Scoring a Deer from Trail Cam Pics ???

[Arrowsmith]

I know scoring a deer from a picture is very subjective and probably not all that accurate, but it is still interesting to get others input. I am just not very good at it.

I have been watching this buck since May. I am not going to shoot him even if I get a chance. He has already broke off the G3 on the right side.

My neighbor saw him up close in the middle of our county road one night last week. He doesn't know anything about scoring but he has about 150 head of cattle and knows body size. He thinks he is 240-250 lbs live weight. This buck has really put on some weight in the last 5 months. I hope he makes it next year.

What do you think?

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[DallasCoon12]

Before the broken tine I’ve got 151

[Hoss163]

174 with all his tines

[PYBUCK]

Iowa deer, probably is 250#

[Johnny Dangerr]

Huge mature deer. Shoot it................

[150class]

I came up with 170. Last photo makes me hesitant but if hes a 250 pounder than I'm comfortable with the guess

[Kingfisher789]

Why wouldn’t you shoot that buck?!?

[DallasCoon12]

I’m probably low by 10 or more inches. I missed the Iowa part

[docmay]

On a Midwest deer I would say he is 165-170 with everything there.

[MagicBlade]

He'd be on my hit list!

[solocam_aggie]

Sucks he broke that G3 off. It would be hard for me to shoot him as well.

[Arrowsmith]

Sucks he broke that G3 off. It would be hard for me to shoot him as well.

Yes. I agree.

If he survives this season and this winter he will be an awesome buck next year.

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[walker1983]

Nice buck no doubt.
Lots of those pics have the ol cell phone tilt going on so it’s hard to judge from that set of pics.
Straight on pics of pics are easy enough to score off of, but when the phone gets tilted towards the horns and away from the body it can make an average buck look big and a big buck look huge.

My best guess is 157”


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[Floor Man]

I got 166 even with broke tine- 4in kicker off base helps


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[Dandy123]

Before the broken tine I’ve got 151

I think you're off about 25 inches