They are bowhunting big game records of north america, 1999, and bowhunting records of north american whitetail deer, 1997. Weve highlighted the 10 highest scoring nontypical bucks entered into the pope and young records, but its important to remember that antler score isnt everything. Johnson bowed his head recently at a memorial service remembering 911, one of the worst days in this countrys modern history. Whether its a game harvest, catch of the day or just a nature shot, we want to show it off. The pope and young club launches new online big game.
Listings of more than 32,000 native north american big game trophies in 38 categories. For more on recordclass bow bucks from kentucky and across north america, visit pope and. Ie,most frequent kill dates will show the first 10 days of november by far is the best time to arrow a mature buck. 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. Saxton pope and arthur young have been honored as the namesakes of the pope and young club, an organization dedicated to bowhunting which continues today and includes its own world record book for north american game. He says it was one of his worst days too but regularly boasts about his heroic acts that day. To hear many serious trophy bowhunters tell it, kentucky must be a figment of someones fertile. So, if youre a land owner in those parts, your chances for success on an annual basis are very good.
It has state by state listings and a map of each state with the counties shaded according to the number of pope and young deer taken. Long considered the book of big game records, boone and crockett clubs newest edition of its alltime records book. Wt iv is an 850page hardcover book, listing more than 60,000 whitetail deer and coues deer entries from the records archives. Until now, only his friends and family knew about the accomplishment. By the time powers took his record deer, hunting had become a realistic pursuit all over the state. Will your trophy pennsylvania buck make the record books. Joseph 7 ripley 8 greene 9 kosciusko 10 martin multi, i know a lot of bowhunters in southern indiana and most of us are not too hung up on record books.
According to pope and young the top ten counties in the record book are. Pope and young publishes a book of whitetail deer entries only entitled bowhunting records of north american whitetailed deer. Last year, robert ulickey, of west bend, arrowed a new state record gobbler. Pope and young club measurers manual, are established for the categories. Kentuckys deer restoration kentucky department of fish. Bowhunting records of north american whitetail deer is the first book the pope and young club has produced which is a species specific book pope and young club, 1999.
According to dangelo, there are 40 official boone and crocket or pope and young big game scorers throughout the state. In first and foremost honoring the animal, each record book listing also recognizes a bowhunting achievement and celebrates all the times and efforts involved that culminated in that moment. The 1,028page volume is the eighth edition of the pope and young clubs alltime bowhunting record book series. However, the pope and young club does, provided the animal is taken with archery gear. If a record buck is entered in boone and crockett, pope and young, or the wisconsin buck and bear club, it makes headlines. The deer was certified by the boone and crockett club at the same time as james jordans buck, making them the no. Typical whitetail bucks whitetail deer hunting information. To be eligible for entry into the pope and young clubs records program. Pope and young and boone and crockett map discussion in indiana whitetail hunting started by dean weimer, apr 4, 2008. In order to qualify for an award, the rack must be measured by an official measurer for the boone and crockett or pope and young clubs, or by a wildlife biologist, conservation officer or other individual certified by the dnr to measure for the iowa program. No results for pope and young record book in books. All of that changed early in the fall of 2004, when parkers uncle, darren giles, an avid deer hunter from georgia, arrived to do some bow hunting. Drying period 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. Yes, bowhunting records are the lifeblood of this organization, but the public, and particularly the continents bowhunters, need to know that membership in the pope and young club and entry of trophies into the record book actually support the.
Scores are accepted for the state book from any appropriately credentialed scorer from either club. Users will be able to search the entire records program database of over 115,000 record book entries and millions of data points. Every deer season, kentucky hunters take some trophy bucks. Since its foundation in 1994, more than 1,000 official scorers have been certified for the btr scoring system across the united states and canada, with the numbers growing yearly. This week the club announced a milestone over half a century in the making. Its no easy feat to kill a record book buck with a bow, but the chances of killing a truly remarkable typical buck are even more rare. The 8 th edition of the alltime record book is a musthave for any bowhunters personal library. Prior to the late 1980s, kentucky only had a few boone and crockett entries, but a recent list has kentucky ranked no. In order to be entered into the pope and young records, the game animal must be taken with a bow and arrow. The bluegrass states production of older bucks quickly began to rise. Weve compiled the stories and photos of the 10 highest scoring typical whitetail bucks in the pope and young record books. The pope and young club is one of north americas leading bowhunting and conservation organizations.
