Wv boone and crockett record book black bear

Official measurements cannot be taken until the antlers, horns, skulls, or tusks have air dried at normal room temperature for at least 60 days after the animal was killed. Large black bear killed in rabun county shatters state weight record. The end result is the 8thlargest typical whitetail of all time. The boone and crockett clubs records committee, which is the governing body of the clubs records keeping activities, created the special judges panel with the express purpose of verifying and announcing potential new worlds records as they are submitted during any triennial awards program. Will your trophy pennsylvania buck make the record books. My bear made the boone and crockett record book too at 21 616. The top 40 typical and nontypical whitetails of all time. There are more recordbook black bear entries from here than the rest of. A big bear often appears to have shorter legs because the body is so much thicker, but keep in mind that the bestscoring bears for the records book are often the lankier looking, longerbodied bears.

Craig resident nabs 703pound bear, possible state record. Records are meant to be broken, but its hard to imagine that any west virginia buck will ever equal one killed more than 20 years ago. Recordkeeping began in fall 1982 and now we have more than 27,000 records in our database. Learn to score and record any category of north american big game on an official boone and crockett club score chart.

The state record book uses the boone and crockett clubs measuring system for consistent scoring, but has adopted its own minimum qualifying score requirements for pennsylvania trophies. There are more record book black bear entries from here than the rest of north america. The world record black bear was reported killed in west virginia but was actually shot out. Oconnor will have to wait at least a few months to find out if his name will go in the minnesota record books. It involved relatively few specimens that were listed by simple criteria of length and spread of horns, antlers or skulls. Not only was the black bear a state record for weight two months ago at 660 lbs. West virginia has few entries in the boone and crockett record book and ranks 20th nationally in pope and young entries.

Pope and young club names new world record black bear. He also ended up getting a 492lbs boone crockett bear 2 days later. According to the boone and crockett club, the colorado state. The book is an easyreading collection of stories, about how hunting with the bow and. Boone and crockett recognizes new grizzly world record. Field photos of the freshly killed deer with antlers attached must be submitted at the time of scoring for state record entries.

Incredible footage of big record book black bear feeding at bait with sow. Besides working on the record book and scoring big game for the boone and crockett and pope and young programs, san continues working in conservation as the national sagegrouse coordinator for the. The west virginia division of natural resources has a program called big buck certification formerly the big buck contest, which keeps track of typical and nontypical records, going by the official scoring guidelines of the national boone and crockett club. The current 7th edition records book is now available with over 1400 new entries click the book cover icon above to access our online store. The boone and crockett club records have been divided into six series, most of which have been further subdivided. They regularly produce monster bruins that weigh over 350 pounds, square out between 7 feet and 8 feet and. The 4 largest bears ever taken by hunters outdoorhub. 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. Large black bear killed in rabun county shatters state. If the trophy has been frozen prior to cleaning, as is often the case with skulls, the 60day drying period begins once the cleaning process is complete. Prior to boone and crockett getting involved, the bear skull has to dry. Enormous bear could be a minnesota record outdoornews. Clay woman bags huge bear with longdistance shot hunting.

In first and foremost honoring the animal, each record book listing also recognizes. If anything, that only adds to the appeal of black bear hunting. When this giant buck stepped out, ewen was still messing with his rifle. Board oks 6 deerrelated questions on possible rule changes for spring hearings. Wvs biggestever buck was anything but typical hunting. Nwtfs wild turkey records program offers nwtf members a way to register any legally harvested wild turkey, taken anywhere in the world. Monster blonde phase black bear shot in northern saskatchewan. 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. The boone and crockett club was inspired by theodore roosevelt because he was such a great outdoorsman, shifflett said. Measurements are taken with calipers or by using parallel perpendiculars, to the nearest onesixteenth of an inch. Next to whitetail deer, there is an argument to be made that black bears are the. Statements like, iowa is a great state for huge bucks are common. Michigan hunter tags boone and crockett class black bear.

It was late in the day before kresnak finally got into position for a shot at the book bear. Bears weighing nearly 500 pounds arent common in west virginia, and. When he submits the paperwork to recognize the bear in boone and crockett s alltime awards program, barnetts bear will rank 417th overall, said jack reneau, director of biggame records. Official site of the west virginia division of natural resources, wv state parks, and wv. When a bowhunter took down a large black bear recently in rabun county, the state record fell as well.

Record book bear so close you can smell his breath then kiss him goodbye. Let boone and crockett sort them out weve got a saying around my camp, let boone and crockett. Let boone and crockett sort them out weve got a saying around my camp, let boone and crockett sort them out, and we live by it. For example, if the skull length measures 11 and 216 inches, you would enter 11 216 in the space provided. Chuck takes a boone and crockett black boar with his bow during the rut. I thought for sure that he would make the boone and crockett all time record book, but he was shy of the 21 required i took him into jim boland, who is going to make me a nice rug, and do a desk plaque of the skull, that will also incorporate the one mushroomed bullet i recovered. As per fish and game entry rules, the boone and crockett entry will be used in the idaho big game records. Nwtf wild turkey records national wild turkey federation. Wyomings highestscoring trophy animals in the boone and. I wanted to know which counties are breaking records, and why some. The boone and crockett club was founded in 1887 by theodore roosevelt and a group of his close friends. The bears on prince of wales were recently reclassified by safari club international as coastal bears or island black bear due to their massive size.

Over the years ive noticed that most articles on that topic are vague. Beat these 3 beastly wv hunting records almost heaven. Top 20 boone and crockett saskatchewan black bear shot by. 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 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.

The first formal recognition of outstanding north american big game trophies by the boone and crockett club was in the 1932 records book. Deer hunting is probably the most popular type of hunting in west virginia. 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. West virginia has a big buck contest and record keeping program administered by the division of natural resources wildlife resources section and sponsored by the dnr, izaak walton league and west virginia bowhunters association. Boone and crockett club boone and crockett club field. The boone and crockett or pope and young club scoring systems are used to score bucks depending upon method of kill. The club is dedicated to preserving our hunting heritage, scoring and keeping big game records, maintaining hunter ethics, and furthering conservation. Michigan hunter tags boone and crockettclass black bear. While this is partly due to habitat and age structure, nonreporting plays a major role. 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. Black bears may not get as big as browns or grizzlies, but by golly, they do get.

Record book bear so close you can smell his breath then kiss. Maintaining a permanent record of outstanding game taken in the province of bc. The bucks curiosity kept it in place long enough for ewen to get the gun working. These are the biggest grizzly bear kills in the record books. A bear shot and killed illegally in pennsylvania dec. The club is dedicated to preserving our hunting heritage, scoring and keeping big game records, maintaining hunter ethics, and furthering conservation education. New potential world record black bear shot in pennsylvania. Wyomings highestscoring trophy animals in the boone and crockett record books sep 23, 2019. The 703pound male black bear kendall shot on that day in the wilson creek area of moffat county could be a state record, he said. Welcome to the wildlife records club of british columbia. But if you ask anyone whos tried to judge a black bear in the field, it is a notoriously difficult task. Steve and lorrie dougherty with steves 21 116 boone and crockett club black bear. He continues to travel to reno for record book meetings.