ORIGINAL: gmil6184
You know that the quotation mark stands for inches right? So the scoring system is perfectly fair, a buck that has three times more bone on its head will have three times the score. If the fork horn in your example scored a 50" it would mean it has 50 inches of antler, if the 6 point in your example scored an 80" it means he has 30 inches more antler then the fork horn. Were you under the impression that the quotation mark stood for pounds (as in body weight)? If not I guess i really don't understand your complaint...elaborate please.
Yes I know that " means inches and did not think it meant pounds. That's what the # is for.
I don't think you are visualizing what I'm saying. Let me give you a different example. A 12oz soda can measures about 8" around and is about 5 inches tall. If you increased the size of that can proportionately to make it a 24oz can, it certainly would not be 16" around and 10" tall because something like that would probably hold half a gallon which is 64oz.
Here's another: a guy who is 6ft tallwith aslim build probably weighs 160lbs. Another guy who is 6' tall and is 4 feet wide probably weighs 500lbs. If you are measuring in mere inches the skinny dude has a fighting chance. If you are measuring in pounds, he gets squashed.
Pertinent to antler scoring, I think that there's a whole lot of bone material underneath those inches of a 200" rack that outweighsa 100" by 3 fold yet does not have 3 fold the score. Anyone follow or am I totally off in my thinking?