yeah the only way i go by them is by scoring them. pts dont mean anything to how old and mature a deer is. plus, how would u feel if u took a first time hunter out and out steps a small buck. lets say a fork horn and they wanted to get a buck as their first deer. and u couldn't let them shoot it because they local game law is 4 pts on each side or whatever it may be. that person would be crushed in my opinion, not being able to take the first buck they saw, let alone their first deer.