Dunk Hill Skulls
Antler Scoring |
We can un-officially score your buck here at Dunk Hill Skulls for a $20.00 charge. We have a team that has been un-officially scoring bucks for over 20 years! With our experience, technique and tools, we will measure your trophy twice to confirm the size. When we score your deer we will include the measurements for each qualifying organization below on a custom score sheet for your personal records.
If you feel your trophy will qualify for a state or national record, then we can help to put you in contact with Official Scorers for any of the organization below so you can start your application process.
If you are interested in having your trophy scored, let us know, it could be a buck you harvested seasons ago!
If you feel your trophy will qualify for a state or national record, then we can help to put you in contact with Official Scorers for any of the organization below so you can start your application process.
If you are interested in having your trophy scored, let us know, it could be a buck you harvested seasons ago!
Every hunter has a different meaning for "success" when they head into the woods. Antler scoring has long be a means of determining a level of accomplishment for hunter's world wide. There are several official organizations that recognize fair-chase trophies on a national level for record keeping.
Boone and Crockett Club, www.boone-crockett.org/
Pope & Young, pope-young.org/
Buckmasters, buckmasters.com/resources/btr/handbook
The above organizations have specific criteria in order to have your harvest officially scored, recorded, and published as an accomplished trophy. These criteria vary from choice of weapon, state regulations, certified scorers, affidavits, repair/altercation limitations, drying periods, applications, entry fee's, photograph requirements, scheduling, waiting period and even DNR background checks to confirm the hunter is within good character and standing with State Wildlife Agencies.
To help you navigate your trophy's potential score, below is a quick guide for the minimum requirements that each organization has set.
Pope & Young (Archery bucks only)
Typical minimum score 125 inches
Non-Typical minimum score 155 inches
Boone & Crockett
(Based on symmetry & mass; deductions for oddities)
Typical minimum score 160 inches
Non-Typical minimum score 185 inches
Buckmasters Trophy Records
(Measures every inch of the antler, no spread)
Deer taken by bow minimum score 105 inches
Deer taken by firearm minimum score 140 inches
Boone and Crockett Club, www.boone-crockett.org/
Pope & Young, pope-young.org/
Buckmasters, buckmasters.com/resources/btr/handbook
The above organizations have specific criteria in order to have your harvest officially scored, recorded, and published as an accomplished trophy. These criteria vary from choice of weapon, state regulations, certified scorers, affidavits, repair/altercation limitations, drying periods, applications, entry fee's, photograph requirements, scheduling, waiting period and even DNR background checks to confirm the hunter is within good character and standing with State Wildlife Agencies.
To help you navigate your trophy's potential score, below is a quick guide for the minimum requirements that each organization has set.
Pope & Young (Archery bucks only)
Typical minimum score 125 inches
Non-Typical minimum score 155 inches
Boone & Crockett
(Based on symmetry & mass; deductions for oddities)
Typical minimum score 160 inches
Non-Typical minimum score 185 inches
Buckmasters Trophy Records
(Measures every inch of the antler, no spread)
Deer taken by bow minimum score 105 inches
Deer taken by firearm minimum score 140 inches
144 5/8 Inches
Holmes County, Ohio
October 2023
Holmes County, Ohio
October 2023