New Zealand guides and outfitters are familiar with the SCI scoring system.
This system divides Red Stag trophies into bronze, silver and gold medal categouries according to their total SCI scores.
However, the number of points required for each categoury has been changed several times.
The result is that not all outfitters use the same number of SCI points to define their medal categouries.
A recent review of outfitter websites showed considerable variation.
For example, at one extreme an outfitter classified silver medal Red Stags as falling between 280-340 points, whereas another defined silver medal Red Stags between 320-359 points.
The current SCI definitions for bronze, silver and gold medal categouries are listed on the S.C.I. website.