The Phrase Raghorn (updated w shed pics)

[gotcoues]

We're scouting up in Unit 9 this weekend and my son Dillon found a set of sheds that score about 220. This has since brought up a discussion of what constitutes a raghorn bull. I said no way a 250 bull could be considered a raghorn, my buddy Harvey said he needs to be bigger. Since beauty is in the eye of the beholder, what is your maximum score for a "raghorn" or if points is your way of deciding. Please vote by putting a short response. This is for AZ bulls if it matters to you. I'll post his sheds when we get home. Thanks Justin

 

We added in for the missing G2 on the one side and came up with a really rough score of 210-220

 

So is this a raghorn in your opinion?

[presnative]

My opinion may and probably will differ from others. A rag horn bull is not mature and most likely will not breed cows. Some folks might say a bull with a 250 inch rack is a rag horn. My wife and I have both taken six point bulls under 300 inches that I would not call rag horns. My two cents.

[muzzlehunter75]

My opinion may and probably will differ from others. A rag horn bull is not mature and most likely will not breed cows. Some folks might say a bull with a 250 inch rack is a rag horn. My wife and I have both taken six point bulls under 300 inches that I would not call rag horns. My two cents.

I totaly agree with you, it depends on the hunter, but, ha no way the bulls you have killed are rag horns! I have killed a 3x3 and that I would say is a rag horn.

[cramerhunts]

Anything above a spike and below a five point.

[tjhunt2]

The Apaches on the White River Indian Reservation have a youth raghorn hunt for 10-16yrs for $5.00 Anything with 4x4 and smaller.

 

I say a spike is a spike and then anything smaller than a 5x5 is a raghorn. I like eating raghorns.

 

TJ

[huntingfool]

I consider 4x4 and smaller raghorns, and also bulls with more points but still scrawny. Like my dad shot a 5x7 bull in unit 9 awhile back but it isn't big. I would call it a raghorn for how many points it has. A small 5x5 or 6x6 bull that's scrawny or spindly I'd call a raghorn. On the other hand a 5x5 with good mass and tine length I would not call a raghorn. Basically I consider the term "raghorn" to mean spindly antlers and has little to do with the number of points.

I like eating raghorns.

I agree that raghorns are delicious. My only bull was a 4x4...can't beat elk burgers!

[Oak]

I don't think you can use antler points for a measure.

 

I'm going to make you all jealous with this next picture.

 

 

A raghorn 5x5 for sure. The photo is deceiving, but the long main beam is 20.5".

 

I'd agree with huntingfool's definition.

[WHALE]

Anything above a spike and below a five point

+1 that's how I call them

[Kaffer62]

Anything under 400........

[gotcoues]

Anything under 400........

 

 

Well I ain't shootin no dang raghorn, soooo

 

guess I be holdin out for da big one then

[.270]

anything casey shoots. unless it's a spike. then he calls em "smoothies". Lark.

[stanley]

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anything casey shoots. unless it's a spike. then he calls em "smoothies". Lark.

 

 

"Smoothies"!!!! :lol: Now THAT is funny Lark!!!! Definitely going to pull that one out next time I get a chance! One step above a 'skin head' (doe/cow)! And for the record...... I have NO problem shooting either one!

 

S.

 

[huntingfool]

Ha ha smoothies...very nice. Speaking of smoothies, I think Casey drew a tag this year...

[.270]

a friend o' mine calls velvet spikes martians because he says they look like they have antennas on their head.

 

velvet spike is also the name of caseys favorite chippendale dancer. Lark.

[billrquimby]

It's just me, but I call any branch-antlered bull with short main beams and short tines a "raghorn." It doesn't matter how many tines it has. Even a 7x7 can be a "raghorn" if its main beams are only 30 inches long and the longest tines are only five or six inches,

 

Bill Quimby