points

[growalot]

Ok 3 inches to be a buck...now thats a given but your buck has broken tines obviuos  breaks...how long does it have to be to be a point?just for us at camp we always went with if it could hold a ring it was a point...but legal submission need to be what?

[WNYBuckHunter]

Boone and Crockett defines it as 1 inch. Im not sure if theres a DEC regulation on that.

[WNYBuckHunter]

http://www.boone-crockett.org/bgRecords/bc_scoring_typwhitetail.asp?area=bgRecords&type=Typical+Whitetail+Deer

 

[growalot]

Thanks this judging and running deer contests is tricky..not their fault the buck got in a fight and lost part a brow and part of main beam..and I have to check all different states rules on claiming points....

[WNYBuckHunter]

Thats why setting the rules for the contest rather than based off of state rules is the best way to go, especially if you are dealing with multiple states.

[growalot]

I finally found their rules and it was an inch as well.....nice he e-mailed to ask before entering it just to make sure...

[dbHunterNY]

Yea we've only gotten younger deer here in the past so try typically don't have stickers or trash on their bases. If it was a nub that wouldn't even had a ring people would start calling it a point. I've always figured 1".

[nyantler]

1 inch... BUT the base width of the tine can not exceed the hieght

[jjb4900]

http://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/93857.html

here's DEC's definition as far as antler restrictions are concerned.

[thphm]

NYSDEC states 1 antler 3" or more to be a Buck,if less then that you have to use a DMP.

[jjb4900]

NYSDEC states 1 antler 3" or more to be a Buck,if less then that you have to use a DMP.

I think they're talking points as far as what's considered a point on a legally antlered deer....not what makes a deer legally antlered as far as tagging it as such