So you think you know trophies? Here's how to find out. Click through the following 10 photos of Boone & Crockett record book bucks and see if you can guess which of the four net scores listed below each photo is correct.
If you need a refresher on how bucks are scored, check out the story below. It's a reprint of a November '05 Sportsman's Notebook guide to gross scoring your buck. Note that net score, the only score entered into the B&C books, includes deductions for asymmetry, while the gross score (below) does not. Good luck!
Rack Up the Points: How to score your deer in the field
(1) Measure the inside spread at the widest point between the main beams. Make sure your tape measure is perpendicular to the length of the skull and parallel to the top of the head. Round all measurements to the nearest 1/8 inch.
(2) Measure from the antler's burr edge along the middle of the main beam on the outside, all the way to the center of the last tip. Repeat on the other side of the rack.
(3) Measure the tines from where they emerge off the main beam along the outside of their curvature. Start with the brow tine (called the G1), then the next point (G2), and so on. Then record all abnormal points. Only count points longer than 1 inch.
(4) Measure the circumference (mass) of each antler in four spots: roughly halfway (or at the narrowest spot) between the burr and the brow tine, the first and second points, the second and third points, and the third and fourth points. If the buck is an 8-pointer and doesn't have a fourth tine jutting off the main beam, take the measurement halfway between the middle of the third point and the tip of the antler.
(5) Add all the measurements for the final gross score.
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