Mule Deer?

[Mayhem]

Killed one that lived in a sage flat and it tasted like sage.
Killed one out of alfalfa and it was great.

THIS.

Overall, they have a stronger taste than a WT.

[big_smith]

The one I killed in New Mexico was about 100 years old. I would say the meat was slightly stronger than normal, but everyone in my family ate it. My wife commented on it that it was a little strong. No help on scoring, mine was a 5point, but I was just tickled to get him on the ground.

[Wackmaster]

The desert mulies I have killed out in New Mexico were all 100% wild no supplemental feed (unless someone did it illegally) and they all tasted better than any whitetail I have ever eaten. Not quite as good as Oryx but they are excellent to eat.

[Tbone3636]

I killed one in south eastern Colorado... Very good eating... I chicken fried the tendys and they were unreal everything else has been good

[Mudslinger]

They do not score the same. Spread credit is different amongst other things.

Taste can vary greatly. Some are great. Some I wouldn't feed to my dog lol

Wrong answer. Spread credit is spread credit no matter on a whitetail or muley. Scoring is basically the same period. Beam length, tine length and inside spread minus abnormal or extra tines and differences in symmetry plus 4 circumference measurements. Yes they are different in the G1's thru G4's and how they come off the main beam and measured, but tines are tines, main beams are main beams and circumferences are circumferences.
Spread is taken between the widest point of the main beams in a basically true horizontal plane in reference to the skull and credit is given as long as the inside spread is not greater than the longest main beam. If that is the case credit is only the length of the longest main beam. Ask me how I know this?!

[DuramaxDude]

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

[lmartin5]

The Muley buck I shot in Nebraska tasted great...tasted better than Whitetail IMO.

[d_e_smith]

Hard to tell the difference when they get dipped in flour and thrown in grease. I eat quite a few that are sage dwellers from the Gunnison Basin, no issues on taste and they are pretty old.

[Black_foot_]

I can get behind that you score them similar or the same, whatever side you take. My question is more of what is compatible trophy size. To me a 160-170 BC whitetail is a soild deer. I'm just looking for more of a 160 BC whitetail is compatible to a ____ BC mule deer, or a 187 BC white tail is compatible to a ___ mule deer.

[critter69]

I have eaten hundreds of muleys and have never had a bad one. From the sage flats of Craig, to corn fields out east and above timber line. Its all in how fast they die(shot placement) and the care from the time they are down till they are on your plate. Just like any other piece of "meat".

[trophy8]

Wrong answer. Spread credit is spread credit no matter on a whitetail or muley. Scoring is basically the same period. Beam length, tine length and inside spread minus abnormal or extra tines and differences in symmetry plus 4 circumference measurements. Yes they are different in the G1's thru G4's and how they come off the main beam and measured, but tines are tines, main beams are main beams and circumferences are circumferences.
Spread is taken between the widest point of the main beams in a basically true horizontal plane in reference to the skull and credit is given as long as the inside spread is not greater than the longest main beam. If that is the case credit is only the length of the longest main beam. Ask me how I know this?!

Read the last part of what you said. That's how. Ask ME how I know.... Whitetail still gets spread credit regardless of beam length. Mule deer gets spread credit of whichever is less. So even if your buck is 40" wide, if the beams are 20 then your spread credit is 20". Comprende?

[d_e_smith]

I can get behind that you score them similar or the same, whatever side you take. My question is more of what is compatible trophy size. To me a 160-170 BC whitetail is a soild deer. I'm just looking for more of a 160 BC whitetail is compatible to a ____ BC mule deer, or a 187 BC white tail is compatible to a ___ mule deer.

180 starts getting into big on muleys when they're basically getting it as a WT 8pt (since brows really won't amount to much on most). They start having in lines and kickers that drive score up without the big frame to match it they can lose the wow factor.

[d_e_smith]

Read the last part of what you said. That's how. Ask ME how I know.... Whitetail still gets spread credit regardless of beam length. Mule deer gets spread credit of whichever is less. So even if your buck is 40" wide, if the beams are 20 then your spread credit is 20". Comprende?

WT only get credit for the longest beam, same with muleys.

[trophy8]

WT only get credit for the longest beam, same with muleys.

That's news to me. If so, I stand corrected.

[d_e_smith]

Trophy, go down to pg 5 and look at the score sheet.

http://www.boone-crockett.org/pdf/FJ_Whitetail.pdf