I like scoring deer. I personally go by the gross score, it is a more accurate description of the deers actual size. By practicing scoring deer I've become a pretty good judge of what the size of a deer I see really is.

I have a deer that grosses 126 4/8 and nets 125 4/8. Not much shrinkage there.

I have one that grosses 181 and nets 163 4/8, an off center tine cost him a 177 net.

Another has 138 inches of bone and nets 115, one of my top 3 favorite deer even though I have other larger scoring ones.

Score is a great reference to a deers antler size. When I tell someone of the size deer I saw or shot I'm not exagerating. Sometimes I'm way off, but always on the short side.[&:]

The first time I went to the Wi. deer classic and saw a great buck I told my buddy, "there's a boone and crockett!" Then we saw the tag that read 144 5/8. Wow! What does it take!!?? Once you see one you'll know.

Another thing I find interesting is when someone says they saw a 14 pointer. Everybody sees a 14 pointer. BS!!! Unless that deer is stopped and and gives you 2 or 3 side views of its rack, there is no way in hell you're going to count that many points! Gospel!

I've been doing this for a very long time and I have a heck of a time counting up to 10 points!