Comments on: Mass and Beam Measurements http://www.buckmanager.com/2008/01/17/mass-and-beam-measurements/ Deer Hunting and Habitat Management Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:05:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Buck Manager http://www.buckmanager.com/2008/01/17/mass-and-beam-measurements/comment-page-1/#comment-3686 Buck Manager Thu, 07 Apr 2011 21:54:09 +0000 http://www.buckmanager.com/2008/01/17/mass-and-beam-measurements/#comment-3686 Mickey, it sounds like you have a buck with 4 points on one antler and 2 on the other. If this is the case, then do exactly like Hunter D says in his second paragraph for the antler with only a G1 and G2. The circumference between the G2 and the tip of the beam will be your H2, H3, and H4 measurements. For the antler with 4 points, you would score it like a typical 8 point deer. Take your H1, H2, and H3 measurement as normal, but for your H4 measurement measure halfway along the beam between the G3 and the tip and take your H4 measurement there. Every antler gets 4 circumference measurements. Mickey, it sounds like you have a buck with 4 points on one antler and 2 on the other. If this is the case, then do exactly like Hunter D says in his second paragraph for the antler with only a G1 and G2. The circumference between the G2 and the tip of the beam will be your H2, H3, and H4 measurements.

For the antler with 4 points, you would score it like a typical 8 point deer. Take your H1, H2, and H3 measurement as normal, but for your H4 measurement measure halfway along the beam between the G3 and the tip and take your H4 measurement there. Every antler gets 4 circumference measurements.

]]> By: Hunter D http://www.buckmanager.com/2008/01/17/mass-and-beam-measurements/comment-page-1/#comment-3685 Hunter D Thu, 07 Apr 2011 19:16:12 +0000 http://www.buckmanager.com/2008/01/17/mass-and-beam-measurements/#comment-3685 Mickey, on a typical 6 point you would measure halfway between the G2 and the tip of the main beam. At that location you take a circumference measurement, except this measurement counts twice if no G3 is present (such as your typical 6). Multiply that measurement by 2 and that gives you the remaining 2 mass measurements (the H3 and H4 measurements being this same measurement). In the case of the antler with only a brow tine and a main beam, take the circumference halfway between the brow tine and the tip of the main beam and multiply by 3 (for H2, H3 and H4). That was the way I learned from an old official B&C scorer back when B&C scoring wasn't popular yet. Mickey, on a typical 6 point you would measure halfway between the G2 and the tip of the main beam. At that location you take a circumference measurement, except this measurement counts twice if no G3 is present (such as your typical 6). Multiply that measurement by 2 and that gives you the remaining 2 mass measurements (the H3 and H4 measurements being this same measurement).

In the case of the antler with only a brow tine and a main beam, take the circumference halfway between the brow tine and the tip of the main beam and multiply by 3 (for H2, H3 and H4). That was the way I learned from an old official B&C scorer back when B&C scoring wasn’t popular yet.

]]> By: Mickey Smith http://www.buckmanager.com/2008/01/17/mass-and-beam-measurements/comment-page-1/#comment-3679 Mickey Smith Tue, 05 Apr 2011 02:17:47 +0000 http://www.buckmanager.com/2008/01/17/mass-and-beam-measurements/#comment-3679 I do not understand how to get 4 mass measurements on each beam of a typical 6 point. One that has brow tines and a G2 and G3. I have killed 2 big cull 6 points and apparently have underscored both, having only taken 2 mass measurements on each beam. Please help me understand how to measure the mass. I do not understand how to get 4 mass measurements on each beam of a typical 6 point. One that has brow tines and a G2 and G3. I have killed 2 big cull 6 points and apparently have underscored both, having only taken 2 mass measurements on each beam. Please help me understand how to measure the mass.

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