I don't like the analogy of comparing baseball records to hunting records. Baseball records are thereto honor the player. In my opinion hunting records are there to honor the animal. Sure the hunter gets/deserves credit but it's really about the animal. I could tell you within a small range what the record in inches is for Rocky Mountain elk and Mule deer for both typical and non-typical but I couldn't tell you who harvested any of those animals to save my life. The record books are for the animals. There is no need for there to be extremely strict rules like you would have in a Pro sport. If you went out and hunted an animal with a legal tag and your weapon meets requirements then you deserve to honor your animal by entering it in the books. It doesn't matter if you were guided or not. Doesn't matter if you were on private land or not.