You are aware of the Indian stag he posted well i was thinking for some interest we could have a go at estimating his antler length..how about it fellas.I`m sitting back on this one...

Well with my VAST knowledge of Sambar and antler lenght.....760mm or 30 odd inchers for you old bastards

Thanks Bakes, Us old men are grateful. Bastards
included.

looks like about 26-27 inches

22" maybe 23"
350, good to hear from you again, been getting out after them at all?

Cheers, Dave.

Na mate its been way to hot, been doing a bit of fishing instead

cheers Nathan

Zoomed image.

My guess.

In the field he looked like a monster but he was far away. But on these photos about 22 inches.

Just out of interest I measured the distance between the out side edge of one ear to the outside edge of the other ear on a couple of mounted heads , the average length was about sixteen inches , so taking that into account I would have to agree he's about 22 inch . If I where to hazzard a guess I would say that would make him about five years old .

Ears are forward and antlers laid back..thus your theory while worth some merit points could be somewhat wrong...pic pespective and all that...there is another way to do the measure thing though...Nitro knows,

My guess for what its worth is 24 to 26 inches .

Yeah , I was taking into account his antlers where somewhat laid back , just trying to help trying to put things into persective for our friends who are'nt that familiar with Sambar .

42" Sambar shot in Adilabad, India -- 1950s. The bastards have ruined it all.

love thos old pics,especially of sambar....i would like to find an old one i saw once at a mates that must have gone at least 50 inches a monster,anyway a great pic there mate and here is one of my old mate Hank posing with one that measured at strangely 42 inches also.

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Originally posted by gryphon1:
Ears are forward and antlers laid back..thus your theory while worth some merit points could be somewhat wrong...pic pespective and all that...there is another way to do the measure thing though...Nitro knows,

The head back and the fact the points might not be visible in the photo might add some inches as Gryphon has suggested.

what a ripper, i would be happy with about one 1/2 that size!!!

I take it the very best heads taken out of the bush in Victoria run 31â€-32â€. Is that about right?

The ADA trophy register shows the biggest Sambar at 233 douglas points. Does anyone have an idea how long those antlers would be?

There’s a shed antler by the fireplace at the Blue Duck that goes about 32†and has a massive base. I don’t dare to dream of ever seeing one that big in the bush.

- stu

Those older pictures show racks big as our elk. Had me wondering how big they might get if left to grow into old age.

Impressive!!!

George

Georgeld,no they dont get anywhere near big elk at all,sambar normally have only 6 points and as said previously a big fella down under will be only about 30" plus. Anything around 24" and up is considered an achievment with sambar though.