is he legal

i have the restriction in my county thus guy is coming pretty often, not sure if he makes the 20" outside. thoughts please

Mule Deer ARs, think he'll go 18-19" out of velvet but not 20.

I'd agree not 20" inside? Beautiful buck though!

Need a better straight on or facing the camera since he is so close to being legal. Big ears fool some on mule deer.

the restriction is 20" outside spread and stx thats the only good pic i have of him... ill see if i can find another one

I think this is him from earlier in the year but not 100%

Does not look like him from the angle due to his left browtine in the first pic has an arc and bow in it. Might just be this pic angle but it does not look to be the same buck.

This one looks slightly different to me...And slightly less wide too.

prolly right guys guess i will have to wait and hope get some better pics next couple days

Im unfamiliar with the MD restrictions. Is it widest point or widest point of beams? May not matter much with him but just curious.

Mark 20 inches in white on the side of feeder bin. Eventually you will get a picture of him or see him in person that will tell you yes or no.

It’s the widest point of the beams. And good idea benbob I’ve seen several last couple weeks that are legal but this guy is one of maybe 2 I’d actually be interested in

This guy makes it but not what I’m looking for

I had no ide mule deer had AR’s. Thanks for teaching me something today.

The buck on the right makes it with a couple of inches to spare or maybe 1/2 of a foot to spare. The one on the left looks to have numerous points.

I don’t think he is

Really nice deer sir

Only in some counties.

Only thing I know for sure is that he is not legal to shoot before the season starts.

IIIRC it is 7 counties that they started with. Rumor was that it was to spread to more counties on both regions of the state.

Is that a good thing?

I believe it is. The young mule deer bucks were getting hammered because it was unique to shoot a mule deer in Texas. The AR were put in place to help them get more age and better antlers. I hunt in the SE Panhandle and it is not difficult to see a mule deer buck less than 20 that is young. The mature ones are far and few between.

Agreed I bet I only have 4-6 legal bucks on my place and maybe half might be mature.

Interesting, thanks for the information.

newest pic

I see less than 20 based on the right ear to the right antler. If the antler was outside the ear on each side, most likely would be 20 or more. A good frontal picture will give a better reading.

Dude won’t give me a straight on pic but he’s there everyday hopefully at the opener I can see him
In person

He looks just outside his ears at best.

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Had never heard of this.

Thanks for sharing the photos, its interesting to see something different from another part of ole texas. No help on spread Ive never done anything but debone and eat mule deer.

18-18.5", not 20" iIME.

I’m with y’all on he is borderline maybe just short but for just to reference it’s 20” outside spread from the main beams so closer yo 18” inside is what you need
Finally got a pic of him straight on

We got one last year that was about 1 inch outside the ears on each side. When you looked at the head it was clear the rack was outside the ears and we all estimated the spread to be 22 inches and to easily exceed the a/r rule. When he was measured the spread was exactly 20 inches. That caused us to reevaluate how to estimate the width as we had believed if the rack was outside the ears it was legal.

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