I' m curious how many people have shot a Pope & Young class deer and actually went through the process of entering it into " the book" ? I know here in the Northeast we have the Northeast Big Buck Club that scores and tracks this areas largest bucks.

I have shot 2 deer that would make the Northeast Big Buck Club book but are a few inches shy of Pope & Young. I measured them myself but was offered to have them officially measured and entered but declined. My friend shot a 340" bull elk in New Mexico and we had fun measuring that bull carefully and I know he has great pride in that elk, but he didn' t " officially" have it entered in the book.

Anyone shoot a deer that would have met all the requirements but didn' t enter it? If you are in the book, what compelled you to go through the process? I would love to score on a buck with big enough head gear to make it and would measure the total inches by their method of any big buck I shoot , but I' m not sure if I would enter it if I did qualify.