SWIABOONER
PMA Member
I just wanted to let everyone know about a new computer program I just bought. It's called Buckscore. It was developed by Mississippi State University. The program uses algorithms to determine a score of a deer from a picture. It's pretty cheap $10 from there website and it just downloads to your computer. It's an awesome idea, I'm just not real sure how well it works. You input what state the deer is from, age if you know it, and how the deer is orientated in the picture, 0, 90, or 180 degrees. Then you use a pointer to take a base measurement depending on how the deer is facing nostril width, width between eyes, etc. Then after taking the base measurement you measure the mainbeams, tines and mass. I've only had a few minutes to mess around with it but from what little time I have used it I think it is very sensitive to how close the animal is to the camera and knowing the age helps a lot in getting closer measurements. They claim accuracy within 6% with one picture and up to 2.5% with multiple pictures of the same animal. I have scored a few deer that I know the score and some were relatively close and others where off quite a bit. I need to mess with it some more before I give a final grade but I've wasted $10 on dumber stuff. Like I said earlier if it works like advertised it would be an awesome management tool but that is yet to be seen. Here is a link to the website if you're interested http://www.buckscore.com/