Pennsylvania typical bucks record book

Known as the famous hole in the horn buck, ohios staterecord nontypical was picked up in portage county in 1940. Hunters in texas have killed 200 bucks since 2010 that made book. And it was the largest typical buck in any category to be added to the pennsylvania book of big game records that year. Ohio drops down a few spots, confirming that its more of a non typical producing state. Giant whitetail harvested in october in westmoreland county new leader in the typical archery category. Virginia trophy bucks, virginia big bucks, virginia record deer, virginia record bucks, virginia trophy deer, virginia pope and young, va big deer, va record bucks, va trophy bucks, virginia counties with big bucks. The top states for boone and crockett whitetails in the last. The rack shattered the record for nontypical archery buck, and scored third largest ever in the state over all categories. Nontypical deer archery 50 typical or nontypical deer muzzleloader 0. Top overall states for typical whitetails per square mile since 2008 by region. Ohio department of natural resources division of wildlife rack type. The northeast big buck club is a volunteer organization of local deer hunters working together to bring many services to hunters in the northeast. The office is no longer preparing bound books, but all official records are retained in microfilm and microfiche modes.

Which pennsylvania counties have produced the most trophy deer. For many hunters, there is nothing like a perfect typical buck. Dec 17, 2014 pennsylvania trophy buck enters records book. Here at mountaintop whitetail haven we will strive to provide you with a first class, fair chase hunting experience in a preserve setting. Your buck scores 185 18 inches gross and nets 178 28 inches. All papers recorded in the office are public information, with the exception of military discharge papers.

But bigger than that is the fact that rhode island no. It appears likely that lenzis buck will be scored in the typical category, meaning its rack does not have many abnormal points. Pennsylvania hunter, darren enterline, took this incredible buck on october 1st, 2011. The top gunkilled buck in the typical category was taken a year later by fritz janowsky in bradford county. Jan 01, 2020 the top 40 typical and nontypical whitetails of all time.

Big bucks for bigger bucks the pennsylvania record nontypical buck was taken in 1942 in erie county by edward dodge. The best typical buck added to the pennsylvania record book in 2016 came in at no. I was fortunate enough to get a buck in there in 2005. Id like to put a buck into the new york or the pennsylvania book, but 140 is a lot of inches.

Nov 26, 2017 the best typical buck added to the pennsylvania record book in 2016 came in at no. It takes a 140 inch net to make the hrbp book for typicals. Game commission headquarters, a trophy whitetail rack shattered the previous state record in. Here are the top record whitetail bucks taken in new york, by category, as recorded by the new york state big buck club. Trophy whitetail deer hunts gsells whitetails fayetteville, pa. The largest typical boone and crockett buck from pennsylvania harvested with any method was taken in 1943 and measured 188 inches. The largest typical buck on record in pennsylvania. Every year nearly 300 new record book whitetails are entered in new york state.

Its the seventhlargest typical buck shot with a firearm in the last 30 years, according to the record book a period during which more than 3 million whitetail bucks have been shot by hunters. The december 1965 edition of pennsylvania game news is the first record book in which the trophy was listed. Whitetail deer hunting pennsylvania whitetail deer. This is a look at pennsylvanias nerw state record whitetail in the. The top buck in that category, taken in allegheny county in 2004.

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. While researching the story of the arthur young buck, the author discovered that a painting depicting the buck had recently been completed. Of the 763 entries in the 20 pa record book, jeffs bear ranked no. Aug 28, 2014 top 10 biggest pope and young typical bucks of all time. Youth typical or non typical deer 1200 typical deer gun 1400 non typical. Weve compiled the stories and photos of the 10 highest scoring typical whitetail bucks in the pope and young record books. Incredibly, the years 19902001 account for 2,811 or 52 percent of the record book entries during this period. About the office the bucks county recorder of deeds office houses records from 1684 to the present.

