Size matters in the world of whitetails, yet hunters often struggle to describe the actual size of a deer’s antlers. Monster, giant, Booner, and other descriptive words indicate a buck of huge proportions, yet those terms are relative. For example, a monster buck in the mountains of Western Maryland could be just so-so on the plains of Iowa, where mega-headgear is the rule rather than the exception. Experienced deer hunters describe bucks in inches so that a 160-class buck in Maryland is the same as one in the Hawkeye State.

Sizing whitetail deer on the hoof is another set of skills, yet if you bag one, scoring the buck on the Pope & Young or Boone & Crocket system just got much simpler with the Realtree Score Your Rack tool. It reduces a complicated procedure into a simple five-step process, each with it’s own video explanation.

First, how to measure the inside spread:

Next, how to measure abnormal points:

Now measure the main beam:

Measure the length of the tines as your next step:

Finally, calculate mass measurements:

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