Boone and crockett club home deer hunting elk hunting. A statebystate breakdown of where the best bucks are coming from, with a look at historic record book deer, plus an update on the top trophies from the. Whitetail history is filled with landmark events, but perhaps none more noteworthy than the one occurring on the morning of november 23, 1993. Thursday, april 23, 2020 over easter weekend, a story played out in dupuyer, montana, when a sow grizzly bear protecting her cubs bit a hiker and had to be euthanized.
The minnesota state archery records for whitetails are a typical that scored 19768. To find out more about the record book for shed antlers of whitetails and other. The minnesota monarch well could have been the highestscoring buck of all. This awesome minnesota whitetail grosses 234 inches and nets 227 inches. Record deer data shows the hotbed midwestern states arent the whitetail strongholds they once were. About a halfmillion hunters every fall don blaze orange or camouflage or blaze pink a new option this fall after the minnesota legislature legalized it and take to the fields and woods of minnesota in search of whitetailed deer.
Monster whitetail buck unearthed from the minnesota forest. The club is dedicated to preserving our hunting heritage, scoring and keeping big game records, maintaining hunter ethics, and furthering conservation education. Big buck, minnesota deer hunting river bottomlands nov 1416, 2019 never a goose chase video log. Russell graves photo deer hunting is about many things. When doing a bit of research we found there are some absolute monsters out there. For years researched showed the heaviest whitetail deer on record was killed in minnesota by carl lenader in 1926 and weighed 511 pounds. We analyzed where the top200 record book typical and nontypical. Hanson shot the deer twice the killing second shot, and a first shot made while the deer was running about 100 yards away. Whopper whitetails the biggest bucks on record grand. Whitetail deer buck standing near the edge of a forest during rut. The club was formed for the purpose of creating a big game measuring body, whose primary interest was to accurately measure, score and record minnesota s big game animals whitetail deer, black bear, moose, elk.
The 5heaviest whitetail deer ever killed on record. The 3,950 entries 74 percent of the record book total come from 41 states and 1,254 counties. A vote was taken at a club meeting and the name, big game records of minnesota, was chosen to be the name of m. The deer was certified by the boone and crockett club at the same time as james jordans buck, making them the no. With increasing numbers of deer came more interest in trophyclass deer. Incredibly, the years 19902001 account for 2,811 or 52 percent of the record book entries during this period. Just in case you havent been totally consumed by buck fever yet, heres one last nudge to tip you all the way over the edge. Minnesota official measurers the best rack to measure is the next. And i assure you that while it isnt all about big deer, we would all love to set our sights on. The top states for boone and crockett whitetails in the. Its important to note that record bucks are rare even under perfect conditions.
The top 40 typical and nontypical whitetails of all time. We put together a countdown of the highestscoring whitetail buck ever killed according to boone and crockett records. All anyone can say with certainty is that the 1989 rack of the minnesota monarch is the greatest set of whitetail sheds ever recorded, as signified by its no. Big game records of minnesota minnesota official measurers. Big game records of minnesota second edition is available now. Minnesota official measurers, a club dedicated to measuring and scoring record big game animals in the state, in 2014 purchased the minnesota deer classic record book, which for years had. While midwestern deer hunters surely do not discount minnesota s historical standing as a big whitetail powerhouse, i dont often hear im gonna book a trip to minnesota this year. The biggest typical whitetail bucks ever entered into the. Minnesota, north dakota books put big game records in. Check out these exclusive interviews from the north american hunting club with minnesota shotgun deer hunter, jeremy bester, and his.
New minnesota record whitetail mean gene interview. The list of counties with three or more record book entries of typical deer and nontypical deer in the top200 over the past five seasons is populated with some you may never heard of. This is how he came to have his name in the record books as the hunter who shot mean gene, a. Though this bull will not make the record book, the official score sheet will be kept on file by the boone and crockett club. As an outdoor columnist for the minneapolis tribune, i was browsing one day through the latest edition of the boone and crockett big game record book. Whitetail typical whitetail nontypical canada moose. The legendary minnesota monarch north american whitetail. Otter tail, minnesota 8 vernon, wisconsin 5 edgar, illinois 4 marion, iowa 4. Archers 32point buck may be record with one clean shot from his bow, scott okonek took the whitetailed deer of his dreams. I assembled 5,568 whitetail entries spanning the years 18302001 only two entries were included from 2001, and only 120 from 2000. But now the world record rack from an 8point minnesota whitetail deer killed by a poacher in 2009 will get plenty of exposure. Whopper whitetails some of the biggest bucks in the wild. An official scorer has confirmed that this deer is well over the current minnesota muzzleloader record.
