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2023 PENNSYLVANIA BIG GAME RECORDS

Want to know where the largest whitetail deer, black bears and elk are taken in Pennsylvania. This is the complete official listing of all trophy big game animals taken in the Keystone State. Visit "The Outdoor Shop" on the PGC's website at www.pgc.pa.gov or call 1-888-888-3459 to order.

PA Records

RECENTLY ACCEPTED INTO THE BOONE & CROCKETT CLUB

Two black bears that once roamed the fields and mountains of Bradford County were recently accepted into Boone & Crockett's 28th Big Game Awards program. The largest of the two was taken in Ulster Township in 2011 by Jeff Fassett of Ulster. Jeff's bear scored 21-11/16 and its estimated live weight (ELW) was 638 lbs. making it the heaviest bear in our records. The previous record was a 617 lb. bruin taken by Kelly Devine in Orwell Township. Of the 763 entries in the 2013 PA Record Book, Jeff's bear ranked No. 60. by skull measurement.

The second B&C entry was taken in 2011 in Asylum Township by Matt Santiago of Towanda. That skull measured 21-1/16 and its ELW was 473 lbs. Matt's bear currently ranks 10th by skull measurement, and 21st by weight in our records, and No. 164 in the state records.

These bears are awesome trophies that exceeded the 21-0/16 minimum for acceptance into B&C's all-time Records of North American Big Game. 19-0/16 is the minimum for acceptance into our Club and the PA Record Book.

Big Game Records

TYPICAL DEER W/GUN (140-0)

