GregH,
Pope and Young minimum islower because they are a private club and that's what they decided to set their minimum at. Boone and Crockett is also a private club and sets their minimum higher. They also accept bow kills, infact they accept ANY form of weapon as long as it's legal in the state it's being used in. So it could be said that it's harder to break into the B&C club with an archery tackle killthan it isforthe P&Y club.
BTW when someone says "theykilled their share of P&Y bucks"they are referring to archery equipment as that's the only equipment P&Y recognizes.
Wow! You've got to be the longest winded, self proclaimed expert I've ever heard. You don't have to tell me about the P & Y or the B & C club, as I am a member of both and have Deer entered into both organizations. Like you told someone else, I'll tell you, I've been shooting deer since just after you were potty trained. There is nothing that you can tell me that I don't all ready know. Besides most of what you say is useless BS anyway. I know full well what each organization accepts for their record books, and no doubt it is easier to get into the P & Y record books then the B&C. The higher minimums is mainly the reason for that. But, the fact is that the P & Y minimums are lower because of the primitive weapons being used to take the animals. IT IS HARDER TO GET CLOSE ENOUGH TO KILL ANIMALS WITH BOWS THAN IT IS GUNS. This is the reason for the difference in minimums for entry scores.
BTW, I've heard many people say that they took a P & Y class buck during the rifle season. They use that to describe the size of their buck. So when people say that they've taken their share of P & Y bucks, they are not ALWAYS talking about using only archery gear. A lot of people don't enter their bucks so to them to describe it as P & Y classed buck is just their description reguardless of weapon used.