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.

All "lengths" are in inches.

The "Weight to Score Relation" shows how strong the animal's weight is related to the score, i.e. how likely a heavy weight animal will also have a high score.

Females of some species have a score, but they will usually score lower. Rabbits 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:

the player's membership status (guest vs. member)
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 weapon
the number of hits
the Harvest Value or any of its components (trophy integrity, wound time)
the shooting distance

Species	Scoring	Females scored
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 each point (up to 4) Beam circumferences between points Differences between all measurements from the scoring Deductions: Total lengths of abnormal points
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
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
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
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
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
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
Bighorn Sheep	Horns Lengths of horns Circumferences at the four quarters
Dall Sheep	Horns Lengths of horns Circumferences at the four quarters
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
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
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
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.
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.
Werewolf	Weight in pounds

Scoring History

Changes over time

Antlered species: mostly due to improvements in the racks (various and then TruRACS)
Generation 4 was introduced for Mule Deer and Blacktail Deer mainly to bump up the racks due to public demand
Turkey: double bearded birds would consider the length of both beards at first, and was then changed to count the longer beard only
Coyote: The scoring never changed, but the probability for finding the max weight (27.000kg / 59.525lbs) was greatly reduced in season 9
Feral Hog and Wild Boar: real size representation of tusks (TruRACS)
Black Bear: 24.000 was set to be the max after season 8
In seasons 1-7, there were no decimals in the scores calculated but fractions of eighths. For example the best Blacktail scored 245 6/8. Since season 8 all numbers are calculated with three decimals, and the old numbers are also displayed with three decimals.

Notes to the table

The current season is not shown. The numbers are only updated after a season has ended.
TruRACS is a technology that ensures that what is seen in the game is exactly reflected in the score. It is used for most animals, not just for antlered species (racks).
The best scores for each animal and generation are in bold numbers.
You can look up when every season started under Seasons.
Season 18 lasted a few minutes only and is irrelevant for this table.

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TruRACS: Simplified Guide for Deer Scoring

The deer scoring in theHunter uses the official Boone and Crockett (B&C) scoring system. This simplified guide from community member 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.

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Animal Scoring Overview

Scoring History

TruRACS: Simplified Guide for Deer Scoring