Follow our page for offers and discounts, offered only to our facebook and. The bears skull measured 27 616 inches, the secondlargest grizzly bear skull ever accepted into the prestigious boone and crockett club record book. Boone and crockett maintains trophy records to gauge the success of conservation programs and to celebrate fairchase hunting as a component of game management. Boone and crockett announces mule deer, elk record books. Trophies need to be taken in the respective hunting season for that years competition. Crockett club 27th big game awards book due out later this year. Dec 05, 2011 records of north american elk first edition a book of the boone and crockett club containing tabulations of american elk, roosevelts elk, and tule elk of north america as compiled from data in. The stars aligned for the frozenmen and our good buddy jesse got to take down a book cat. First, the pope and young club, along with the boone and crockett club have determined a physical boundary, in alaska, which divides the two classifications. Skull measured in at 15 816 that night and after drying time it got officially scored at 15 616th.
During an elk hunt with hunting buddy justin powell near fairbanks, alaska, last september, the duo came across a set of massive, fresh bear tracks. Across all categories of native north american big game the overall trend is even higher with 344 qualifiers in 1977 up to 1,151 in 2007a 234 percent increase. Records of north american whitetail deer, 1995, 3rd edition. Records of north american elk by boone and crockett club. Daniel boone gets confused with davy crockett, who came along later and led a life more appealing to hollywood scriptwriters.
Largest grizzly bear taken by a hunter in alaska field. Alaska hunter kills record grizzly bear, boone and. We concentrated our efforts at these places and took two large grizzlies. There hasnt been a larger bear harvested in over 30 years. The utah big game records committee reserves the right to reexamine and remeasure a trophy at its discretion.
Outdoor bound tv episode 84 martin degenhardt british. American elk nontypical american elk typical bighorn sheep bison black bear grizzly bear mountain lion mule deer nontypical mule deer typical pronghorn antelope rocky mountain goat whitetail deer nontypical whitetail deer typical wyoming shiras moose. The reigning worlds record is a skull found in alaska in 1976. Steve and lorrie dougherty with steves 21 116 boone and crockett club black bear. They produced 18, 16 and 12 north american trophies respectively from 1904 to 2012. These are the biggest grizzly bear kills in the record books. West virginia has few entries in the boone and crockett record book and ranks 20th nationally in pope and young entries. 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. Dec 10, 2014 i got my 2014 bear skull from the taxidermist before thanks giving. New potential world record black bear shot in pennsylvania.
Included among the youth trophies are a massive alaska brown bear and the. I also shot a large grizzly, but never entered the skull in the records. The biggest known bruin in the grizzly bear category is also a found or pickup skull. Its the end of february in north carolina and rabbit season is almost over. It missed the worlds record mark by 716 of an inch but landed a spot as the secondlargest grizzly ever recorded. Records of north american elk first edition a book of the boone and crockett club containing tabulations of american elk, roosevelts elk, and tule elk of. All bears are scored based on skull length and width measurements. Mar 31, 2018 the stars aligned for the frozenmen and our good buddy jesse got to take down a book cat. This skull didnt seem much smaller, but theres no way to really tell until the calipers are out. In the meantime, heres a selection of photos from the alltime top 100 boone and crockett records book bears, including no.
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. Records of north american elk is 298 pages containing nearly 1,600 listings for boone and crockettclass american elk, roosevelts elk and tule elk. Sep 01, 2009 this firstever records book dedicated to mule deer and related subspecies features. The 4 biggest bears known to have ever walked the earth. Records of north american elk by boone and crockett club issuu. The club is dedicated to preserving our hunting heritage, scoring and keeping big game records, maintaining hunter ethics, and furthering conservation education. Editors note thank you to contributor richard paradis for compiling this information. This is an allinclusive set covering the first awards. The new york state big buck club, the official biggame records keeper for new york state, scores both deer and bear, using the boone and crockett scoring system. Again, boone and crockett indicates that the skulls greatest length less the lower jaw is 17 416, and its greatest width measures 10 916. The largest grizzly bear ever taken by a hunter has been entered into boone and crockett records. West virginia wildlife magazine west virginia division of. Measurements are taken with calipers or by using parallel perpendiculars, to the nearest onesixteenth of an inch. Records of north american whitetail deer, 1995, 3rd.
All those, of course, are southern michigan locales where private lands abound and access becomes an issue. Last friday the boone and crockett club announced a grizzly bear taken by larry fitzgerald in 20 near fairbanks, alaska will enter the record books as the largest ever taken by a. The worldrecord black bear scored 23 1016 inches, according to boone and crockett records. It also was a pickup, in sanpete county, utah, in 1975. Bear made boone and crockett bear hunting indepth outdoors. Boone and crockett recognizes new grizzly world record. Over the past 30 years, qualifying boone and crockett records book entries for american elk have increased 193 percent from a total of 14 in 1977 to 41 in 2007. A few years back, i killed a black bear with a rifle. Its purpose is to honor the trophies that are the result of sustainable use conservation, and the fair. Boone and crockett club, 250 station dr, missoula, mt 2020. By decree of the boone and crockett club, the nearly ninefoot grizzly bear taken by larry fitzgerald not the cardinals wide receiver near fairbanks, alaska. While this is partly due to habitat and age structure, nonreporting plays a major role. Fairbanks hunters grizzly scores big in boone and crockett.
The all time boone and crockett minimum is 21 inches. Boone and crockett officially announced last friday that a grizzly taken by alaska hunter larry fitzgerald, 35, will enter the record books as the worlds largest grizzly ever taken by a hunter. Aug 10, 2016 alaska allows baited bear hunts in most areas and there are great opportunities for spot and stalk hunting. Oct 29, 20 the skull was officially scored on 201008 by an official boone and crockett scorer at 24 16 placing it almost an inch larger than the required 24 score needed to make the all time boone and crockett book. Nc whitetail deer hunting concluded a couple of months ago with another successful year. The big bruin, taken in 20 near fairbanks, alaska, scores 27616. With a hardcover edition nearly sold out, the boone and crockett club has released a paperback version of its latest biggame records book. This scoring procedure uses the combined length and width measurements of the bear s dried skull. Before 1981 this was a sad time of the year for many hunters, as it would be another. Late last week the boone and crockett club announced that a new record for the largest hunterharvested grizzly bear had been entered into its books.
The boone and crockett club records have been divided into six series, most of which have been further subdivided. Boone and crockett club recognizes record huntertaken grizzly outdoorhub reporters 05. Boone and crocketts latest records book now in paperback. While the bear is not the heaviest bruin ever taken, he has an enormous skull scoring 23 916 inches, making it the biggest black bear ever taken by a hunter.
A complete set of boone and crockett club records of north american big game comprised of 14 books spanning 1932 to 2011. While not all males have the genetics to produce a record book set of antlers, most, if allowed to mature, will grow an eightpoint rack. Big game records boone and crockett country duration. As an associate you will receive several benefits including. The bear s skull measured 27 616, making it the largest grizzly taken by. Record book cougar boone and crockett graphic youtube.
Over 4,500 listings of mule deer, columbia blacktail, and sitka blacktail from the boone and crockett clubs records program dating back to the late 1800s up through january 31, 2009. Oct 07, 2009 records of north american elk is 298 pages containing nearly 1,600 listings for boone and crockettclass american elk, roosevelts elk and tule elk. For example, if the skull length measures 11 and 216 inches, you would enter 11 216 in the space provided. Currently, there are over 300 bears listed in the new york record book in all categories.