2021 Awards Banquet
Our 2021 Big Game Awards Banquet took place on September 25 at Alparon Park/Troy Fairgrounds in Troy, PA.
Bradford County's biggest and most recently harvested whitetail deer and black bears, plus shed antlers were
accepted into our Big Game Records.
Since 2019, 83 entries were added to our hunter-taken categories which came from 29 of our 37 townships. Archers
tagged 72 and gun hunters took 11.
The top whitetail and black bear category entries were Emory Dobson Jr. of Pittsgrove, NJ for a YOUTH TYPICAL entry at 135-5
taken in Columbia township; Scott Norton of Troy for a TYPICAL DEER GUN entry at 174-4 taken in Burlington township;
Paul Emerson of Barton, NY for a new No. 1 TYPICAL DEER ARCHERY entry at 164-5 taken in Athens township; Michael Cobb of
Wyalusing for a NON-TYPICAL DEER ARCHERY entry at 146-2 taken in Wilmot township; Alvin Rosenberger of Athens
for a BLACK BEAR GUN entry at 20-9 taken in Franklin township in 1979 weighing 535 pounds; Theron Binford III of Canton
for a BLACK BEAR ARCHERY entry scoring 20-11 taken in Canton township weighing 422 pounds; and Brett Carman
of Troy for a new No.1 FEMALE BLACK BEAR entry taken with a muzzleloader on October 20, 2020 that weighed 403 pounds.
* The Paul Emerson buck unseats the previous record set back in 2010 by 6-1/2 inches. The rack has 12 scoreable points,
with a 176-2 gross. It now ranks No. 31 amongst 2036 entries in the state record book ARCHERY category.

Paul Emerson buck. 164-5
Congratulations to all those hunters who were part of our 2021 Big Game Awards program, and a big thank you to our
Sponsors and all those who attended this celebration of Bradford County’s big game hunting heritage.
On November 30, 2019 Scott Norton of Troy
shot this Burlington Twp. 17 pt. buck, scoring 174-4.
It will become a New Bradford County No. 3 in
the TYPICAL GUN category, and rank No. 15 in
the PA Record Book amongst 1730 entries.
This incredible whitetail also produced the
current No. 1 entries in both the Shed Antler
Single Beam and Shed Antlers Matching
categories. Forensic aging confirmed the buck
was 8-1/2 years old.

Theron Binford III killed this
422 lb. black bear with a crossbow
on October 29, 2019. At 20-11/16, it's
a new No. 1 in the Archery category, and
holds a No. 16 rank in the PA Record Book

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The Chris Radney, Franklin Township
buck taken in 2017,
is the largest archery
non-typical in the county.
At 180-3, it ranks No. 27 in the
PA State Record Book
for that category.

Kyle Jackson's Springfield Twp.
buck scoring 173-0 is a new No. 2
for the Non-Typical Archery category
and
ranks No 38
in the state Record Book.

Erin Wrisley of Ulster shot this 17 point
non-typical with a 7mm-08. At 165-4,
it
ranks No.8 in the NT category,
and
holds
a state Record Book rank of 142.

This Columbia Township buck scoring 162-6 NT
was taken by Jaydon Gardner of Sayre.
It ranks No. 2 in the Youth category, and
No. 162 in the state Record Book in
the Non-typical Firearms category.

This Troy Township Non-typical was taken
by David Aumick of Troy with a flintlock.
With 12 scoreable points, and an inside
spread of 20",
it ranks No. 1 in the
Muzzleloader category at 155-2.

This impressive Windham Township buck
was taken
by Jeff Wiseman in 2017.
It scores 164-2 and ranks
No. 7 in the Non-Typical
Deer Gun category.
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