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Mark A. Van Leeuwen took this typical Columbia blacktail, scoring 137- 6/8 points B&C, with his .260 Remington while on a 2009 hunt in Squamish, British Columbia.

Brent V. Trumbo harvested this desert sheep, scoring 169-6/8 points B&C while hunting on Carmen Island, Mexico, during the 2012 season.

Kyle R. Patterson harvested this 115-4/8 B&C bison while hunting in Coconino County, Arizona.

There are 20 bison on record with B&C from Arizona, all from Coconino County.

Rose Rackman harvested the second biggest Mountain Goat ever taken in her home state of Utah. Her billy officially scored 53-2/8 B&C and is the largest goat ever taken by a woman in the state of Utah. Placing her in the top 5 ever taken by women in the Boone and Crockett records. Rose's goat was taken in Piute County, Utah. She harvested her trophy at 358 yards shooting a .257 Weatherby Mag.

The Boone and Crockett Club has a tradition of honoring trophies and the fair chase hunters that harvested them, including photographs from the field. For the past three years Swarovski Optic has sponsored a field photo contest in Fair Chase Magazine. This year's winners we announced and photos published in the spring issue.

All field photos from accepted trophy entries were eligible. Editor's picks were published in 2012 issues of Fair Chase and narrowed down to 20. The editors voted on these top-twenty independently and the top three voted were selected to win optics donated by Swarovski.

First Place: Mountain caribou taken in 2011 from Aishihik Lake, Yukon Territories by Debra E. Stuchlik, scoring 384 B&C.

Second Place: Pronghorn antelope taken in 2010 from Coconino County, Arizona by Erik W. Swanson, scoring 87-4/8 B&C.

Third Place: Cougar taken in 2011 from Idaho County, Idaho by Craig D. Martin, scoring 15-3/8 B&C.

Photos were judged on the presentation of the trophy, respect for the animal, use of available scenery, composition, story telling, and capturing the memories.

The 2013 Swarovski Field Photo contest is underway. See the spring issue of Fair Chase.

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Earl R. La Forge was hunting in Sonora, Mexico, in 2011 when he harvested this nontypical Coues’ whitetail deer, scoring 126-6/8 points B&C.

This typical mule deer, scoring 183-5/8 points, was
taken by Walter M. Romero, Jr., while bowhunting in Elko County, Nevada, during the 2011 season.

Elko County ranks #18 of all locations for typical mule deer entries, and is #1 within Nevada. Adams County, NV is second.

Eric D. Campbell hunted Alaska's Brooks Range in 2012 and found this Alaska-Yukon bull scoring 237-4/8 B&C.

The bull currently ranks #2 for the 28th Big Game Awards and #108 all-time. It has been invited to be panel scored for the Award that will be held in Reno, July 17-20. All Top 5 trophies per category, per the 3-year Awards period and any Top 10 all-time trophies are automatically invited.

Rex C. Whiteside hunted in Maverick County, Texas during the 2010 season when he took this typical whitetail deer scoring 170-4/8 points B&C.

Maverick County ranks #2 among Texas counties for typical whitetail entries, one behind leader, Webb County.

I took this awsome cougar on December 3rd the day before my birthday near whitecourt Alberta. It weighed 200+ pounds and has been officially scored at 15-4/16 B&C.

This picture has been all over the internet and has been taken in a bunch of different states. It is in fact a Canadian cat!

N.B.C news contacted my B&C scorer, Curtis Sigfread to confirm this as people were worried there was cats this big close to their town in Wyoming.

Thanks
Rob Klein

This musk ox, scoring 108-6/8 B&C, was taken by Jake A. Rand, with his 30-06 Springfield.

He was hunting near the Seward Peninsula, Alaska, during the 2011 season.

Hard hunting in winter conditions paid off for Alaska resident Tim D. Hiner with this beautifully furred grizzly officially scoring 25-5/16 B&C.

Hiner did a DIY hunt to Alaska's high Arctic northwest region in mid April 2012 taking this big boar from 65 yards with his Remington 700 30-06.