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I am an Official Measurer for B&C and P&Y and see the value in inches as data points for measuring herd health.
However, I see the use of the score to build an ego or determine one's prowess as a hunter as antithetical to the mission and values of the organization originating scores. Shane Mahoney has said much on how media use in hunting has not helped out our cause or furthered our tradition. I think antler scores have been seen in that same light for the reasons I stated. I would like to see people return to the idea of a doe as a trophy in its own right without discounting a 180" mule deer as a trophy as well. Hunting just for the inches will ultimately see the hunter left unsatisfied; yet demonizing the score altogether is shortsighted.
That said, gross inches are all that matters IMO. A scoring system which deducts score for non-typical points or asymmetry is a useless fetish that penalizes the cooler aspects of antler growth.
I think inches are a useful metric to describe the antlers of a deer or elk. I find myself doing it, but understand the problems with it.
That said, gross inches are all that matters IMO. A scoring system which deducts score for non-typical points or asymmetry is a useless fetish that penalizes the cooler aspects of antler growth.
I'd love to see the day that some guy shoots what appears to be a world record and refuses to have it scored.