Are you serious?

They don't shrink that much during the drying period.

I have officially entered racks that scoredclose tothe same as the green score.

exactly I do not consider it a score unless it is dry and is scored by an official P&Y scorer. Otherwise it is a educated guess or a "close measurement".

I disagree on the drying a deer will not go from 135 to 125 in a 60day dry period it may lose a little but not near 10 inches

who cares what they score. i think too many people here are getting caught up in the big buck phenomenon. thats not what its about. its about doing what we love. i care less what mine scores.

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!

You better be able to count here in PA!

Do you need more than 8-10 points??!!

Just 4 on one side, thats why Rob is so successful.

Just yanking your chain. I have become surprisingly good at counting points since the inception of our antler restrictions.

As I always say, shoot the deer that makes you happy.

If you don't care about scores... great. If you do, that's fine too. To each their own.

If you do actually take a tape to some antlers and look at deer that have been officially scored, you'll be a much better judge of what a buck will score. The Illinois Deer and Turkey Classic has hundreds of officially scored racks hanging on the wall and on the floors. It's a great way to get an idea of what it takes to be a 140", 160" or a 200" buck.