now because they are really at peak numbers the last couple years.

Dr_Hunter · Apr 21, 2011

Just off by a hair. . . Great Antelope! Congrats. I need to get up there and do a hunt. I have been wanting to for some time now, but we have been lucky enough to draw Utah tags for the past three years now. Hopefully this will be the fourth.