You already know this but I’ll tell you again in case you missed it, I have a limited entry bull elk tag for the San Juan unit in SE Utah and I’m very excited about it and the potential to kill a nice bull elk, something I have only dreamed about.  With that said and looking all over the internet for stories of others hunts in that area, there is a very good chance I might get a shot at a bull in the 350 class.

What do the antlers on a 350 class bull look like and what do the numbers mean anyway?  The Boone and Crockett club set up a scoring sheet that compares measurements from one side of a bulls antlers to the other and any difference between them gets deducted from the total score.  They will measure the length of each of the tines, add that to the total length of the main beam (crown on head to the tip of the farthest point), then there are some circumference measurements added in for mass and other stuff I don’t know about “yet” and then you add the measurements from each of the sides to get your total.  So a 350 bull is a dandy.

In my search I found a series of videos on YouTube from an expert named Jay Scott and these videos show you a pretty good length of video of a single bull elk and you get to see all the angles of the antlers in order to field judge the animal.  Then he comes in with his “guesstimate”.  I need lots of practice at this field judging and you can bet I’ll be watching these videos a LOT before I head for Monticello in November!

This series is a good bunch to watch on a day when it’s raining or snowing outside and you can’t do anything but stay indoors.

I hope you enjoy them like I have.

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Bears Butt

Sept. 8, 2013