Bowtech_archer07 Posted December 11, 2007 Report Share Posted December 11, 2007 When I score a deer, I will figure the net sometimes but rarely use it when I tell people. Gross score is really all I care about.. it tells really how big the antlers. I know that the books use net score, but that won't matter to me until I harvest a record-book deer. Just wondered which score everyone put more emphasis on?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhine16 Posted December 11, 2007 Report Share Posted December 11, 2007 I put emphasis on the gross score. It's just what makes since to me, since it's really about how much bone he has on his head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kid Posted December 11, 2007 Report Share Posted December 11, 2007 i really don't know how to figure the net score out and all the deductions so lucky for me i don't have to worry about that!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Andrus Posted December 11, 2007 Report Share Posted December 11, 2007 Ive always said...nets are for fishing!! LOL TIM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoytman26 Posted December 11, 2007 Report Share Posted December 11, 2007 GROSS!!!!! Most hunting videos use gross for advertisement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonLester Posted December 11, 2007 Report Share Posted December 11, 2007 I figure both. My buck was 153" gross 150 1/2 net. I seems most deer won't score net that close to gross. so gross score seems more acurate in a true measurment of the antlers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccwhitey Posted December 11, 2007 Report Share Posted December 11, 2007 Ive always said...nets are for fishing!! LOL TIM i agree with Tim entirely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemodeerhuntersneighbor Posted December 11, 2007 Report Share Posted December 11, 2007 I don't even figure net. It's stupid really:mad: especially when you think about non-typicals. You have to "gross" the typical frame and then "net" the typical frame. After that you add in the non-typical points. So a buck that is a freak of nature with points going everywhere gets deductions b/c his typical frame isn't symmetrical. Doesn't non-typical kind of mean different or asymmetrical. Silly. Go with gross score. He grew the horns so it should all count regardless if one g-2 is an inch shorter than the other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddyboman Posted December 11, 2007 Report Share Posted December 11, 2007 Ive always said...nets are for fishing!! LOL TIM I agree The only way to not have deductions is to have a perfect symmetrical rack....Is that even possible....I don't think so....but maybe someday we will see it.:rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest adrenaline_junky Posted December 11, 2007 Report Share Posted December 11, 2007 I would have to say gross. I hardly ever say the net score. My reasoning for this is the fact that the gross score is really what the deer scored when it was alive. Therefore i think that it would be the most important of the two scores. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonLester Posted December 11, 2007 Report Share Posted December 11, 2007 Ok everyone just say it like it is. The gross score is bigger and bigger always sounds better. .... LOL I'm guilty!! :D Uhhh. I am refering to deer antlers BTW LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted December 11, 2007 Report Share Posted December 11, 2007 Net. That's what Pope and Boone use, and it's their system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KANSAN Posted December 11, 2007 Report Share Posted December 11, 2007 I go by gross score, but there's another way to look at this: How many times do you see discussions on the message boards asking the question, "if a massive nontypical and giant typical walked out at the same time, which one would you shoot??" A lot of hunters say the typical buck. Big, symmetrical typicals are very, very rare, because most of them grow trash and have uneven tines. If you find a deer that is that symmetrical, then I think they need to be rewarded somehow, since they're so rare. This is where the net scoring works good, to reward the deer that are more symmetrical than others. Just my .02... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted December 11, 2007 Report Share Posted December 11, 2007 When someone asks a score I always figure gross scores. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indy-Travis Posted December 11, 2007 Report Share Posted December 11, 2007 In my circle of friends, we typically are talking about the net score when discussing deer we shoot, even estimated scores of deer we see. As stated before, that is the score that the books look at, so we try to judge deer based on that. One of the guys in the group is a P&Y scorer, so it just seems to be the lingo we stick with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowtech_archer07 Posted December 11, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2007 I agree The only way to not have deductions is to have a perfect symmetrical rack....Is that even possible....I don't think so....but maybe someday we will see it.:rolleyes: The closest I've seen to a perfectly symmetrical rack is I believe 3" of deductions.. It was great looking deer... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indianaboy Posted December 12, 2007 Report Share Posted December 12, 2007 GROSS!!!. Nets are for fish!! If he grows it it counts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob LeBlanc Posted December 12, 2007 Report Share Posted December 12, 2007 I always use weight... Bob:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUTNSTRUT Posted December 12, 2007 Report Share Posted December 12, 2007 This may sound a little corny but here is my take. I always figure gross,because I like to give that animal credit for everything he has been given. Or another way to look at it,to me a big racked whitetail buck is the most awesome creature god put on the planet. Who are we to start messing with what is already perfect(deductions) in my eyes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest adamo Posted December 13, 2007 Report Share Posted December 13, 2007 I'm an official measurer, so I tend to use net scores... but always emphasize the gross score. Most... scratch that, ALL hunting video productions use gross scores - some use gross scores and then add a bunch of inches it seems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straight Shooter Posted December 13, 2007 Report Share Posted December 13, 2007 The closest I've seen to a perfectly symmetrical rack is I believe 3" of deductions.. It was great looking deer... My buck had only 2 6/8" deduction and I go by net score, that is what is entered into the P&Y books for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippyswamp Posted December 14, 2007 Report Share Posted December 14, 2007 When we talk bucks that were saw on a nights hunt, it's always gross. How can one figure in any deductions on a live deer to come up with net? Gross is what he grew, give the animal credit for it all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Finn Posted December 14, 2007 Report Share Posted December 14, 2007 Gross is all that matters to me....actual inches of horn. I believe the Jordan buck was near perfect as far as being symmetrical, with only an inch or two of deductions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straight Shooter Posted December 14, 2007 Report Share Posted December 14, 2007 Gross is all that matters to me....actual inches of horn. I believe the Jordan buck was near perfect as far as being symmetrical, with only an inch or two of deductions The Jordan Buck is even more so, with side-to-side differences of only 3 2/8 inches total. The buck's net score of 206 1/8 is a full 98.4 percent of his gross typical score, which is unmatched by any other whitetail in the upper tier of the record book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michiganbowhunter_SQ2 Posted December 15, 2007 Report Share Posted December 15, 2007 Gross for me. Antler is Antler...Want a net...go fishing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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