For rifle hunters, the most common book is the boone and crockett recordbook. Photo gallery kdfwr kentucky department of fish and wildlife. Weve compiled the stories and photos of the 10 highest scoring typical whitetail bucks in the pope and young record books. For archery hunters, there is the pope and young book. No results for pope and young record book in books. Pope and young club names new world record nontypical. Record keeping systems, such as the boone and crockett clubs, help to retain important information on what states are succeeding at conservation. 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. In order to be entered into the pope and young records, the game animal must be taken with a bow and arrow. Johnson bowed his head recently at a memorial service remembering 911, one of the worst days in this countrys modern history. According to dangelo, there are 40 official boone and crocket or pope and young big game scorers throughout the state.
Prior to the late 1980s, kentucky only had a few boone and crockett entries, but a recent list has kentucky ranked no. You can cross reference just about any datapoint quick. They are bowhunting big game records of north america, 1999, and bowhunting records of north american whitetail deer, 1997. Every deer season, kentucky hunters take some trophy bucks. 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. There are numerous recordbooks that accumulate records on coues whitetail. 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. Typical whitetail bucks whitetail deer hunting information. Upload a photo below to get started and put in as much information as you want to be published with your photo. Wt iv is an 850page hardcover book, listing more than 60,000 whitetail deer and coues deer entries from the records archives.
If a record buck is entered in boone and crockett, pope and young, or the wisconsin buck and bear club, it makes headlines. It will be a valuable research and scouting tool available at your fingertips. According to pope and young the top ten counties in the record book are. The 1,028page volume is the eighth edition of the pope and young clubs alltime bowhunting record book series. The deer was certified by the boone and crockett club at the same time as james jordans buck, making them the no. 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. The popes long con kentucky center for investigative.
So, if youre a land owner in those parts, your chances for success on an annual basis are very good. This means there is likely an official scorer near you. Listings of more than 32,000 native north american big game trophies in 38 categories. Favorite, collectable books and publications from the pope and young club 0 items my cart. The bluegrass states production of older bucks quickly began to rise. News of a record turkey kill usually flies under the radar. Included are all entries accepted into the records program through january 1, 2015.
The pope and young club launches new online big game. 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. 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. There is no charge for measuring or submitting entries for. 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 top states for boone and crockett whitetails in the. He was waiting for the rifle season, keeping his routine of checking cameras short to prevent. The 8 th edition of the alltime record book is a musthave for any bowhunters personal library. Pope and young publishes a book of whitetail deer entries only entitled bowhunting records of north american whitetailed deer. In illinois, edgar county buck could be new world record. Scores are accepted for the state book from any appropriately credentialed scorer from either club.
Five undertheradar trophy whitetail counties whitetail. In first and foremost honoring the animal, each record book listing also recognizes a bowhunting achievement and celebrates all the times and efforts involved. Will your trophy pennsylvania buck make the record books. Ie,most frequent kill dates will show the first 10 days of november by far is the best time to arrow a mature buck. And they still put a lot of big bucks in the books. Records for animals killed by muzzleloaders are kept in the longhunter society recordbook put out by the national muzzle loading rifle association. Its a question a lot of wildlife biologists and trophy hunters in other states probably have asked themselves. To hear many serious trophy bowhunters tell it, kentucky must be a figment of someones fertile. Long considered the book of big game records, boone and crockett clubs newest edition of its alltime records book. 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. More than a quartercentury ago, kentucky followed neighboring ohios lead and implemented a singlebuckperyear bag limit. In first and foremost honoring the animal, each record book listing also.
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. Nicholas brown arrowed a huge typical buck early last season in campbell county scoring 171. 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. Last year, robert ulickey, of west bend, arrowed a new state record gobbler. All of them score over 210 inches, making them true megabucks. Pope and young and boone and crockett map discussion in indiana whitetail hunting started by dean weimer, apr 4, 2008. To be eligible for entry into the pope and young clubs records program.
However, the pope and young club does, provided the animal is taken with archery gear. This week the club announced a milestone over half a century in the making. He says it was one of his worst days too but regularly boasts about his heroic acts that day. Now my question, does this mean that all lions taken with dogs using collars are now stricken from the record books. If you are wondering how buffalo county, wi compares to other whitetail hunting areas, just take a look at the map below. And weve compiled the top 10 states in the country for you. 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. The state record book uses the boone and crockett clubs measuring system for consistent scoring, but has adopted its. 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. According to its ear tag, it was the same buck that he captured on the lake cumberland parks tennis courts. The book contains a wealth of whitetail deer knowledgesure to make you a better bowhunter.
Until now, only his friends and family knew about the accomplishment. Its no easy feat to kill a recordbook buck with a bow, but the chances of. Wisconsin is home to eight of the top 10 whitetail trophy counties in the u. 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. By the time powers took his record deer, hunting had become a realistic pursuit all over 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 pope and young club is one of north americas leading bowhunting and conservation organizations. Favorite, collectable books and publications from the pope and young club. Users will be able to search the entire records program database of over 115,000 record book entries and millions of data points.
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. 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 buck was a nontypical that scored 200 78 on the pope and young scale, the second highest pope and young club entry from kentucky. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. No doubt that hundreds are killed each year and never scored, because ky. Please allow days for the approval process and if. Pope and young club measurers manual, are established for the categories.