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Boone and crockett club names top 125 trophy counties. The minimum score requirements for entry into the northwest big game record books, for all four states we cover oregon, washington, idaho, and montana are listed below. The record of a workshop on biology and management of the black bear. New indepth outdoors tv episodes return this fall, sundays at 8 a. Each will be listed in the triennial boone and crockett club 27th big game awards. But how does the state rank in terms of trophy quality for record book pronghorn. Records of north american big game, 12th edition by boone. The 410pound bear is the field dressed weight, said steve dobey, bear program coordinator for the kentucky department of fish and wildlife resources. Michigan listed 16th for boone and crockett north american. A 60day drying period is required before measurements are official. Recognize outstanding trophies in size and symmetry taken by. Johns bear has an official boone and crocket score of 22516 inches.

It was just this may, 2012, and duane dunham of waupaca, wisconsin, headed to kodiak island, alaska, in search of a record brown bear taken with a muzzleloader. With a hardcover edition nearly sold out, the boone and crockett club has released a paperback version of its latest biggame records book. Amwell press and the boone and crockett club, clinton, nj this book was issued in a trade edition issued in wraps 1979 gray, prentiss n. Michigans second largest black bear on record michigan. It also was a pickup, in sanpete county, utah, in 1975. Boone and crockett announces mule deer, elk record books. A black bear has to score 20 to make the boone and crockett record books, while a score of 21 automatically makes it into the alltime boone and. The wisconsin buck and bear club is a group of dedicated volunteer individuals. All record data below obtained through the boone and crockett clubs. Maine is one of those states that refuses to admit, at least openly, that they cant get hunters to come to maine from out of state to hunt whitetail deer, because there are few deer left to hunt and that directly relates to the precipitous drop in the reporting of trophy deer taken from and reported. The best way to hunt for a records book boar is to simply shoot the bear that. Michigan holds the record for the sixth most entries per square mile. Also subscribe to know when we upload vidoes of our epic bear hunts. Between 1980 and 1985, there were 617 trophy whitetails.

There were only 100 copies of this deluxe limited edition. There are categories for rifle, archery, archery velvet, black powder, and shed antler. These are the 5 biggest black bear kills by hunters in the record. With listings of over 22,000 trophies, articles about all current worlds records, natural histories of big game animals in.

Schoonen has been selected as chief executive officer by the board of directors as part of its new strategic plan. Next to whitetail deer, there is an argument to be made that black bears are the. Dexter plans to have a halfbody mount made of the bear. The boone and crockett club records have been divided into six series, most of which have been further subdivided. Records of north american elk is 298 pages containing nearly 1,600 listings for boone and crockettclass american elk, roosevelts elk and tule elk. When talking about big bears, most hunters will quote the weight of their bears but in actuality. The topquality book is priced much lower than the traditional hardback edition but contains identical material. Doug adkins of jenkins, kentucky took a 410pound male bear in letcher county, besting the previous record bear of 350 pounds set last year by neil perkins of hallie, kentucky. Measurements are taken with calipers or by using parallel perpendiculars, to the nearest onesixteenth of an inch. Incredible footage of big record book black bear feeding at bait. Boone and crockett clubs 2008 big game trophy calendar.

Boone and crockett club records, 18882009 archives west. We get trophy woodland caribou in the record books every year. The only exceptions are the boone and crockett club, pope and young club, the longhunter society. Boone and crocketts big game awards largest to date. Of the 763 entries in the 20 pa record book, jeffs bear ranked no. Oklahoma state record black bear 20916 from pushmataha county and youth hunter kaylin s. The record bruin was shot on a dog hunt in hyde county, nc, a hotbed for big bears in the state. There is no entry fee required for acceptance in the utah big game records program. Editors note thank you to contributor richard paradis for compiling this information. Thursday, april 30, 2020 the boone and crockett club announced today that tony a. Records of north american big game is much more than a book of recordskeeping statistics, it is a history book of big game animals in north. A book of the boone and crockett club containing tabulations of outstanding north american big game trophies accepted during the 27th awards entr y period of 20072009 edited by eldon l.

