Records Book

Father's Day is June 15. If you're shopping for a hunter, adventurer, conservationist or reader, the Boone and Crockett Club has five new books that would make perfect gifts. 

News traveled fast when conservationists learned the largest grizzly bear ever taken by a hunter had been entered into Boone and Crockett records. Nearly as quickly, however, came questions about why grizzlies are distinguished from Alaska brown bears. After all, aren’t these technically the same species?

The Boone and Crockett Club announced the new record grizzly on May 5.

The largest grizzly bear ever taken by a hunter has been entered into Boone and Crockett records.

The big bruin, taken in 2013 near Fairbanks, Alaska, scores 27-6/16. It missed the World's Record mark by 7/16 of an inch but landed a spot as the second-largest grizzly ever recorded. The reigning World's Record is a skull found in Alaska in 1976.

Bears are scored based on skull length and width measurements.

With a hardcover edition nearly sold out, the Boone and Crockett Club has released a paperback version of its latest big-game records book.

A Boone and Crockett Club reference book on trophy whitetails has received top honors in a national book awards competition. The Club is celebrating with a just-for-fun trivia quiz based on data that readers could glean from the pages of the heralded book. 

Vintage photos of giant mule deer with yardsticks nestled in their headgear. Historic score sheets boasting crazy-wide antler spreads--up to 43-4/8 inches for typicals; 49-2/8 inches for non-typicals. Classic accounts of legendary muley hunts.

A triennial record 4,921 big-game trophies were accepted into Boone and Crockett Club records during 2010-2012. These latest records are included in a new book that hunters can use to pinpoint North America's hottest areas for trophies ranging from whitetail to walrus. 

Odds of you harvesting a Boone and Crockett-class whitetail buck this year: approximately 1 in 20,000.

Odds of keeping your trophy dreams alive while browsing the newest Records of North American Whitetail Deer book from Boone and Crockett Club: Well, let's just say these odds are exponentially better.

The most complete book of trophy records and info on America’s favorite game species will be released October 2012 in its fifth edition from the world’s foremost authority on native North American big game records keeping.