ORIGINAL: Geronimo
I am a B&C scorer and a P&Y scorer and what we are taught by the hierarchy is that the intent of the scoring is to recognize the accomplishment of the animal and not the accomplishment of the hunter or owner of the antlers or horns. That is why all antlers and horns can be measured and recorded even road kill. When you think in line with this then you realize that both gross and net scores are important.
The animal grew X inches of bone. That is his accomplishment. He shouldn't be 'deducted', or otherwiselooked down uponbecause one side is bigger than the other. That is simply nature at work.The desire of 'perfect symmetry' is a flaw of modern man in my opinion. If we are to follow the gospel of P&Y scoring,that is perect symmetry is the goal, then a non-typical such as the Beatty buck or a double-beam buck should actually be an undesireable harvest! Makes no sense in my world.