Beluga river, ak william nelson, his son brian and longtime hunting partner dean were out to fill the freezer with some moose meat in the beluga river drainage 30 miles west of anchorage. The objectives of the program include the following. The black bear in modern north america boone, burk. In the case of these pending world records, the panel score became the animals official score.

There are 12 stunning live images of recordclass big game out of the 38 categories recognized by the clubs awards program. Its the end of february in north carolina and rabbit season is almost over. Boone and crockett club confirms new worlds record elk. Gray published the clubs first big game records book titled records of. Share this on facebook opens in new window share this on twitter opens in new window. It was the middle of november, 25 degrees and snowing hard when they left camp on snowshoes.

New jersey state record black bear 22916 from warren county and hunter timothy p. As a rule, many resident hunters have not ventured into the woods, in large numbers, to pursue the black bear. Jeffs bear scored 211116 and its estimated live weight elw was 638 lbs. Boone and crockett club is proud to present our 2008 calendar featuring official worlds records and other highranking trophies of native north american big game. These are the biggest black bear kills by hunters in the record books. In commemoration of its 125th anniversary, boone and crockett club has released an historic list of the top 125 trophy counties across the u. Boone and crockett club home wildlife conservation. The bears skull measured 27 616 inches, the secondlargest grizzly bear skull ever accepted into the prestigious boone and crockett club record book. Skull measured in at 15 816 that night and after drying time it got officially scored at 15 616th. North carolina grows big black bears, much bigger than the black bears in canada. If anything, that only adds to the appeal of black bear hunting. The official declaration was made friday by the boone and crockett club. Your articles and photos should be published in the annual utah big game record book at the end of each respective year before releasing them to any other magazines or publications.

New potential world record black bear shot in pennsylvania. We package all books in custom cardboard book boxes for shipment and ship daily with tracking numbers this book, published by the boone and crockett club, captures the tales of the hunts for the top 86 north american big game animals entered in the clubs 24th awards program. The changes are targeted to accomplish the organizations mission more effectively and efficiently with a new, modernized structure that consists of four divisions. Administration, which contains early administrative correspondence and executive committee minutes, almost an entire run of the minutes of the clubs annual meetings which began in 1893, and an almost complete run of officer. New boone and crockett club records book in paperback. Nc whitetail deer hunting concluded a couple of months ago with another successful year. Trophy woodland caribou in the record books sci, boone.

Boone and crocketts latest records book now in paperback. Boone and crockett measurements for black bear are measured in 116. This firstever records book dedicated to mule deer and related subspecies features. Boone and crockett clubs 27th big game awards book by. If you like big lakes, cold weather and black bears, this is the place for you. Record book woodland caribou harvested by newfoundland outfitters that specialize in trophy woodland caribou hunts. Before 1981 this was a sad time of the year for many hunters, as it would be another. Signed by jim rikhoff as chairman of the historical records committee. Billys north carolina record black bear had an official weight of 647 pounds and was estimated to be nine years, nine months old. According to the boone and crockett club, the colorado state record for black bear has a skull measuring 22 and 916 inches and was killed in mesa county in 2007. As a result, the number of bears in the record book are less than the other two species even though the trophy potential is very high. Bradford county trophy deer and bear club categories.

The stars aligned for the frozenmen and our good buddy jesse got to take down a book cat. Craig resident nabs 703pound bear, possible state record. Trishs bear weighed 561 lbs, was officially aged to be 21 years old and scored 30 016 to take top honors for the state of virginia. Missoula, montanafor the first time ever, the boone and crockett club is offering its latest records of north american big game in a paperback edition. The dust jacket is in fine condition with little wear if any. The world record black bear was shot in utah in 1975 and measured 23 1016, according to the boone and crockett club. The record book of oregons big game animals included john and his bear in their second edition, and i had seen their article and photos. New mexico black bear project, hornocker wildlife institute.