Tuthdoc scoring

[ShockValue]

Just pulled this thread up for a refresher and thought I'd bump.

[Texas Grown]

I was just thinking about this thread the other day, scoring, Mailman, and TD. Thanks Alan.

[Bone Thug]

My quiver has the TD sticker on it. Wish I had a few more of those.

[Bowhuntingobsession]

I'm glad you did. It's always good to read what TD had to say!

[gekko man]

I use 85 down + the tine length for up and it has worked good for me on a mature deer for most of nw texas.

I use 81 plus the up score (hill country) and It works!

[DRT]

That's what we use. 80 to 85 for mature bucks.

[Mailman]

Great Bump again guys... I just spent this weekend sharing this exact thing to a buddy of mine that hunts in South Texas. His son was chasing a deer, and ultimately got him. He sent me a pic from the deer on the hoof, and the LDP. He asked me shoot him a score, and he was going to measure once he got back to the ranch.

I estimated his deer @ 163.5, and when he scored it he came up with 162 and change.

He told me I was "dead-on" and I told him I had a pretty good teacher, and explained the TD scoring method to him. His ranch, on his mature deer, they are usually a little heavier, and usually a little beamier (is that a word), so I told him to use 100, or so on his bucks.

His son's deer was 48 in beams, 19 wide, and 36 in mass (both bases were over 5), so his down was 103 and change.

Anyway, great thread... Always cool to see you guys saying nice things about TD, he was one of the best men I have ever met, and certainly one of the smartest. His outdoor knowledge, all things, was off the charts. The campfire conversations after the evening hunts were my favorite, lots of information and lots of BS spread around!!!

Hard to believe it was over 7 years ago, when we lost him. Crazy...

[Todd P]

Great catching up on this...

[Atfulldraw]

Makes me smile every time this one gets bumped back up.....

[RutnBuk]

What would be the "Down" for the average mature buck in San Saba/Mills County?

Go with 80.

[BrandonA]

Go with 80.

Thanks

[Porterhouse]

Makes me smile every time this one gets bumped back up.....

Same here. I miss tuthdoc, his contributions to TBH are not measurable. I also miss what this site once was.


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[gekko man]

This is my first year in Webb County. I used the 95" plus the up and to score a buck from a picture and was within 1 4/8" of the actual score. So 95" is the number I'll use from this point forward and 81" in North and Central Texas.

Thanks for the information!

[Reel Screamer]

I have used this many times and works well. I have even started with my base 90, and just quickly add up one side, then look to see if opposite looks about the same. For example, using my base of 90, I know I need 30" of tines on one side to get to 150" deer assuming the other side comes close to matching.

LW

[HubCityThumper]

I used this over the weekend and think all new members could benefit from Tuthdoc’s scoring system. Worthy of a bump.