okay i know it has something to do with forks but just in case i come across one that has say 2 forks on one side, i dont want to make a mistake with having deer fever lol. does the deer have to have both forks on both sides can anyone clarify im going out on monday thx robert
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Posted 10 October 2008 - 03:09 PM
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Posted 10 October 2008 - 03:15 PM
Generally, most zones require a deer having one or more forked antlers. So basically, it can be a 1x2, 2x2, 3x5, 2x4, 9999x123456789, or whatever. It just has to have at least one fork on one side and eyeguards don't count, although I've never seen a spike (AKA a 1x1) with eyeguards. Game warden told me a long time ago that a good way to tell if you can consider it a valid "fork" or "point", is that you should be able to hang a ring from it (like a wedding ring or key ring) with the antler pointing up at a 45* angle and have the ring dangle without falling off or touching the antler in any other spot.
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Posted 10 October 2008 - 03:55 PM
thx i hope i dont shoot the one with the eye guard lol
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Posted 10 October 2008 - 04:15 PM
You do know what an eyeguard is, right? It's the point that grows near the base of the antler, just above the eyes (not generally found on younger deer)...
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Posted 10 October 2008 - 08:18 PM
Even if only one horn have fork, he is legal! and yeah eyeguard's count... that is of course if you can find a spike with eye guard. 
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Posted 10 October 2008 - 08:26 PM
The "Fork" only has to be on one side but it must be in the "upper 2/3 of the antler"Generally, most zones require a deer having one or more forked antlers. So basically, it can be a 1x2, 2x2, 3x5, 2x4, 9999x123456789, or whatever. It just has to have at least one fork on one side and eyeguards don't count, although I've never seen a spike (AKA a 1x1) with eyeguards. Game warden told me a long time ago that a good way to tell if you can consider it a valid "fork" or "point", is that you should be able to hang a ring from it (like a wedding ring or key ring) with the antler pointing up at a 45* angle and have the ring dangle without falling off or touching the antler in any other spot.
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Posted 10 October 2008 - 08:28 PM
Not to argue DF, but eye guards are NOT to be counted. Here is the section from the DFG web site.§351. Forked-Horn Buck, Antlerless and Either-Sex Deer Defined. (a) Forked-Horn Buck Defined. For the purpose of these regulations a forked-horn buck is defined as a male deer having a branched antler on either side with the branch in the upper two-thirds of the antler. Eyeguards or other bony projections on the lower one-third of the antler shall not be considered as points or branches.
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Posted 10 October 2008 - 08:29 PM
Eye guards for sure absolutely DO NOT count as a point.Back East what we call out West a "Forked Horn" (2X2) is considered a "6 Point" if it has eye guards.Edited to addBraz beat me by a minute.Even if only one horn have fork, he is legal! and yeah eyeguard's count... that is of course if you can find a spike with eye guard.
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Posted 10 October 2008 - 09:46 PM
enough to hang a "ring" on it the 2nd point!...4 yrs ago I shot a 2x1 (decent fork on one side, spike (14") on the other while he was laying in his bed...I thought it was a true forked horn until we came up to his piled body...it was a site hauling him out of the road on my quad...people thought I shot the Grimace's dog!
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Posted 11 October 2008 - 07:48 AM
ooops...too quick on the typing ...errr..yea LOL...thanks for the catch
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Posted 11 October 2008 - 09:39 PM
What does that tells you? It means I'm not reading my DFG regulation. Thanks for correcting me Braz. Mac would have been ticketed and sued me for giving him wrong advice.Not to argue DF, but eye guards are NOT to be counted. Here is the section from the DFG web site.§351. Forked-Horn Buck, Antlerless and Either-Sex Deer Defined. (a) Forked-Horn Buck Defined. For the purpose of these regulations a forked-horn buck is defined as a male deer having a branched antler on either side with the branch in the upper two-thirds of the antler. Eyeguards or other bony projections on the lower one-third of the antler shall not be considered as points or branches.
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Posted 12 October 2008 - 07:18 PM
hopefully I wouldn't haveve been ticketed as mine was an actually fork on one said "ring on one side", I clearly meant the upper 3rd and definitaly not an eye guard. Never ssen a spike with an eye guard 
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