shed spreads?

[mozey]

Some questions for you experts:

When estimating potential B&C scores for a set of muley or elk sheds, is there a rule-of-thumb spread credit that is generally accepted within the shed hunter ranks?

How about scaled, as in the bigger the shed, the bigger the spread?

Or, should we just stay with the sum of the two singles and forget about spread?

What think ye?

I'm very much guilty of doing it myself, but I'm always curious when I see someone post a "340 class" estimate, for example, what are they assuming spread to be?

 

[topper]

For deer I usually go with a 20" inside, and for elk 40". Definately not a science, that's just what I do. A friend of mine picked a giant set of elk sheds that we had at 405 gross with a 40" inside, and two years later the bull was killed and only had a 30" inside putting him at 395.

 

[wyohikeit]

Folks in these part use 40" for elk spread unless the beams are way long say over 55" then mabie 45"
If you tell me you have a 170+ inch single or a set that are 175" each side I will get a visual image of a NICE bull even without a spread allowance!!!




Time in the hills is always worth more than money

 

[ultimateshedfreak]

i havent ever scored deer sheds so i wouldnt know but for elk are family usually goes with 37-41 inch spread depending on the antler size.
I AM THE ULTIMATESHEDFREAK!!!!

 

[slamdunk]

When i'm mounting sheds to repro skulls, i go by what looks "natural", unless i have a picture of the animal before he dropped.

Most people i know do an "educated guess" when they rattle off an estimated score of that that particular animal "may" have been.

 

[toughshed]

I think folks should give the score of the single shed...the rest of us can do our own math. If you have a matched set, 20 inches for mule deer and 40 for elk is reasonable...

Plus, with about half the folks, you need to subtract 20 inches immediately for the BS factor...