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.
Forgive me if I misunderstand....but how does subtracting what an animal grows important?
You're right, it has nothing to do with the hunter. But, what P&Y and B&Care doing is an injustice to the animal.