RANK	NAME	ADDRESS	TOWNSHIP	YEAR	SCORE
1	Fritz Janowsky	Wellsburg, NY	Ridgebury	1943	189-0
2	Clyde H. Rinehuls	Sayre, PA	unknown	1944	176-0
3	Scott Norton	Troy, PA	Burlington	2019	174-4
4	Ezra Shultz	New Albany, PA	unknown	1927	169-0
5	Vince Walcheski	Canton, PA	Armenia	1932	166-7
6	Thomas Nobles	Sayre, PA	Athens	2013	165-3
7	Theodore Smith	Towanda, PA	Wysox	1950	162-5
8	John Litzelman	New Albany, PA	Overton	1932	160-4
9	Vernon Luckey	Sylvania, PA	Springfield	1951	160-2
10	Ted Kintner	Mehoopany, PA	Wilmot	2008	160-1
11	Bernard Moon	Wyalusing, PA	Wyalusing	2000	160-0
12	Robert Erbelding	Kimberling City, MO	Burlington	2020	159-3
13	William S. Williams	Milan, PA	Ulster	1998	158-1
14	Gene Seymour	Monroeton, PA	Franklin	1987	157-6
15	Earl Lee	Pine City, NY	Franklin	1952	157-2
16	Chad Sackett	Waverly, NY	W. Burlington	2015	157-0
17	Ted Eiserman	Folcroft, PA	Wilmot	2009	155-4
18	David Miller	LeRaysville, PA	Orwell	2012	154-5
19	Bud Rosh	Sayre, PA	Athens	1966	154-3
20	Raymond C. Garvine	Downingtown, PA	Leroy	2000	154-2
21	Gary O’Conner	Monroeton, PA	Monroe	2011	154-0
22	Paul Gaudio	Lincroft, NJ	Herrick	2020	153-5
23	Scott Turner	Towanda, PA	Burlington	2013	153-0
23	Samuel McKean	Athens, PA	Athens	1953	153-0
25	Larry Hall	Troy, PA	Burlington	1951	152-2
26	Gideon L. Hanggi	NY, NY	unknown	1948	152-1
27	William Beardslee	Col. X. Rds.,PA	Springfield	1954	151-3
28	Albert C. Wilson	Wyalusing, PA	Wyalusing	1949	151-2
29	George Brown	Stevensville, PA	unknown	1944	151-0
30	Edward Barrett Jr.	Athens, PA	Athens	2010	150-7
31	Peggy A. Smith	Sugar Run, PA	Wilmot	1998	150-6
32	John Hall	Sayre, PA	Sheshequin	2015	150-5
32	Robert Moore	Dallas, PA	Terry	1955	150-5
34	Travis Knapp	Wyalusing, PA	Stevens	2014	150-4
34	Greg Freeman	Gillett, PA	Ridgebury	1993	150-4
36	Kyle Kremposky	New Tripoli, PA	Troy	2017	150-3
37	Richard Neiley	Wyalusing, PA	Wyalusing	1964	150-2
38	Donna Jean Gardner	Phillipsburg, NJ	Wyalusing	1986	150-0
39	Leon Rathbun	Granville Summit, PA	Granville	1968	149-2
40	John Estep	Troy, PA	Troy	2009	148-7
41	James Crayton	Monroeton, PA	Franklin	2012	148-4
42	James Crawford	Canton, PA	Canton	1928	148-1
43	John Kolesar III	Rome, PA	Orwell	2014	147-7
44	Norman Roof	Towanda, PA	Wysox	1987	147-3
45	Bill Hannan	Franklin, NJ	Wells	2015	147-2
45	Ray Henninger Jr.	New Albany, PA	Wilmot	2008	147-2
47	Dale Symonds Jr.	Rome, PA	Herrick	2012	146-5
47	Michael Brown	Milan, PA	Smithfield	1991	146-5
49	Robert F. Dailey	Danville, PA	Wilmot	2003	146-4
50	Keith Williams	Wyalusing, PA	Wilmot	2002	146-3
50	Richard Newman Jr.	Ulster, PA	Orwell	2012	146-3
52	Ryan O’Hara	Bear Creek Township, PA	Canton	2014	146-2
52	Mike Kepner	Lockwood, NY	Athens	2006	146-2
54	Darryl Maynard	Gillett, PA	South Creek	2012	146-0
55	Archie Noss	Mechanicsburg, PA	Armenia	1947	145-6
56	Kenneth Bailey	Sayre, PA	Warren	2015	145-5
57	Timothy Miller	Sayre, PA	Litchfield	2012	145-3
58	Harry Brokaw	Grover, PA	Canton	1990	145-2
59	Ryan Jordan	Elmira, NY	Troy	2016	145-1
59	Frank Stroud	Athens, PA	unknown	1939	145-1
61	Robert Loyack	Wyalusing, PA	Wyalusing	1953	144-4
61	Sidney Hatch	New Albany, PA	Overton	2006	144-4
61	Steve Boyton	Matawan, NJ	Canton	2008	144-4
64	Roger Kingsley	Col. X. Rds.,PA	Springfield	2012	144-2
65	Ron E. Geiger	Athens, PA	Athens	1999	143-6
66	Wendy Allen	Monroeton, PA	Franklin	1987	143-5
67	Mark Madden	Towanda, PA	Asylum	2010	143-4
67	Clyde Mattocks	Troy, PA	Troy	1950	143-4
69	Roger Kingsley	Col. X. Rds.,PA	Springfield	2010	143-3
70	Curtis Spalding	Troy, PA	Troy	2009	143-1
71	Everett Gorsline	Athens, PA	Rome	2017	142-6
72	James Clarke	Wyalusing, PA	Wyalusing	2016	142-4
72	Todd Allyn	Sugar Run, PA	Monroe	1990	142-4
72	Paul Rineer	Columbia, PA	Monroe	2003	142-4
75	Patience Nero	Gillett, PA	Ridgebury	2020	142-3
75	Mark A. Phillips	Fleetwood, PA	unknown	1989	142-3
75	Gregory Jones	Troy, PA	Columbia	1999	142-3
75	Terry Bouck	Windham, PA	Windham	2010	142-3
79	Eugene Smiley	Powder Springs, GA	Asylum	2017	142-1
80	Raymond Singley	Duncannon, PA	Troy	2009	142-0
80	Roger Martell	Bellefonte, PA	Leroy	2006	142-0
82	Ryan Fish	Troy, PA	Columbia	2016	141-7
82	Phil Barry Jr.	Athens, PA	Sheshequin	2015	141-7
84	Scott Robinson	Sayre, PA	Orwell	2012	141-4
84	Robert B. Lewis	Linglestown, PA	unknown	1944	141-4
86	Zachariah Bohart	Millerton, PA	Wells	2012	141-1
86	Mike Doss	Towanda, PA	Albany	2010	141-1
86	Jim Frees	Leesport, PA	unknown	2000	141-1
86	James Barrett	Towanda, PA	Asylum	2016	141-1
90	John T. Rogers Jr	Athens, PA	Sheshequin	2009	141-0
91	Kevin Corbett	Towanda, PA	Overton	2012	140-6
92	L.P. Jackson	Troy, PA	Springfield	1943	140-5
92	Charles Johnson Sr.	Towanda, PA	Albany	2004	140-5
94	Alexander Hoffsmith	Palmyra, PA	Springfield	2019	140-2
94	Isacc Stoll	Rome, PA	Rome	2017	140-2
96	Dennis Carroll		Springfield	2018	140-0
96	Leroy Plouse	Sayre, PA	Athens	1937	140-0

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