In the B/C scoring system,what does the G stand for?
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.......Get a score sheet, it will pretty much explain itself. Here is how it goes.
A. Number of points on each antler
B. Tip to tip spread
When you get to G alphabeticly, you come to:
G-1 Length of first point, if present
It stands for how the score sheet is laid out alphabeticly.
All scoring on a Pope and Young or Boone and crockett head is done in different stages, such as Main beam, inside spread,etc. On a score sheet, these measurements are listed in order, and are listed alphabetically. The "G"s happen to be the points coming out of the top of the main beams, starting with the brow tines which are "G" 1, second point is "G"2 etc. etc. etc. Hope this helps
that the "G" goes to way back when the tines were called "guards", and the number just simply identified which guard (tine).
The letter G denotes what takes place in the sequence of events during measuring. In other words, you do A first,B second, and so on
untill you get to G. G is the measurement of tine length,ie,if there are 5 tines, they are measured as G-1, G-2 etc. Each side of the rack is measured, using the same criteria, and entered on the score.sheet.
Hope this helps.
Did you notice there was no question about A, B, C, D, E, F, or H, but "G" got the query. Hmmmmm. You're forgiven Glen. LMAO
this one. JJ might know the answer to this one off the top of his head. My memory tells me that at one time tines were called "guards", and that was a common reference in the days of Teddy Roosevelt (testing your memory now, WHAT did they call them back then? LMAO).
You may have to do some real honest to gosh detective work on this one, Google does not have all the world's past literature available yet.
On another note, here awhile back, I spent a good part of the week running down information on the hairless fox post that was directed at you. Got some answers, but nothing totally conclusive. So quit slackin' and find out where did the "G" come from.
And the G-1 ARE called guards, but the second, third, fourth, et al were just called "points". The letter designation originated with the original score sheets and the illustration depicted on the back to differentiate with tine locations and circumferences.
A- Number of Points
B- Tip to Tip Spread
C- Greatest outside spread
D- Greatest inside spread
E- Total lengths of "Abnormal" points
F- Length of Main Beam
G- Length of "Normal" points(1 thru 7)
H- Circumferences (1 thru 4)
as long as we're on the subject, anyone want to explain or know where to find it explained somewhere on the net, how to score a non-typical? Something that has fairly easily determined non-typical points, so the judgement there is not a factor.
GAY
.....Non typical points are very often "judgement" calls. The very obviously odd ball points are easy, it's the ones that could go either way that are the tough ones.
As Old Fart states, the name describes the issue HOWEVER, a non-typical MUST have a defined TYPICAL frame. In other words, you must be able to define a typical main beam on the animal. Often times castrated bucks end up with "cactus heads" or antlers that have no definition. These are considered "freak" racks and will not be accredited with B&C scores.
G= Guard points or tips
Our archives tell us that you're using your boss's computer. He's a lot like you. He don't got a clue either, do he? LMAO