No hmmmmming" about it..
BANG FLOP..for me Personaly. .if your not sure don't shoot..not going to be better photo. .tip against white snow..
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Steven
That's a legal animal. No questions, I would take it!
I was just trying to get some practise via google. lol...
googled spike fork moose and tried to test myself.
I would pass but like others have mentioned, it is probably legal.
Using a [in theory] "known" - a moose's eye is 40mm/4cm/1.57 inches. So would be legal based on using the eye as a guide . . .
^^ good perspective.
if you had as clear a view in the field as you do in that picture, no question he's a shooter imo
the eyeballs on the moose I've shot have measured roughly 4-4.5cm in diameter, I've also read an adult moose eyeball is up to 2"/5cm diameter...given that you don't see the full diameter of an intact eye, roughly 1/2 to 2/3, I use the eye ball as a reference to size up questionable tines in the field....if it's roughly same length, legal point provided it meets the rest of the criteria...if it's clearly under, as in the original photo, not a legal point
5 seconds to make the call, I wouldn't shoot...but most of my harvested big game animals I've watched for several minutes or longer before shooting, my first spike fork I watched for 20 mins before I was confident to pull the trigger....I really don't think spike forks are the unicorns many claim them to be (at least not in 7a/b, maybe areas with poor calf recruitment), when you start glassing every single cow you see, they often sprout tiny spikes very fast lol
Unfortunately, the rifles are getting lighter because we are getting heavier and more unfit as a society. This is the key to the mainstream acceptance of the short magnums. - Nathan Foster
The "breadth" of the tine in that photo is deceiving.
Look more closely, and you'll see what looks to be the edge of the antler is actually part of his right ear.
It's not as wide as first glance makes it appear...
That's why you have to watch for a long time, with good optics, and allow the moose to turn his head for different angles.
I had a similar scenario to the one mentioned above, where what looked like a 2 point at first glance was actually a 4 point when a new angle was presented.
Fully aware of the criteria that makes up a tine, on a moose. The point is 1/10th of an inch can put you in non-compliance. Most can not make that visual measurement with 100% certainty.
The issue is when there is 3 tines on one side and 2 on the other, the tine by regulation may not be seen or determined to be 0.9".
So over the years I have probably passed on a legal animal, just to avoid the
BallShit of 1/10th of an inch.
However, I have taken many yearling bulls under a big bull tag, some were 3x3, some 2 one side small palmation on the other, some were 3x2 and the sticker which were more than an inch by a bit or under.
We can only be kept in the cages we do not see. @