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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

BLACK BEAR W/GUN (19-0)

RANK	NAME	ADDRESS	TOWNSHIP	YEAR	SCORE
1	Chad Reed	Lititz, PA	Monroe	1991	22-11
2	Randall Johnson	Wyalusing, PA	Terry	2002	22-2
3	Jeff Fassett	Ulster, PA	Ulster	2011	21-11
3	Eugene Smiley	Powder Springs, Georgia	Asylum	2006	21-11
5	Robert C. Beebe	Rome, PA	Monroe	1994	21-8
5	Steve E. Watkins	Towanda, PA	Leroy	2000	21-8
5	Rex Kingsley	Ulster, PA	Monroe	2000	21-8
8	Kelly J. Devine	Rome, PA	Orwell	2008	21-5
9	JaLynn MacNelley	Laceyville, PA	Wilmot	2013	21-3
10	Roger Strobridge	Troy, PA	Troy	2016	21-2
10	Matthew Russell	Red Lion, PA	Leroy	2005	21-2
12	Matthew Santiago	Towanda, PA	Asylum	2011	21-1
13	Martin J. Alles	Wyalusing, PA	Wyalusing	1996	21-0
14	Clyde Rider	Towanda, PA	N. Towanda	2011	20-15
14	Mike Laurie	Drums, PA	Leroy	1991	20-15
14	Kevin E. Seifert	Ivyland, PA	Leroy	2003	20-15
17	Jim Smith	Troy, PA	Armenia	2014	20-14
17	Timothy Leonard	Col. X. Rds.,PA	Ridgebury	2003	20-14
19	Ray Moyer	New Tripoli, PA	Overton	1981	20-13
20	Kyle Borek	Col. X. Rds.,PA	Troy	2006	20-12
20	Robert Traver	Noxen, PA	Wilmot	2008	20-12
22	Kyle Manley	Towanda, PA	Troy	2011	20-10
22	James Chamberlin	Allenwood, PA	Leroy	2009	20-10
22	Carolyn Yanchuk	Granville Summit, PA	Franklin	1967	20-10
25	Alvin Rosenberger	Athens, PA	Franklin	1979	20-9
25	Greg Sickler	Troy, PA	Columbia	2012	20-9
25	Roy Baum	Greencastle, PA	Leroy	2006	20-9
25	Kyle Smith	Troy, PA	Granville	2006	20-9
29	Marty West	Granville Smt., PA	Monroe	2000	20-8
29	Clinton Crawford	Sugar Run, PA	Wilmot	2007	20-8
31	Kevin Parsons	New Albany, PA	Wilmot	2013	20-7
31	Lisa Campanelli	Newtown, PA	Rome	2011	20-7
31	Aaron White	Col. X. Rds.,PA	Columbia	2011	20-7
31	Thomas Joyce	Scranton, PA	Overton	2011	20-7
35	Josh Cobb	Towanda, PA	Wysox	2015	20-6
35	Patrick Kennedy	Gillett, PA	Ridgebury	1997	20-6
35	Tony A. Johnson	Towanda, PA	Asylum	1998	20-6
35	Michael Blow	Wyalusing, PA	unknown	1985	20-6
39	Caleb Wilson	Meshoppen, PA	Wilmot	2015	20-5
40	Scott Miller	Dushore, PA	Wilmot	2008	20-4
41	John Fedorchak	Ulster, PA	Franklin	2017	20-2
41	Dennis Witiak	Olyphant, PA	Franklin	2003	20-2
43	Frank Ondish	Tunkhannock, PA	Overton	1986	20-0
44	Mark Madden	Wysox, PA	Canton	2003	19-15
45	Sara Burguess	Canton, PA	Canton	1998	19-14
45	Clinton Crawford Jr.	Sugar Run, PA	Wilmot	2010	19-14
47	Randy Everts	Troy, PA	Armenia	2000	19-13
48	Greg Sickler	Troy, PA	Columbia	1998	19-12
49	Tyler Walcheski	Troy, PA	Troy	2013	19-9
49	Donald Pickett	Sugar Run, PA	Windham	1988	19-9
51	John Brown	Troy, PA	Troy	2016	19-8
52	Donald Pickett	Sugar Run, PA	Wilmot	2000	19-6
53	James Snell	Towanda, PA	Towanda	2019	19-5
54	Steve Wilcox	Troy, PA	Ridgebury	2011	19-4
54	Burton Cleveland	Troy, PA	W. Burlington	2011	19-4
56	Dave Raub	Susquehanna, PA	Monroe	2000	19-3
57	Russell Kipp	Wyalusing, PA	Terry	2015	19-2

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