Animal Scoring

Animal Scoring Overview

• The scoring of the animals follows real life scoring guidelines such as that of Boone & Crockett.
• You can find the detailed scoring information on the score sheet of every animal. The table below is a simplified description. Click on the animal's score in your hunt statistics or personal best lists to see the scoring details.
• Females of some species have a score, but they will usually score lower. Rabbits/hares are an exception, their females get heavier than males and thus score higher.
• Harvest Value has nothing to do with the scoring of the animals.
• The Cross Species Score ("CSS") value on the harvest screen is explained here.

The following factors do not influence the score of an animal:

• where you hit the animal (e.g. you cannot damage antlers and thus reduce the score)
• whether you hit a vital organ or not
• the Harvest Value or any of its components (trophy integrity, wound time)
• the weapon(s) used
• the number of hits
• the shooting distance

Permanent Species	Scoring	Females scored
Water Buffalo	Horns Lengths of horns Circumferences at various places
Bison	Horns Lengths of horns Circumferences at various places
Banteng	Horns Lengths of horns Circumferences at various places
Moose	Antlers Greatest spread Number of normal points Width of palms Length of palms including brow palms Circumferences of beams at smallest place Deductions: Number of abnormal points on both antlers and differences between all measurements from the scoring
Roosevelt Elk	Antlers Spread of main beams Lengths of main beams Length of each point (up to 7) Beam circumferences between points Differences between all measurements from the scoring Deductions: Total lengths of abnormal points
Rocky Mountain Elk	Antlers Spread of main beams Lengths of main beams Length of each point (up to 7) Beam circumferences between points Differences between all measurements from the scoring Deductions: Total lengths of abnormal points
Red Deer	Antlers Lengths of main beams Lengths of brow and tray tines Circumferences of coronets Circumferences lower beams Circumferences upper beams Weights of dry antlers Length of inside span of both antlers Number of tine ends
Sambar Deer	Antlers Lengths of main beams Lengths of typical tines Circumferences of burrs Circumferences of main beams Inside Spans of main beams
Rusa Deer	Antlers Lengths of main beams Lengths of typical tines Circumferences of burrs Circumferences of main beams Inside Spans of main beams
Reindeer	Antlers Inside spread of main beams Spread credit Number of points on each antler excluding Brows Number of points on each brow Length of main beam Length of palms Length of all points Circumferences at various places
Mule Deer	Antlers Spread of main beams Lengths of main beams Length of each point (up to 4) Beam circumferences between points Differences between all measurements from the scoring Deductions: Total lengths of abnormal points
Whitetail Deer	Antlers Spread of main beams Lengths of main beams Length of each point (up to 7) Beam circumferences between points Differences between all measurements from the scoring Deductions: Total lengths of abnormal points
Blacktail Deer	Antlers Spread of main beams Lengths of main beams Length of each point (up to 4) Beam circumferences between points Differences between all measurements from the scoring Deductions: Total lengths of abnormal points
Sitka Deer	Antlers Spread of main beams Lengths of main beams Length of typical tines (up to 3) Circumference of Burr Circumference of Main Beam Deductions: Total lengths of abnormal points
