What makes boone and crockett whitetail

Some of the records date back as far as , but most date from , when the club revised its scoring system. And dozens of new records have been added in just the last 20 years, pushing the book to pages and more than 17, individual records. Wisconsin continues to rank as the state with the most record book whitetails, with Illinois No. Louis County holds its rank as the second-biggest producer of record-book bucks in the nation with listings in the book. That trails only Buffalo County in southwestern Wisconsin, which has entries.

While St. Louis County, tend to produce the most records. Spring noted that Buffalo County in Wisconsin, while not as heavily forested as St. Louis County, has both agriculture and forested lands and steep terrain, affording bucks both good food and some places to hide and get old. Missouri ranks seventh overall with total entries. This is another one where the number of state-record bucks is on a recent surge. Kansas moved up since the books last edition to the No.

Texas gets special recognition for having four of the top six counties in the country. Arkansas gets a nod thanks to Willian L. Finally, Tennessee deserves special notice for Stephen L. Matt Lynch tagged two slammers this bow season. Together, they green gross nearly inches. If so, by how much?

For example, if his main beam appears to be half an ear or three inches outside the ear tip on each side, then by adding 6 to 16 we find that he has a inch spread. Judging the length of the main beams is next. A general rule of thumb is to look for a buck whose main beams appear to extend forward as far as the tip of his nose.

Also, be aware of the buck whose beams tower above its head before sweeping forward as this adds valuable inches to an otherwise average looking main beam. Next, and to many, the most impressive features of a trophy whitetail are the number and lengths of the points on his rack. Points may be quickly counted by assuming that an overwhelming majority of mature whitetail bucks grow a brow tine on each antler and that the main beam tip usually lies almost horizontally. This allows us to count the standing normal points G-2, G-3, G-4, etc.

Nearly all the bucks that make the records book have at least five normal points per side. How much bigger is the antler? If it were half again bigger, the circumference measurement at that point would be about six inches. Ideally, the rack should be viewed from the front and the side especially when judging the main beams.