farmerjan
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Where I grew up in CT and VT we called them by the total number of points, on white tail deer. Here in Va they also call them by total number of points. I was told that elk were always called by the number on each side... hence a 4x5 or whatever it was. I just assumed it was the way elk were scored. An "atypical" deer here, with weird antlers is called by the total number of points. We had 2 on the farm next to us that the owner saw and took pictures of , that was an 11 and a 13; 2 years ago. I think someone got one last year, heard rumors that someone got a 13 pt buck.... and they haven't been seen since. They were always together... might have been sibs... but if you saw one you saw them both. Haven't heard about the other. I saw 2 together 3 years ago and they were far enough away I couldn't count but they had big racks and lots of points... I figure it was those 2 at the time.