They had a long way to go, but may have something available now. And weve compiled the top 10 states in the country for you. Favorite, collectable books and publications from the pope and young club 0 items my cart. The pope and young club s record books are filled with such stories, and each entry is a testament to both the hunters skill and the efforts of conservationists in preserving north americas wildlife. Nicholas brown arrowed a huge typical buck early last season in campbell county scoring 171. Record keeping systems, such as the boone and crockett clubs, help to retain important information on what states are succeeding at conservation. Now my question, does this mean that all lions taken with dogs using collars are now stricken from the record books. Its a question a lot of wildlife biologists and trophy hunters in other states probably have asked themselves. The top states for boone and crockett whitetails in the. Photo gallery kdfwr kentucky department of fish and wildlife. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. No doubt that hundreds are killed each year and never scored, because ky. If you are wondering how buffalo county, wi compares to other whitetail hunting areas, just take a look at the map below.
According to its ear tag, it was the same buck that he captured on the lake cumberland parks tennis courts. Since the young hunter knew very little about deer records or record books, the idea of having the antlers measured really never crossed his mind. Favorite, collectable books and publications from the pope and young club. I have one gun kill in the past 10 years that is boone and crocket i have fellow hunters that have visited with me on hunts that total 1 pope and young and one boone and crocket. Its no easy feat to kill a recordbook buck with a bow, but the chances of. And they still put a lot of big bucks in the books. The state record book uses the boone and crockett clubs measuring system for consistent scoring, but has adopted its. For rifle hunters, the most common book is the boone and crockett recordbook. Please allow days for the approval process and if. You can cross reference just about any datapoint quick. More than a quartercentury ago, kentucky followed neighboring ohios lead and implemented a singlebuckperyear bag limit.
The term typical is a scoring term used by the boone and crockett and the pope and young clubs to define a set of antlers for logging into the record books. Upload a photo below to get started and put in as much information as you want to be published with your photo. For archery hunters, there is the pope and young book. Now kentucky taxidermists stay plenty busy mounting big bucks. Five undertheradar trophy whitetail counties whitetail. It will be a valuable research and scouting tool available at your fingertips. Pope and young club names new world record nontypical. The book contains a wealth of whitetail deer knowledgesure to make you a better bowhunter. News of a record turkey kill usually flies under the radar. Wisconsin is home to eight of the top 10 whitetail trophy counties in the u. All of them score over 210 inches, making them true megabucks. We decided to dive into those record books to find the 10 most impressive whitetails ever taken with a bow. He was waiting for the rifle season, keeping his routine of checking cameras short to prevent. In illinois, edgar county buck could be new world record.
I know for a fact that i have two bow kills in the past three years that are pope and young but have not entered in the books nor to kdfr. Records for animals killed by muzzleloaders are kept in the longhunter society recordbook put out by the national muzzle loading rifle association. There is no charge for measuring or submitting entries for. If verified at this score, the buck would be the thirdlargest nontypical whitetail in boone and crockett and the new pope and young world record. In first and foremost honoring the animal, each record book listing also recognizes a bowhunting achievement and celebrates all the times and efforts involved.
The popes long con kentucky center for investigative. Until a few years ago most of the commonwealths trophy deer were taken in the western part of the state, but this is quickly changing. This means there is likely an official scorer near you. In first and foremost honoring the animal, each record book listing also. The buck was a nontypical that scored 200 78 on the pope and young scale, the second highest pope and young club entry from kentucky. There are numerous recordbooks that accumulate records on coues whitetail.