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State-by-State Rankings for Boone and Crockett Trophies

Ask a hunter to guess America’s top trophy-producing states, and they’re likely to pick western states. After all, states with the biggest varieties of well-managed big-game populations—and thus more species to hunt—are bound to produce more trophies, right? Not necessarily.

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Newly compiled state totals of Boone and Crockett Club trophy entries (since 2017) reveal a Top 10 list featuring an even split between five western states and five midwestern/eastern states.

Wisconsin, a state with only whitetail deer and black bear in the newest records data, ranks number one overall with 505 total entries. Alaska, which has black, brown and grizzly bears, Sitka blacktail deer, walrus, mountain goats, musk ox, bison, Dall’s sheep, Alaska-Yukon moose, barren ground caribou and Roosevelt’s elk, comes in at number two with 457 total entries.

Other states in the Top 10 include Colorado, Ohio, Arizona, Indiana, Montana, Wyoming, Kentucky and Minnesota.

See the full list of rankings for all states and provinces below. Compiled trophy data represent the Club’s 15th Awards Period—2017 through 2022—and all months since then through June 2024.

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Most of these recent specimens are included in Boone and Crockett’s newly published Records of North American Big Game, 15th Edition. New editions are printed every six years. The 15th Edition adds more than 4,500 new entries across 38 categories of North American big game. Included is the latest World’s Record bighorn sheep.

In total, the 15th Edition contains over 36,000 records for sheep, deer, elk, bear and other species. First published in 1932, the book has grown to two volumes with over a thousand pages. Along with detailed, tabular trophy listings, including harvest locations (down to county level), it features hundreds of field photos, score sheets, and insightful chapters. It’s available in paperback, a hardback collector’s set with slipcase, and a deluxe limited edition.

“When hunters mention a trophy that could ‘make the book,’ this is the book they’re talking about. It’s one of the most important collections of historical data for today’s hunters as well as conservationists and game managers,” said Kyle Lehr, the Club’s director of big game records. Lehr said infinite trophy trends can be discovered and tracked in Boone and Crockett records. Conservationists can use the data to help gauge habitat and population management programs over time. Hunters can use the data to help plan their next hunt for the trophy of a lifetime.

Boone and Crockett Trophies by State/Province, 2017-2024

State Total Trophies State Total Trophies
1. Wisconsin 505 26. Washington 70
2. Alaska 457 27. South Dakota 64
3. Colorado 332 28. New York 56
4. Ohio 308 29. Oklahoma 50
5. Arizona 306 30. North Dakota 40
5. Indiana 306 31. Maine 39
7. Montana 301 32. Arkansas 35
8. Wyoming 272 32. Virginia 35
9. Kentucky 244 34. Georgia 32
10. Minnesota 240 35. Maryland 28
11. Iowa 227 35. West Virginia 28
12. California 224 37. Tennessee 18
13. Illinois 216 38. New Jersey  17
14. New Mexico 204 39. Mississippi 16
15. Nevada 199 40. New Hampshire 13
16. Texas 189 41. Louisiana 9
17. Kansas 170 41. Vermont 9
18. Missouri 162 43. Massachusetts 4
19. Utah 160 44. Alabama 3
20. Pennsylvania 131 45. Connecticut 2
21. Oregon 124 45. Delaware 2
22. Idaho 109 45. South Carolina 2
23. Michigan 78 48. Florida 0
24. North Carolina 74 48. Hawaii 0
25. Nebraska 72 48. Rhode Island 0
Province Total Trophies Province Total Trophies
1. British Columbia 294 7. Nunavut 51
2. Saskatchewan 257 8. Ontario 28
3. Alberta 168 9. Northwest Territories 25
4. Manitoba 87 10. New Brunswick 8
5. Newfoundland & Labrador 64 11. Nova Scotia 1
6. Yukon 63 12. Quebec 0

Records of North American Big Game, 15th Edition

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Long considered "The Book" of big game records, Boone and Crockett Club's newest edition of its All-Time records book - Records of  North American Big Game - is the most complete big game records book cataloging the greatest big game ever taken in North America. Available in paperback or as a hard-cover with slipcase collector's edition.

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These one-of-a-kind records books live up to their long-standing reputation with more than 36,000 trophy listings, hundreds of color photos and intriguing chapters. In its fifteenth edition since the original book was published by B&C in 1932, this latest edition has grown to nearly 1,000 pages split between two-volumes.

What's Inside

  • Listings of more than 36,000 native North American big game trophies in 38 categories - an increase of over 4,500 trophies from the previous edition - including B&C final and gross scores, detailed measurements, plus location and year taken.

  • Two new World's Records since the previous edition - musk ox and bighorn sheep.

  • Stories, photos, and score charts for the World's Records in all 38 categories, plus over 300 photographs of the top-ranking animals.

  • Over 600 color photographs of hunters in the field.

  • Entertaining chapters and photo essays that every outdoorsman will enjoy including updates on the current status of desert bighorn sheep and Columbia blacktail deer, a special photo essay about wildlife artist Bob Kuhn, plus special sections on Betty and Grancel Fitz, the Club's National Collection of Heads and Horns and stories about trophies lost to history.

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These one-of-a-kind records books live up to their long-standing reputation with more than 36,000 trophy listings, hundreds of color photos and intriguing chapters. In its fifteenth edition since the original book was published by B&C in 1932, this latest edition has grown to nearly 1,000 pages split between two-volumes.

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