How good are you at judging score in the field.

[bowhunter15]

I did the game and had an average of 8" margin of error for 40 deer. It was a lot harder. Some I'd put in 100 and it'd be like 130", and I would think, "HOW?"

I would say that I tend to overestimate, but not always. Usually the first thing that goes through my head is, "shooter or not". If it is, I shoot without much other thought. The one in the avatar I didn't even know if he was an 8 or a 10 when I shot, just that he was a shooter. Yet when they're not shooters, I don't tend to score them either. I just watch, try to film, etc. When someone else asks how big it was, I think back and tend to overestimate based on when I actually look at the film.

[dan]

You know, sometimes I hit it within a few inches on a few deer, but then as soon as you think your good at it I get one way off... I think judgeing mass is the hardest for me.

[Stanley]

I am usually good at field judging, but this past year I really misjudged my buck. It happens.

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I think wide bucks are some real foolers. Narrow bucks I can tend to underestimate.

[BCam]

I am not that good, but i haven't really attempted to do much fleld judging in "total inches" until the last few years...... I really have never shot a buck based on what he scored, I usually try to shoot a buck around the same size or bigger than what i have on my wall already ( judging by width and tine length but not thinking in terms of total inches). If i am on a multiple year skid, than i will usually whack one a little smaller.

[magicman54494]

I really don't try to score them. I'm not real hung up on score. I'm more into if it's a mature deer which for me is pretty easy to tell. If he's 4 or more I'm most likely shooting.

[RaisedByWolves]

I seem to be really good at the typical racks, and not so much from certain angles and non-typicals. My margin on the game was 10"...some I was within 2" and some I was off by almost 30"! I seemed to really underestimate some of the giants and over estimate the dinks.

[muddy]

I am usually good at field judging, but this past year I really misjudged my buck. It happens.

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I think wide bucks are some real foolers. Narrow bucks I can tend to underestimate.

I agree. When I first saw my buck he had his head tipped back on a licking branch, he looked huge. He then went into timber destruction mode and all I did was focus on his vitals, didn't realize he was what I'd normally pass until I walked up to him in my little video... pretty psyched I didn't swear out loud to be honest.