Axis Deer	Antlers Length of main beams Length of typical tines Circumferences of burrs Circumferences of main beams Inside Spans of main beams
Fallow Deer	Antlers Length of main beams Length of typical tines Width of palms Circumferences of coronets Circumferences of beams Number of points
Roe Deer	Antlers Lengths of main beams Weight of dry antlers Volume of antlers Beauty Points 0-4 points for inside span 0-4 points for color 0-4 points for pearling 0-4 points for coronets
Bighorn Sheep	Horns Lengths of horns Circumferences at the four quarters
Dall Sheep	Horns Lengths of horns Circumferences at the four quarters
Alpine Ibex	Horns Length of horns Circumferences of horns Greatest spread Beauty Points 0-3 points for color 0-3 points for age rings and ridges 0-3 points for horn curve
Feral Goat	Horns Length of horns Circumferences of horns Greatest spread Beauty Points 0-3 points for color 0-3 points for age rings and ridges 0-3 points for horn curve
Polar Bear	Sum of head width and length
Brown Bear	Sum of head width and length
Grizzly Bear	Sum of head width and length
Black Bear	Sum of head width and length
Wild Boar	Weight Length of bottom tusks Circumference of bottom tusks Weight and tusk score are calculated. If the weight part is bigger a "W" is added, if the tusk part is bigger a "T" is added.
Feral Hog	Weight Length of bottom tusks Circumference of bottom tusks Weight and tusk score are calculated. If the weight part is bigger a "W" is added, if the tusk part is bigger a "T" is added.
Red Kangaroo	Weight in kilograms
Grey Wolf	Skull length and width
Coyote	Weight in pounds
Red Fox	Weight in pounds
Arctic Fox	Weight in pounds
Puma	Skull length and width
Eurasian Lynx	Skull length and width
Bobcat	Skull length and width
European Rabbit	Weight in grams
Cottontail Rabbit	Weight in grams
Snowshoe Hare	Weight in grams
Turkey	Weight in pounds Length of beard Length of spurs
Wood Grouse	Weight in grams
Pheasant	Length of longest tail feather Length of spurs The score qualifies as "A" if shot in air (about 1m above ground) or as "G" if shot on ground.
Canada Goose	Weight in grams The score qualifies as "A" if shot in air (about 1m above ground) or as "G" if shot on ground.
Snow Goose	Weight in grams The score qualifies as "A" if shot in air (about 1m above ground) or as "G" if shot on ground.
Magpie Goose	Weight in grams The score qualifies as "A" if shot in air (about 1m above ground) or as "G" if shot on ground.
Mallard Duck	Weight in grams The score qualifies as "A" if shot in air (about 1m above ground/water surface) or as "G" if shot on ground.
American Black Duck	Weight in grams The score qualifies as "A" if shot in air (about 1m above ground/water surface) or as "G" if shot on ground.
Northern Pintail	Weight in grams The score qualifies as "A" if shot in air (about 1m above ground/water surface) or as "G" if shot on ground.
Gadwall	Weight in grams The score qualifies as "A" if shot in air (about 1m above ground/water surface) or as "G" if shot on ground.
Rock Ptarmigan	Weight in grams The score qualifies as "A" if shot in air (about 1m above ground/water surface) or as "G" if shot on ground.
White-tailed Ptarmigan	Weight in grams The score qualifies as "A" if shot in air (about 1m above ground/water surface) or as "G" if shot on ground.
Willow Ptarmigan	Weight in grams The score qualifies as "A" if shot in air (about 1m above ground/water surface) or as "G" if shot on ground.

