How do you count points on elk?
The total number of points on an antler includes the number of normal points, plus the number of abnormal points, plus the beam tips. The total number of points for each antler is recorded in the appropriate box on line A of the score chart. Point totals are supplementary data and do not add into the score.
What is the Boone and Crockett score?
The Boone and Crockett Club does list the gross score on the official scoring sheet, and they do this to give people a better mental picture of the rack. For instance, the world’s record non-typical elk has a gross score of nearly 500 (499-3/8 points), but its final score is 478-5/8 points.
What qualifies for Boone and Crockett?
The most obvious and basic item needed to enter a trophy is a fully completed original score chart, signed and dated by a B&C Official Measurer. While the most current score chart is preferable we will accept any score chart completed by a Boone and Crockett Club Official Measurer.
What is the minimum Boone and Crockett score for elk?
A Special Judges Panel determined a final score of 478-5/8 Boone and Crockett non-typical points, an incredible 93 inches above the B&C minimum score of 385 for non-typical American elk and 13-plus inches larger than the previous World’s Record.
Do you count the eye guards on elk?
Timberstalker said: I’ve always called them eye guards on deer and brow tines on elk. Deer the eye guards don’t count as a point either, a four point with eye guards is still a four point, not a five point and damn sure not a ten point. Yep this is the way we do it too, called “western count” .
What is a 5 point elk?
An elk’s first antlers are usually spikes. In good habitat, a bull may have a 5-point rack as a 2-1/2-year-old and then a small six-point rack as a 3-1/2-year-old. If the main beam goes straight back from the dagger you’re almost certainly looking at a five-point antler.
Is Boone and Crockett gun or bow?
B&C is bow, gun, and like mentioned above, “picked up”. you can enter a bow kill the qualifies as a B&C into P&Y also, as it will qualify for both. there is no need for proof.
Do brow tines count as points on elk?
The brow tines curve nicely and seem to pass the tip of the nose, about 18 inches each: 36 points. The next two points are about 16 inches each on both sides: 64 points. The back fork is also pretty good, about 8 inches on each side: 16 points.
