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The Douglas Score was developed by New Zealand hunter,
Norman Douglas over a number of years, during which he formulated a
system of measuring trophies. The Waikato Branch of the New Zealand Deer Stalkers Association,
of which Norman Douglas was a member, adopted the system in 1949 for
its own competitions. Over the next few years the system was hotly
debated at the Association's Annual Conference, before being adopted
as its official measuring system in 1959. A lifelong study of flora and fauna of New Zealand and a deep
love and appreciation of our big game animals has brought about the
development of a system for measuring trophy heads of New Zealand
that is truly unique in the hunting world. Through observations of
nature, the late Norman Douglas appreciated symmetry of nature, and
with critical analysis and experimentation, he created a system that
rewarded balance and penalised imperfection. The Douglas Scoring System is now widely regarded as the South
Pacific measuring system for trophy heads - something to be valued
by recreational hunters in New Zealand. The New Zealand Deer Stalkers Association appreciated Norman Douglas's vision and ingenuity in a life-long dedication to the
development and refinement of a unique method of measuring the
antlers, horns and tusks of animals found in this part of the
world. The system has been developed using the Imperial Measurement of
One Inch and its fractions. The Douglas Formula has proven, in the
generations it has been in use as a judging and recording method, to
be the only formula that caters to all the needs, even the most
fickle, man's individual ability to make a commonly acceptable
judgement.
