>As an OM for both Clubs
>(B&C and P&Y) I have
>measured many critters over the
>years. I usually ask
>the hunter from the beginning,
>if it makes the minimum
>are you going to enter
>it? If they say
>yes, we set up a
>measuring date/time immediately (after required
>drying period). If not
>and they are just curious,
>I let them know the
>next time I'll be at
>a specific archery shop, etc.,
>when I can run a
>tape over it for them.
> Difference being, they have
>to get there on my
>schedule.
>
>As for myself entering animals in
>the records program.....I have and
>will continue to do so.
> Obviously NOT for recognition,
>but for statistical data needed
>for each respective Club to
>use and to support the
>Clubs in a day and
>age where everyone is challenging
>our way of life.
>
>Honestly, for those naysayers who have
>looked in a record book,
>do you actually look at
>the hunter's name OR the
>animal's score, and location it
>was taken? I don't
>think I have ever, during
>specific research, looked at the
>hunter's name......so recognition, often times,
>is a myth, IMO.
>
>Lastly, I get get a kick
>out of those 'all about
>gross score' posts complaining about
>the unfair rule of deductions
>and 'if the animal grew
>it it should count'......oh the
>irony involved when inside spread
>(air) is measured. If
>we took that away there
>would be an uproar.
>
Let's be honest,
>many people who are 'all
>about gross scores' do so
>for the higher number and
>their egos. JMO of
>course.
>
>BOHNTR )))---------->
I actually disagree about the value of width. I think it is almost universal that we are impressed with how much space a rack takes up on an animals head. I? think that spread is a worthwhile measurement as would be some way to measure the width between the tip of the MB and the tip of the G2 from the side profile.
Anyway. I get the uniform standards for measuring and I also get that many people dig uniformity. Hence the reason so many young 4 points get killed while older 3 points gett passed.
I don't really buy into the whole ?do it for the animal? way of thinking but I can understand the collecting of data for management reasons.
Best thing BC has ever done in my opinion was to establish the idea of fair chase. ??-SS