Is he 13"

[AntlerCollector]

Legal IMO

[texan16]

I wouldn't hesitate to shoot that deer, he makes 13".

[CastAndBlast]

Yes he is legal. That is a mature deer and easily 15" ear tip to ear tip. His right side 2nd beam makes him legal and I will say he is 14"-15" wide.

He is 2" outside his ear on the left side.

Agreed!

At first glance, I said no, but it looks like he has more curve in main beam than what I initially thought.

[TN_boy]

Back home in TN, we had QDM practices but it was based on point count.
Depending on location it would be 3 to 4 points or better on one side.

To me, that is much easier to make a decision on than a measurement.

[bow4my2]

legal

[SAC]

If him being 13" is the only thing holding you back, shoot him.

[Hockley]

Yes he is legal. That is a mature deer and easily 15" ear tip to ear tip. His right side 2nd beam makes him legal and I will say he is 14"-15" wide.

He is 2" outside his ear on the left side.

I agree with this. I'd take a chance. That right side is a judgment call and I judge the outermost main beam is the one to go from.

I also agree that mature deer have a greater distance between ears. We have shot several "mature" deer we thought could be borderline. Everyone had at least 1" of grace.

If not, SSS.

[mrc]

I have yet to determine which is the main beam and which is the kicker, it looks different from every angle. Unless I get really lucky in the rut I will never see this deer in the daylight, I have only seen him in person one time. Last year in the rut I had a couple of sporadic pictures of him at my feeder in the middle of the afternoon. I am really needing to get a big mature 8 off of the feed bill, so if I do see him I may let him pass to see what he does next year.

[Leon County Slayer]

pretty easy to reach your GW - I'd shoot him a pic and ask - (I would never plan for "grace" given by the GW cuz the downside isn't worth it when it's easy enough to just reach out with pics in hand ahead of time. imo) that'll give you peace of mind and you can hunt him with a clear conscience instead of wondering. He's a cool looking deer - best of luck

[Sika]

For the sake of comparison, this east TX deer was 14 and a quarter and he was a fat 5.5 year old.





This odd looking deer was only 11” wide.



My gut says your buck is 13”-13.5” inside.


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[phames817]

Yeah I think around 14

[PEC]

The quality has absolutely drastically improved, unless you consider a herd comprised of young basket racked bucks to be of better quality than one loaded with mature bucks with vastly better antlers.

........your deer have just had a chance to grow. Same deer, quality did not change, you just allowed the same quality to reach it's potential with age.

[Czechfish]

Legal

[CRM_95]

Yes he is legal. That is a mature deer and easily 15" ear tip to ear tip. His right side 2nd beam makes him legal and I will say he is 14"-15" wide.

He is 2" outside his ear on the left side.

Yes sir. Shoot him!!

[Traildust]

Shoot, measure, eat or sss.