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 Since its foundation in 1994, more than 1,000 official scorers have been certified for the BTR scoring system across the United States and Canada, with the numbers growing yearly. This means there is likely an official scorer near you. Whitetail enthusiasts who have a basic understanding of how whitetail antlers are scored and who wish to become involved, please read the Become A Scorer section. Please address all correspondence to Mike Handley, Trophy Chairman, P.O. Box 244022, Montgomery, AL 36124. Call (334) 215-3337 ext. 232.
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BTR's Best Bucks | No matter how antlers grow, the BTR will accept and record them. By simply recording what nature produced and classifying it accurately, the BTR offers whitetail enthusiasts the opportunity to record their trophies with an unbiased record-keeping age...
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Kansas Claims Another Golden Laurel | Ed Koberstein’s Alberta 20-pointer might be the largest Typical ever shot by a hunter. This year’s Golden Laurel Citation winner is the largest ever ‘not shot’ by a hunter.
The squirrels and mice in Phillips County, Kan., must have cataracts. The ...
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Measuring Main Beams | Main beams are the two long, sweeping points growing from the normal pedicels on both sides of a buck's head, from which all typical points grow. The length of the main beam is obtained by measuring from the lowest point on the burr, over the outer c...
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Circumference Measurements | Four circumference measurements (C1, C2, C3, and C4) are taken from each main beam with a 1/4-inch steel ring-end circumference measuring tape.
The first circumference measurement (C1) is taken at the smallest point between the burr and firs...
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Interpreting Types Of Points | Scorers will ultimately encounter points which demand interpretation. Some points grow in a typical fashion but from locations on a rack where typical points do not normally occur. In such cases the best interpretation of one side of a rack may be ac...
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Definitions Of A Point | A common point is a protrusion of antler which is not less than one inch in length and whose length is greater than the width of its base.
A point which rises in a vertical attitude from the main beam in a typical fashion shall be considered a typ...
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Using The Measuring Tool | All point and circumference measurements (except the length of main beam) must be taken with a 1/4-inch flexible steel tape and calculated to the nearest 1/8-inch.
When measuring lengths of points with the steel tape measure, always place the hash...
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Comparing Deer Within The BTR | If one wished to compare, in detail, one deer with another in the BTR listings, he should compare deer within a specific classification with other deer having approximately the same percentage of irregular inches of antler in their scores. Naturally,...
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4 Classifications Of Antlers | A Perfect rack is one in which every typical point on one main beam has a matching typical point on the opposite main beam, and whose rack contains no more than 1 percent irregular inches of antler in its total score.
A Perfect rack is characterize...
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Score Your Buck | Unofficially score your own buck and see if it meets the minimum score for BTR entry (140 inches for all firearms entries and 105 inches for all bow and arrow and crossbow entries).
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BTR's Golden Laurel Citation | The BTR's Golden Laurel Citation is awarded annually to honor the most significant whitetail rack entered into the Buckmasters Whitetail Trophy Records for that calendar year. The Golden Laurel Citation represents two historic elements awarded for gr...
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Become A BTR Scorer | To be certified as an Official Scorer for the BTR, the applicant must attend a one-day Official Certification Clinic.
To qualify for BTR Certification Clinic attendance, the applicant must:
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BTR Philosophy | The philosophy of Buckmasters' new Full-Credit Scoring System is to measure and record whitetail deer antlers without forcing them to conform to a criterion of perfect symmetry.
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