RE: Tricks that you use when field judging whitetails?
This was told to me by a P&Y measurer that measures anything I get and who is also a good friend so he's not going to BS me at all.
Tine length and big end forks is what matters the most when scoring a whitetail. Mass, inside spread, main beam length doesn't add up nearly as much as tines do. Tall tines usually will score high. A wide rack with short tines isn't going to do hardly anything. Mass measurements as well aren't always a huge factor but they do make more of a difference then main beam length and inside spread being you have 8 measurements. Tall tines and big end forks, tall G1's mean everything.
Pretty much the same as you said Cooter.