Jwatts02

I was talking w/ a guy at work today and this came up. What is the difference between Pope and Young and Boone and Crockett?

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jaybe

Pope and Young is the record of animals taken with archery equipment. Boone and Crockett records those taken with firearms.

il_outdoors4life

p&y is over 125, b&c is over 170

Jwatts02

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kry226

Actually, Boone and Crockett recognizes the animal, not the hunter, nor the harvest method. So, as long as the animal was harvested legally, or even picked up or found, and meets the minimum score, it can be entered into the book. This includes archery (compound, traditional, crossbow, etc.), guns, etc. There are lots of entries that were found by folks on the side of a road, or simply walking through the woods.

There are, of course, lots of other rules in the B&C rule book about the animals it recognizes, so don't think this is all inclusive.

USAF_hunter

Boone and Crocket is over 160 I believe.

125py

b&C is 170 net or higher on typical whitetails and 195 net or higher on non-typicals

deadstick

Boone and Crocket "awards" is 160", Boone and Crocket "records" is 170" (in both cases I am referring to typical).

"The Book" is the "Record Book", so although you can get a B&C award for a 160" net deer, it's not really in "the book"

confused yet?

Couple other nitpicky things - B&C doesn't recognize velvet. Here in ND, a 230" nontypical (state record) was shot opening weekend of archery season in full velvet. Obviously it makes P&Y, in order to make B&C, the velvet would have to be stripped.

BarnesX.308

I'm looking through the 2003 Boone and Crockett record book right now. There are tons of 160-169" typicals and 185-194" non-typicals in the book.

I believe the 170 and 195 numbers are what they call their "all time awards".

If you tell someone you shot a Booner, though, they're expecting 170".

USAF_hunter

I am telling you B&C is 160.....I'm not making it up folks.