Lol, Gross score is mainly for bucks that won't make book. But, if you don't care about net then you shouldn't care about gross either. Both are just measurements. It just sounds bigger in the gross categorie
. I do think B&C really penalizes non-typicals wrongly for the way they deduct on the typical frame, so gross score really tells more in that respect. But if you are gonna go all "gross" then you might as well have only one category.
Another thing about gross score is that it isn't really tallied the same from one person to the next. Gross mainframe, net mainframe without cheaters, gross mainframe with cheaters, gross mainframe without cheaters, too many variations.
There definately are some faults to the b&c scoring system that penalize some truly huge bucks, but at least it's consistant and established.
You can pretty much bet if a buck will make book , or if it is even close, the net score will be given. I personally grew up with net scores, so I chuckle everytime I hear someone saying a buck was shot that scored 190 or 200+, cause It usually ends up being gross not net. -And sizewise that is usually a huge difference.
But realistically, not many of us will shoot, let alone even see muleys that make B&C, so gross score certainly has its place.
I personally am satisfied with net scores, and none of my bucks will make book. Pretty much if a gross score is given , I'll look at it and say , "nice buck" , "whatta pig", "thats huge", or "omg what a friggen monster". And that's what it's really about.
As for the antlers on ebay , I don't believe the nontypical is scorable, as it appears to have 2 main beams on one side. Gross score is still scored by B&C measuring techniques as far as I know. I'll go crawl back into the woodwork now