Wide and short, or narrow and tall?

Given the same gross score, what is your preference? I have a tough decision to make this year.

Thanks all!

Mass and tine length over spread for me. I prefer real estate over air space.

Amen. Spread is the least important component of the score. It looks great but it's all air.

On average it only counts for 10% of the final score.

Narrow and tall

13"+ and tall or 30" wide and short. Variety is the spice of life.

Well my ex was short and wide. Ill take narrow and tall

Spread is a direction, quite honestly it ought to be dropped from the equation. My dad is enamored with wide bucks but I'd rather have length in balance to mass.

I like bucks that are symmetrical, narrow and tall with mass throughout.

I'd love to kill a narrow tall buck with good mass.

One of each....

You say you have a tough decision...



It would help if you have a couple of pics that define what you consider narrow and tall or wide and short.

I have to say I prefer tall and narrow over wide and short but I've never shot one over 17" wide so if I could get one that's 20"+ I certainly would be tempted...if it had good mass.

ceteris paribus, i prefer the rack that looks like it would win a fight.

I like em wide and big framed

If I choose mass, to me that means I sue a 2 pound sack for sausage!

I kill the wide deer every time.

We have both genetics on our lease and the heavy/narrow/tall racks look more appealing to me.

For whatever reason on our place the wide bucks (20+ inches) seldom get split brows or much other trash points as the narrow/taller racked bucks

The main frame 8's on our place generally carry the most mass

Narrow and tall

Thanks for all of the feedback. I don't have any pictures to post for now, but stxranchman pretty much nailed it. I'm with the tall and narrow crowd, but I've also never put a wide boy on the wall.

tall all day

Are your 8's wider, taller and higher scoring 8's?