Mule Deer Scoring and Field Judging A mule deer bucks gross score is the total of these measurements: 1) length of points (44% of total score) 2) length of main beams (26% of total score) and 3) mass measurements (18% of total score (4 per side) and 4) inside spread (12% of total score). My guess: holy smokes talk about a grower. Give that deer another year I’ll bet he has chance to blow up. Air judge I say 175-178 Small frame. Narrow inside at 18. Definitely inside his ears a ways. I think 11.5

Mule deer are “picky” eaters. They are browsers, which means they eat leaves, stems, and buds from shrubs and trees — in contrast to grazers that primarily eat grasses and forbs. In fall and winter, up to 90% of a deer’s diet may be shrubs like mountain mahogany, sagebrush, bitterbrush, quaking aspen, and chokecherry. These plants help animals survive as they slowly burn off fat and wait for lush food to sprout in spring. So pick away, deer! #wildlifephotography #wildlife #CuteAnimals #FluffyAni

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