As you say, Primos and Jordan don't have any world records. Neither do Carlton and Jones and Lapinski, etc., etc., etc. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm why? Just for the sake of argument, for the sake of fair thinking, since none of us really know Chuck Adams, isn't cheating a real possibility?

Think about it - 5 world records, 112 PY entries. Wow!

A basic scientific principle in my own simple words is: a primitive, unrefined system displays great variance, while an advanced, refined system displays little variance. Why did Babe Ruth hit more homeruns in a season than entire competing ballclubs? Because baseball in the '20s was a primitive, unrefined system, especially for homerun hitters. Barry Bonds, even in his 73 homer season never came close to surpassing even one team in homers, because baseball in the '90s is highly refined.

I didn't know Chuck Adams from Creepi Crespi 3 years ago when I picked up bowhunting, but when I read that record - 5 world records and 112 PY entries - it immediately brought up some questions for me. If you told me a guy compiled that record back in the pioneering days of bowhunting, back in the time of Howard Hill and Fred Bear, I'd buy that, no problem. Bowhunting was unrefined and underdeveloped in that time, so you would expect a high variance environment that could allow one guy to set 5 world records and put 112 animals into the books.

But I argue that modern bowhunting is not a primitive system. You've dozen of pure professionals out there, and literally thousands of semipros. Look at the advances in technology and game management and hunting tactics. Modern bowhunting is a highly advanced system, the kind of system that should not display the kind of wild variance reflected by Adams' records.

For this reason, I suspect Chuck Adams of cutting some corners.