How to Score North American Big Game Boone and Crockett Club's Official Measurers Manual

by Reneau, Jack; Spring, Justin; Lacey, Chris

• ISBN13: 9781940860107
• ISBN10: 1940860105
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Spiral Bound
• Copyright: 2016-08-07
• Publisher: Boone and Crockett Club

Summary

Boone and Crockett Club's world-renowned scoring system remains the benchmark for identifying mature big-game animals and healthy big-game populations. In the Club's newly-revised edition of How to Score North American Big Game, the B&C scoring system is explained in detail using simple, straightforward language and more than 100 new illustrations by noted wildlife artist Chris Lacey. The new edition of the Club's official scorers manual is spiral bound for durability and easy, lay-flat reading with pockets integrated into back cover for safe keeping of score charts and notes.
A must-have addition to the library of any sportsman, How to Score North American Big Game offers the most up-to-date scoring techniques with easy-to-follow instructions for scoring all 38 species of North American big-game animals in the 17 different categories recognized by the Boone and Crockett Club with detailed explanations of the Club's records-keeping policies. In addition the book delivers chapters on the Club's history and its records-keeping program. The new edition also includes an expanded chapter on category boundaries enhanced with detailed, full-color maps from onXmaps.

Author Biography

Jack Reneau has managed the Boone and Crockett Club's Big Game Records Program for over three decades and has personally trained over 1,100 of the 1,300 official B&C scorers. He resides in Missoula, MT.

Justin Spring is the newly-appointed director of B&C's Big Game Records Program. He resides in Alberton, MT.
Chris Lacey is western wildlife artist with works featured in numerous sportsmen's magazines, catalogs and books. You will also see his mural paintings in Cabela's stores throughout the country. He resides in Reno, NV.

Table of Contents

Dedication

Foreword

Introduction

Chapter 1: Records Keeping – A Brief History

Chapter 2: Category Boundaries for North American Big Game

Chapter 3: General Measuring Techniques for North American Big Game

Chapter 4: Measuring and Scoring Bears and Cats

Chapter 5: Measuring and Scoring Walrus

Chapter 6: Measuring and Scoring American Elk

Chapter 7: Measuring and Scoring Roosevelt's and Tule Elk

Chapter 8: Measuring and Scoring Mule and Blacktail Deer

Chapter 9: Measuring and Scoring Whitetail and Coues' Deer

Chapter 10: Measuring and Scoring Moose

Chapter 11: Measuring and Scoring Caribou

Chapter 12: Measuring and Scoring Pronghorn

Chapter 13: Measuring and Scoring Bison

Chapter 14: Measuring and Scoring Rocky Mountain Goat

Chapter 15: Measuring and Scoring Musk Ox

Chapter 16: Measuring and Scoring Sheep

Chapter 17: General Procedures

Chapter 18: General Policies

Reference Section