Event Species	Scoring	Females scored
Werewolf	Weight in pounds
Roe-bit	Weight in grams

All Time Best Scores

Last Update: December 11, 2023 (after Season 39)
The scoring of various animals changed over time. This is reflected with the "generations".

• In seasons 1-7 the scores were fractions of eighths. For example the best Blacktail scored 245 6/8.
• After season 8 all scores were shown with three decimals including the previous scores.
• Since season 30 all numbers are shown with four decimals. This changed the possible top scores for some species.
• Deer and pig species were mostly changed due to improvements in the racks and tusks (incl. TruRACS).
• Double bearded Turkeys initially considered the length of both beards. This was then changed to count the longer beard only.
• The scoring for Coyotes never changed, but the probability for finding the max weight (27kg / 59.525lbs) was greatly reduced in season 9.

The most current top score is highlighted:

Top Score

Species		Generation 1	Generation 2	Generation 3	Generation 4	Generation 5
	Whitetail Deer	Seasons 1-3	Seasons 4-8	Seasons 9-
		199.8750	226.4930	209.4880
	Mule Deer	Seasons 1-3	Seasons 4-8	Seasons 9-11	Seasons 12-
		209.0000	247.7500	231.0240	246.1024
	Turkey	Seasons 1-5	Seasons 6-
		97.5000	71.6300
	Roosevelt Elk	Season 2	Season 3	Seasons 4-8	Seasons 9-
		345.2500	359.6250	353.1890	443.2270
	Coyote	Season 4-
		59.5250
	Feral Hog	Season 6	Seasons 7-8	Seasons 9-
		1037.2500	998.8070	1212.1130
	Blacktail Deer	Season 6	Seasons 7-8	Seasons 9-11	Seasons 12-
		245.7500	190.4710	182.3240	197.3240
	Pheasant	Seasons 6-19	Seasons 20-
		29.1330	29.5500
	Moose	Seasons 8-
		244.6770
	Black Bear	Season 8	Seasons 9-	Seasons 30-
		24.0160	23.9370	24.0024
	Wild Boar	Seasons 10-
		1280.1430
	Roe Deer	Seasons 10-
		264.2750
	Red Deer	Seasons 11-
		283.4810
	Brown Bear	Seasons 13-29	Seasons 30-
		28.8980	28.9709
	Red Fox	Seasons 14-
		33.9490
	Mallard Duck	Seasons 15-
		1599.9980
	Canada Goose	Seasons 16-
		8999.9130
	Cottontail Rabbit	Seasons 16-29	Seasons 30-
		1999.0000	1999.9068
	Reindeer	Seasons 16-
		720.1030
	Alpine Ibex	Seasons 16-
		291.9670
	European Rabbit	Seasons 17-29	Seasons 30-
		2499.0000	2499.8409
	Red Kangaroo	Seasons 17-
		90.9990
	Arctic Fox	Seasons 19-29	Seasons 30-
		17.6300	17.6348
	Bison	Seasons 19-
		128.7830
	Snowshow Hare	Seasons 19-29	Seasons 30-
		1999.0000	1999.9763
	Sitka Deer	Season 19	Season 20	Seasons 21-33	Seasons 34-35	Seasons 36-
		84.8810	166.4180	113.8582	119.4487	113.6612
	Northern Pintail	Seasons 19-
		1399.9010
	American Black Duck	Seasons 19-
		1599.9960
	Gadwall	Seasons 19-
		1399.9810
	Polar Bear	Seasons 19-29	Seasons 30-
		31.0240	31.0965
	Willow Ptarmigan	Seasons 20-29	Seasons 30-
		809.0000	809.9705
	Rock Ptarmigan	Seasons 20-29	Seasons 30-
		639.0000	639.9467
	White-tailed Ptarmigan	Seasons 20-29	Seasons 30-
		479.0000	479.9716
	Grey Wolf	Seasons 20-29	Seasons 30-
		16.8900	16.9642
	Grizzly Bear	Seasons 20-29	Seasons 30-
		27.4810	27.5181
	Rocky Mountain Elk	Seasons 20-
		455.8660
	Bighorn Sheep	Seasons 20-
		193.4250
	Feral Goat	Seasons 20-
		400.8650
	Dall Sheep	Seasons 20-
		209.5275
	Water Buffalo	Season 22	Seasons 23-
		285.0010	290.6160
	Bobcat	Seasons 22-29	Seasons 30-
		9.5580	9.6353
	Rusa Deer	Season 22	Seasons 23-24	Seasons 25-
		249.6460	211.2620	201.6142
	Sambar Deer	Season 22	Seasons 23-
		350.0010	269.3700
	Banteng	Season 22	Seasons 23-
		173.9560	176.0980
	Magpie Goose	Seasons 23-
		3999.9977
	Eurasian Lynx	Seasons 23-29	Seasons 30-
		11.5250	11.5943
	Snow Goose	Seasons 26-
		4499.9990
	Puma	Seasons 28-29	Seasons 30-
		15.9820	16.0606
	Axis Deer	Seasons 30-
		211.4174
	Fallow Deer	Seasons 33-
		192.9500
	Wood Grouse	Seasons 36-
		7199.0597
	Werewolf	Seasons 23-
		385.8090

TruRACS: Simplified Guide for Deer Scoring

The deer scoring in theHunter uses the official Boone and Crockett (B&C) scoring system. This simplified yet fantastic guide from MonacoSteve is limited to the major contributing factors which you can well evaluate while out in the field, if you observe your prey carefully. With this guide in mind you should be able to make educated guesses about the value of your trophies.