At what point does a 4x4 with eye guards become a 5x5?
When it's entered on the BC score sheet!
I gave up a long time ago and just let the owner of the antlers tell me what it is. 4x4 with eye guards or 10 point...who cares?
I personally like the eastern count method, as it describes the total number of points. Here in the west we would just say it's a four point - whether it had eye guards or not - or even two antlers!!
However I think the "best" method is to simply state the number on each side (5x5)(4x5)etc.. as that tells people the structure of the rack.
Our blacktails and mulies often don't have eye guards and that throws another wrench in the works..
I got a laugh out of the NC hand gunned whitetail 11 point! Hard to argue with that