Bradley jerman took a warren county typical in 2004 that would end up becoming the state record, and the no. Jan 04, 2018 game commission says trophy whitetail rack shatters pennsylvania archery record. The 3,950 entries 74 percent of the record book total come from 41 states and 1,254 counties. Rg17 records of the land office patent indexes, 1684ca. While rons buck takes the top spot for a typical taken with archery equipment, no record is safe in a state where more than 150 successful buck hunters have their names added to the states record book each year. Will your trophy pennsylvania buck make the record books. The rack had a net score of 18548, which surpasses the previous record of 17828 from a buck harvested in allegheny county in 2004. Its the new state record whitetail in the typical category, with a net score of 185 48. Aug 26, 2014 with that in mind, were bringing the two together. The arthur young buck wasnt scored until 1965 years after being shot. The internet was abuzz after the kill with claims lenzis buck would score well into the 190s, and was a serious contender to be deemed the biggest typical buck in the game commissions record books. Total bucks harvested with firearms in the record book. With increasing numbers of deer came more interest in trophyclass deer.

Monster publicland buck is new pennsylvania archery record january 16, 2018february 20, 2019 steve sorensen ron shaulis holds the antlers of his record breaking typical whitetail deer, that he shot with a compound bow on oct. He then stuck his hand out and said, congratulations, youve just taken the new state record archery typical buck for pennsylvania. The top 40 typical and nontypical whitetails of all time. Between 2000 and 2009 alone, 753 recordbook bucks were taken, an increase of 35 percent from any other decade in the books history. Pennsylvania hunter kills potential state record buck. Jan 12, 2017 record breaking rack scored in pennsylvania. Virginia whitetails is putting together an elite group of va bucks to represent what the old dominion state can really produce.

Whitetail deer hunting providing quality whitetail deer hunts since 2003 welcome to mountaintop whitetail haven, the premier whitetail hunting destination in the northeast. The biggest typical whitetail bucks ever entered into the. By now, you might have heard about an allegheny county buck taken two months ago during the statewide archery season. History was made once again this year, today at the pennsylvania game commission headquarters, when a trophy whitetail rack shattered the previous record in the typical archery category in the state records. All of our elites are fans harvests of true home grown va giants.

Southwestern pennsylvania bowhunters buck a new state. Game commission says trophy whitetail rack shatters pennsylvania archery record. Dangelo said hunters added 171 bucks to the commissions record book last season. The largest typical buck on record in pennsylvania, taken in bradford county by fritz janowsky, of wellsburg, n. Pennsylvanias first recorded deer season took place in 1957. Jan 04, 2018 history was made once again this year at the pennsylvania game commission headquarters when a trophy whitetail rack shattered the previous record in the typical archery category in the state records. American hunter top 10 states for monster whitetails. The photographs were taken when the rack was scored by the pennsylvania game commission when the state began to compile its record book, and another from north american whitetail magazine. Pennsylvania big game records pa game commission pa. Pennsylvania buck a contender for state record, report says. The top 10 for typical bucks looks as you would expect it to. One was a an estimated 205 38inch non typical killed in pennsylvania and the other was the buck you see here an estimated 188 28inch typical buck killed in wisconsin. In general, these records represent official observations only, which generally started in 1888, but include a few stations from earlier years.

The record rack had a net score of 18548, which beat the previous record of 17828 from a buck taken in allegheny county in. Probate records are among the most valuable records available for american genealogy but can be challenging to access because originals are kept in courthouses across the country. The current archery state record on the pennsylvania game commission books was also taken in allegheny county. 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. Ron shaulis holds the antlers of his recordbreaking typical whitetail deer. The top states for boone and crockett whitetails in the. Top 10 biggest pope and young typical bucks of all time. Dec 11, 2014 lenzi has said unofficial measurements taken on the rack might make it bigger than any typical record book buck in the firearms category, as well, reports. While lenzis buck was an archery harvest, but he has said unofficial measurements taken on the rack might make it bigger than any of the typical recordbook bucks in the firearms category, as well. Not only that, no big game animal in any record book anywhere in the world was harvested earlier than 1830. These books do not contain actual patents, but serve as patentee name indexes to the. Pennsylvanias biggest bucks are tracked by the big game.

