KEVIN 1: The original owner may have had personal reasons. I have three buck that qualify for the NYS big Buck Club, but have only entered one, the first which is a bow kill from Wyoming County, NY. The other two are gun kills, one from the Adirondacks, 163", and one from the Southern tier, 142". Since my bow entry, I have what could best be described as a scoring beef with the NYS Big Buck Club, as well as the B&C system..,,That is, allowing the measurement of "air"- inside spread- to be added to score, but dissallowing or subtracting actual bone in many cases. Call it a protest or whatever.

I also, personally believe that the huge push for trophy entry/hunter recognition has led to large #'s of illegally taken animals to be entered. One of the best ways to help eliminate or at least reduce this is two pronged: Require a PSE exam-lie detector- and instead of the hunters name in the book, a code number, with the hunter receiving a certificate for the wall at home corresponding to that code #. Just my 2 cents.