The world record rack from an 8point minnesota whitetail killed by a. And were not just talking antler quality but body size. Minnesota s world record 8point antlers now on permanent display at dnr. A minnesota buck so big, building plans had to change. Chris jacobsons 2014 buck is one to remember, not for tall tines. The deer boasts a 183 38 gross typical score with 65 28 of nontypical points. Just click on the location balloon that is closest to you on the map above. Is jeff iversons nontypical minnesota buck a new state rec. Jack reneau, director of big game records, provided the information i needed and explained how it was organized. In 1947, the club held its first competition for outstanding trophies, ranking them by a series of measurements that were refined in. In the heavily forested north, areas of regrowth timber are favored for their concentrated browse, due to the overall lack of farm crops. In 2016, those hunters killed more than 173,000 deer. If those scores hold up, it could possibly be the biggest nontypical. Record book minnesota nontypical whitetail buck youtube.
The biggest nontypical ever killed in minnesota was a gunkill that scored 2685. If hanson had shot that antler off, it would have been the deer that almost was the world record. The top 10 counties during this period are in wisconsin, minnesota and texas. As a deer hunter, i read a lot about where to hunt big whitetail bucks. Minnesotas world record 8point antlers now on permanent. A couple days later, the manager of the boone and crockett clubs theodore roosevelt memorial ranch, which is located about 10 miles west of dupuyer, and his family saw her three cubs outside of town and caught them so that. The 1932 book was followed by the 1939 records book that included informative chapters on a variety of subjects related to big game and hunting. Each member has his or her contact information available. Jeff iverson, while bowhunting in houston county during opening weekend, killed what could possibly be the new state record for nontypical whitetail deer. One of the alltime classics in the entire whitetail world was john breens 202inch 5x5 typical buck killed in 1918 in northern minnesota near bemidji. Fact is, they generally think of saskatchewan, texas, and illinois when it comes to finding a buck of a lifetime. How to get your big game trophy or shed antler scored m. When he spotted the huge whitetail during a bush push a term saskatchewan hunters use to describe a deer drive he almost shot off one antler, something that would have excluded the deer from the record books.
The minnesota official measurers again will bring its team of scorers for scoring of deer and other minnesota big game. A statebystate breakdown of where the best bucks are coming from, with a look at historic record book deer, plus an update on the top trophies from the last five seasons. Giant minnesota nontypical buck might be state record. The first step was record book data from the boone and crockett club. This deer, somewhat similar to the missouri buck in regard to the frame, has trash going everywhere. Big game records deer hunting elk hunting big game. All record data below obtained through the boone and crockett clubs online trophy search at.
Minnesota deer hunters association it does not cost you anything to get your trophy measured. Not sure if this is hunter loss, vehicle collision or this ole boy just hunkered down for one last nap in the thick brush. Every deer season, minnesota hunters take some trophy bucks. Jeremy, a member of the north american hunting club, shot a recordbook, nontypical whitetail buck tuesday, november 9, 2010, in elko, minnesota. The minnesota record book could be rewritten after just the first weekend of the gopher states 2012 whitetail hunting season.
Below is a chart that lists the minimum entry scores for all the north american big game animals recognized by the boone and crockett club. Boone and crockett club minimum entry scores wildlife. Trophies that meet the awards minimum but not the alltime minimum will be listed in the awards book. Best whitetail states based on the record books field. Here are the stories behind three from last season. Two months before jim jordans name went into the world record book, the worlds greatest deer hunter died at the age of 86. Minnesota has long been on the short list of states routinely producing record class whitetail bucks, with plenty of topranking specimens registered in every category. Once purchased, a new name was needed for the record book and club members submitted several names. Replicas from worldrecord 8pointer will amaze hunters.
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