So I guess I lumped it wrong, judging from the resposes. It seems Southern & Eastern US & Ontario Canada (maybe even eastern Canada) call it a 9 pointer, while Northern & Western US and Western Canada call the same deer a 4x5.

Brampton, it nun suprise me you don't rightly know what me be talkin about, us westerns alwise a might bite different than you all east boyz....LOL.

This topic obviously wasn't serious by any means, but I have often wondered why the difference.