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> CLEARFIELD COUNTY HUNTER RECEIVES RIGHTFUL RECOGNITION
> The Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners recognized Jim Rowles of
> Troutville, Clearfield County, for harvesting the largest non-typical
> white-tailed deer in the Game Commission's 2001 Big Game Awards Program.
The
> buck, taken in Jefferson County in 2000, scored 203-1, and ranks fifth in
> the state's All-Time Big Game Records for the "non-typical white-tailed
deer
> firearm category."
>
> Rowles, whose measurement application was originally misplaced by the Game
> Commission, was excited to finally be officially recognized. Garry Forgy
of
> McVeytown was originally recognized for taking the largest non-typical
deer
> with a firearm in the 2001 Big Game Awards Program with a Mifflin County
> buck taken in 2000 that scored 197-3.
>
> Game Commission Bureau of Information and Education Director J. Carl
> Graybill Jr., who oversees the agency's Big Game Awards Program,
> acknowledged the unintentional oversight in late October. During the
> presentation on Monday, Jan. 14, Graybill said, "This buck was something
> special. It is the largest known non-typical buck taken by a Pennsylvania
> hunter in the gun category in 50 years. That's quite an achievement!"
>
> Rowles received a plaque for his accomplishment. His buck is only one of
> three to rank in the top-ten for non-typical buck taken with a firearm
over
> the past 10 years. In addition to Forgy's eighth-place buck, Kevin
Brumgard
> of Mt. Wolf shot a non-typical buck that scored 197-6 (seventh place).

Edited by - liv2hunt69 on 01/19/2002 20:51:20