15 Jaw Dropping B&C Entries - Volume 1

More to the Score

Ever wonder what it takes to kill the second largest bighorn in Arizona history? What do 184-inch Dall’s sheep horns actually look like? Find those answers and more when you take a look at these 15 amazing entries recently accepted in B&C’s Big Game Records Program*. From bears to bison, the trophies in this slideshow either rank near the top of the 31st Big Game Awards Program or are true specimens of their state.

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1 OF 15 — WYOMING MULE DEER

With the largest typical mule deer ever to come out of Sublette County, Wyoming, Michael J. Huish’s grin says it all. He killed this mule deer with a 6.5x284 shooting a 143-grain Hornady bullet at 325 yards in mid-September. Once the 60-day drying period ended, his deer scored 210-5/8 points and had a greatest spread of 31-2/8 inches. Huish's buck ranks at the top of the typical mule deer category for the 31st Big Game Awards entry period, with 7 months left before the entry deadline, we'll see if it keeps the top spot.

B&C SCORE: 210-5/8 points
LOCATION: Sublette County, Wyoming
YEAR TAKEN: 2020
HUNTER: Michael J. Huish

2 of 15 — ARIZONA DESERT SHEEP

B&C SCORE: 188-5/8 points
LOCATION: Pinal County, Arizona
YEAR TAKEN: 2019
HUNTER: Michael S. Kentera

3 of 15 — WYOMING PRONGHORN

Wyoming is synonymous with cowboys, wide open spaces, and really, really big pronghorn—the latter being why Ashton F. Harrow was in Carbon County in the fall of 2019. With those horns nearly hitting 17 inches long, his pronghorn ranks 74th overall and 16th for the state. He took this great buck with a 6.5x284 at 175 yards. His 6.5 was shooting a 140-grain Berger bullet. As a youth hunter, 16 years old or younger when he harvested his pronghorn, Harrow will be invited to take part in the Club's Generation Next trophy display and banquet. His pronghorn currently ranks 5th in the 31st Big Game Awards Entry Period. If it holds that rank until the close of the entry period, it may also be invited to the Judges Panel.

B&C SCORE: 89-6/8 points
LOCATION: Carbon Co., Wyoming
YEAR TAKEN: 2019
HUNTER: Ashton F. Harrow

4 of 15 — MINNESOTA BLACK BEAR

B&C SCORE: 22-3/16 points
LOCATION: Aitkin Co., Minnesota
YEAR TAKEN: 2020
HUNTER: Kayla T. Kullhem

5 of 15 — ALASKA ROCKY MOUNTAIN GOAT

B&C SCORE: 52-2/8 points
LOCATION: Revillagigedo Island, Alaska
YEAR TAKEN: 2019
HUNTER: Louis W. Breland

6 of 15 — NEWFOUNDLAND WOODLAND CARIBOU

B&C SCORE: 338-7/8 points
LOCATION: Sam's Pond, Newfoundland
YEAR TAKEN: 2018
HUNTER: Derek M. Gentile

7 of 15 — CALIFORNIA COLUMBIA BLACKTAIL

B&C SCORE: 146-2/8 points
LOCATION: Colusa Co., California
YEAR TAKEN: 2019
HUNTER: Shelby S. Dunlap

8 of 15 — NORTH DAKOTA BIGHORN

B&C SCORE: 177-2/8 points
LOCATION: Billings Co., North Dakota
YEAR TAKEN: 2019
HUNTER: Jackson C. Lackner

9 of 15 — NUNAVUT MUSK OX

B&C SCORE: 114 points
LOCATION: Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut
YEAR TAKEN: 2019
HUNTER: Jim Horneck

10 of 15 — OKLAHOMA WHITETAIL

B&C SCORE: 190-6/8 points
LOCATION: Harper Co., Oklahoma
YEAR TAKEN: 2019
HUNTER: Troy N. Bryant

11 of 15 — MEXICO DESERT SHEEP

B&C SCORE: 190 points
LOCATION: Sonora, Mexico
YEAR TAKEN: 2020
HUNTER: Jerry R. Tyrrell

12 of 15 — SOUTH DAKOTA BISON

B&C SCORE: 124-2/8 points
LOCATION: Custer State Park,
YEAR TAKEN: 2016
HUNTER: R. Kim Greene

13 of 15 — ALASKA DALL'S SHEEP

Between 2005 and 2019, there have been only two Dall’s sheep to make the top 50 All-time list, according to data compiled in Big Game Records Live!. And then came along Louis W. Breland who, in 2020, killed not just a top 50 ram, but the sixth largest Dall’s sheep in the record book. It fell to a .300 Winchester Mag. shooting a 180-grain Barnes. His ram scores 184-1/8 points and made its home in the Chugach Mountains of Alaska where 4 of the top 10 rams have been taken. This incredible ram holds the number 1 spot for the 31st Big Game Awards Entry Period, barring an unprecented deluge of Dall's sheep entries in the next few months, Breland's ram will likely be invited to the 31st Big Game Awards Judges Panel.

B&C SCORE: 184-1/8 points
LOCATION: Chugach Mts., Alaska
YEAR TAKEN: 2020
HUNTER: Louis W. Breland

14 of 15 — ARIZONA BIGHORN

B&C SCORE: 193-6/8 points
LOCATION: Gila Co., Arizona
YEAR TAKEN: 2019
HUNTER: Randy A. Weems

15 of 15 — ALASKA GRIZZLY BEAR

B&C SCORE: 26-15/16 points
LOCATION: Andreafsky River, Alaska
YEAR TAKEN: 2018
HUNTER: Roger F. Pascavis

*NOTE: The trophy stats are based on data through May 1, 2021. Rankings may change as new entries are submitted and accepted by the Boone and Crockett Club's Records Department.

The Importance of Records in Big Game Management

When you enter your trophy into the Boone and Crockett system, you aren’t just honoring the animal and its habitat. You are participating in a data collection system that started in the 1920s and was refined by Club members in 1950.

Today, there are nearly 60,000 trophy records. By establishing a records database more than 70 years ago, the Boone and Crockett Club established a scientific baseline from which researchers can use to study wildlife management. If you’re still on the fence about entering your trophy, we encourage you to read Why Should I Bother to Enter My Trophy. To the best of our ability, we ensure that the trophies entered into the records were taken in accordance with the tenets of fair chase ethics. Despite what some may think, the Boone and Crockett records are not about a name or a score in a book—because in the end, there’s so much more to the score.