Spread Question

Just curious, when everyone posts pics or answers others' questions and mentions the spread, are ya'll giving the outside or inside spread? Me personally, if I say I saw a 26 incher, I'm always talking outside.

Me and a buddy always go back and forth on this b/c he likes to give inside spread. More than a couple of times, we've started arguing about how wide a deer is and then we realize we're talking about 2 different measurements and we actually agree on the spread! Anyway, just curious which measurement ya'll usually give when talkin' deer with your friends....
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Springville Shooter
When talking to my friends or braggin' I always use the absolute widest outside spread. If there's a kicker, then I specify width with kicker and usually give a mainframe measurement as well. Don't know if that's correct, but it's what I do??? Maybe I'm not politically correct?----shooter
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MuleyMadness
Outside for me all the time.
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i think its all about personal choice i give inside spread usually. but i do specify if the buck has a kicker i will say this wide with the greatest spread
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sneekeepete
I personally try to use inside spread majority of the time because it is a big part of the score. Not that I care about score really it just helps me personally judge an animal better in my mind. To each his own though lol
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southendguy
Outside for me.
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BOHNTR
When folks these days ask, "How wide is that buck".....simply put, they are asking about outside width, IMO. That's what I give them when describing the width on a buck. I've never really had anyone ask me what the "inside" spread was on a buck except on my Strip buck from last year.......and that was basically to see if it's inside spread was wider than the longest main beam.......which it was!
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Loafer
Outside.
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NotEnufTags
Bohuntr has it right. When someone asks what s the spread or how wide is he they want the greatest outside spread. Doesn't help your score but it gives an idea of the size of the antlers. People like to belong to the 30"+ club or the 200"+ club and a few lucky individuals are in both clubs with one buck.

Inside spread can be decieving. Inside spread is the greatest point between main beams. On my buck my main beams came straight up and then curved out. So my tip to tip spread and greatest inside spread ended up being the same measurement. Most bucks beams curve inwards so I gained a few inches there.
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We are always talking outside in my camp. I have not heard of anyone using inside. But we will mention main frame if the cheaters add more than 2 inches to the width.

B&C uses outside spread as well, right? It's part of the scoring system.

"C: GREATEST SPREAD
The greatest spread is measured between perpendiculars at a right angle to the center line of the skull at the widest part, whether across main beams or points. See Figure B."
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"sewing" wrote:We are always talking outside in my camp. I have not heard of anyone using inside. But we will mention main frame if the cheaters add more than 2 inches to the width.

B&C uses outside spread as well, right? It's part of the scoring system.

"C: GREATEST SPREAD
The greatest spread is measured between perpendiculars at a right angle to the center line of the skull at the widest part, whether across main beams or points. See Figure B."
 I'm not an expert. Bohntr is an official measurer and can confirm what i'm about to write.

The first pen to paper entries on a B&C scoring sheet serve to identify your buck, but are not used in the measurement totals. (A) No. points right antler, (A) No. of points left antler, (B) tip to tip spread, and (C) greatest outside spread give a picture of your buck. The only spread measurement that actually increments the total inch score of the buck is the greatest inside spread. That is why it was significant that my bucks antler tips curved outward. The tip to tip spread became my greatest inside spread. Inside spread is limited by the length of your longest main beam. So a 40" wide monster with shallow front forks wouldn't score very well as the main beams would likely be 20"- 22" the spread credit would be limited by the 20 -22" instead of the 40" width.

If looking for a B&C buck look for mass with deep forks over width. Most BC typicals are going to be 28 - 30 wide with long main beams and deep front and backs, with heavy mass that carries all the way up the tines.
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Good to know. I have never gotten to that point, so I didn't know. Interesting.
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GUTPYLZ
Out West, I thought it was always outside. We talk about spread out West like everyone talks about weight in all the Whitetail areas. lol I always laugh when someone asks me how much my buck weighed. When I went to Alabama to hunt, I then understood. Thy gut their Deer at camp(Never in the field or by a stand) and usually weigh it. Anyway, didn't mean to get off topic.
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