Its the seventhlargest typical buck shot with a firearm in the last 30 years, according to the record book a. Big bucks galore, from the boone and crockett record book archives. 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. Nov 27, 2017 however, sci does not deduct points for differences in symmetry or the presence of non typical points sci just does not add non typical point measurements to the score on typical whitetail bucks. Posted on january 5, 2018 january 3, 2019 by ammoland editor joe evans ron shaulis holding his record breaking typical. Seven of the top ten typical whitetails taken with a firearm were shot prior to 1965. While monster bucks occasionally turn up in states without reputations for producing gigantic deer, the biggest typical whitetail deer in the major record books were hunted in places known for big bucks. Typical whitetail bucks are called typical when describing their antlers or rack. The categories and minimum scores for inclusion in pennsylvanias book are. About pennsylvania, wills and probate records, 16831993 this collection includes images of probate records from the state of pennsylvania. Top 5 typical bucks from the northeast top 5 non typical bucks from the northeast. 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. Both new york and pennsylvania require a 140inch minimum score for admission into their record books.

Jan 04, 2018 harrisburg history was made, once again, this year, thursday at the pennsylvania game commission headquarters, when a trophy whitetail rack shattered the previous record in the typical archery. That year, two bucks would make the prestigious record book. Minimum qualification for the pennsylvania big game records book is 140 inches for typical bucks taken with firearms, and 115 inches for. When your buck is officially scored, he and you will be placed in the next addition of the book i believe it costs 10 dollars. Pennsylvania historical and museum commission pennsylvania state archives. Indiana record bucks indiana sportsman your indiana. Government row officers recorder of deeds public records.

For that reason, brian damerys buck is the biggest typical whitetail deer in the sci record book and is arguably the largest typical whitetail deer. Pa archer takes a new state record whitetail everybodyadventures. So there is always a geographical chance of bringing home a record book buck. The state record typical fritz janowsky buck 189 was. Biggame hunters who are listed in the pennsylvania records book will want to bag a new patch recognizing their membership in this exclusive fraternity. Scott hixson, of sunbury, shot the buck, which scored. The patch, which features a bull elk, bear and buck on a keystone state outline, was designed by wellknown graphic designer. What are the biggest bucks ever killed in pennsylvania. Its true pennsylvania produced the biggest whitetail buck on record from 1830 to 1870. Conclusion as much as we might wish antlers, old guns and powder horns could talk, they cant. Pennsylvania still has a great number of deer in comparison to other states. Thats great, joel, but id rather go to counties and areas that have produced the most big bucks, and most of us agree. Yet this attitude is why some historical big buck hotbeds now get overhunted and arent the producers they were only a few years ago.

Scott hixson, of sunbury, shot the buck, which scored 16278, in northumberland county. Pennsylvanias top nontypical firearm buck was killed in 1942 in erie county by edward dodge, of knox. What are the biggest bucks ever shot in pennsylvania. Allegheny county buck is big but its not a pa record. The top buck in that category, taken in allegheny county in 2004 by michael nicola sr. Game commission headquarters, a trophy whitetail rack shattered the previous state record. Jan 04, 2018 bob dangelo, coordinator of the big game records program for the pennsylvania game commission, did that live on facebook on dec. Ron shaulis, center, holds his recordbreaking typical whitetail deer rack taken with a compound bow on oct. A massive point buck shot last year by a southwestern pennsylvania bowhunter has been officially scored as a new record typical buck for the keystone state. Here we break down the top states for typical boone and crockett bucks per square mile of land mass since 2008 by region. In addition to providing scoring and record keeping services for hunters who legally harvest whitetail bucks, we are dedicated to the preservation of deer hunting through local volunteer efforts.