World's Records

B&C World's Record Gallery

We all know there is more to hunting and conservation than the final score of a big game trophy. However, it is important to take a look at the history of records keeping and celebrate those big game trophies that hold the top spot in their respective categories. These records are part of a large data set that measures conservation success.  

World's Record - Bighorn Sheep

The new World's Record bighorn sheep was found on Montana's Wild Horse Island and is owned by the state. WORLD'S RECORD! By Clay Brewer, Kevin Hurley, Kurt Alt and Gray Thornton –...

B&C World's Record - Pronghorn

Mike Gallo donated his new World's Record pronghorn to the Boone and Crockett Club's National Collection while attending the Club's 29th Big Game Awards Banquet in Springfield, Missouri. ...

New World's Record Musk Ox

At four in the afternoon, the three men started cutting up the massive musk ox. Six hours later, they had it quartered and stuffed into their packs. After all, this is how these guys pack their Dall’s sheep out of the Northwest Territories every year. They left behind a front shoulder and hindquarter but placed the head and hide on top of the meat so the grizzlies and wolves would get that first. After a three-mile hump across the muskeg, they got back to camp at one in the morning. At dawn, they returned for the rest. 

Largest Elk in 48 Years, Largest Ever with a Bow

B&C World's Record - Pacific Walrus

Pilot Ralph Young found the World's Record Pacific walrus tusks in 1997 while beachcombing—"Alaska style"—over the shores of Bristol Bay.In 1997, while searching the shores of Bristol Bay, Alaska, Ral...

B&C World's Record - Atlantic Walrus

The world's record Atlantic walrus tusks were generously donated to the National Collection of Heads and Horns. Unfortunately, they were stolen in the 1970s, likely for the ivory's value.The story sur...

B&C World's Record - Jaguar

In the dark of night, C.J. McElroy briefly became the hunted before he made a fatal shot on the World's Record jaguar.In 1965, C.J. McElroy returned home from the jungle of Sinaola, Mexico, with a wor...

B&C World's Record - Cougar

Douglas E. Schuk shot the World's Record cougar in British Columbia, Canada, in 1979.The World’s Record cougar (Felis concolor) has held its spot in the records book for more than three decades. The a...

B&C World's Record - Polar Bear

Shelby Longoria (left) and his guide, John Swiss, with the World's Record polar bear, which was taken nearly 100 miles offshore on pack ice. In 1963, on hunt far from his home south of the border in M...