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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

MALE BLACK BEAR (350 lbs.)

RANK	NAME	ADDRESS	TOWNSHIP	YEAR	WEIGHT
1	Jeff Fassett	Ulster, PA	Ulster	2011	638
2	Kelly J. Devine	Rome, PA	Orwell	2008	617
3	Chad Reed	Lititz, PA	Monroe	1991	604
4	Randall Johnson	Wyalusing, PA	Terry	2002	603
5	Martin J. Alles	Wyalusing, PA	Wyalusing	1996	600
6	Ray Moyer	New Tripoli, PA	Overton	1981	590
7	JaLynn MacNelley	Laceyville, PA	Wilmot	2013	586
8	Scott Miller	Dushore, PA	Wilmot	2008	557
9	Steve E. Watkins	Towanda, PA	Leroy	2000	555
10	Clyde Rider	Towanda, PA	N. Towanda	2011	550
10	Eugene Smiley	Powder Springs, Georgia	Asylum	2006	550
12	Lisa Campanelli	Newtown, PA	Rome	2011	549
13	Roy Baum	Greencastle, PA	Leroy	2006	544
14	Tony A. Johnson	Towanda, PA	Asylum	1998	540
15	Clinton Crawford	Sugar Run, PA	Wilmot	2007	537
16	Kevin E. Seifert	Ivyland, PA	Leroy	2003	536
17	Alvin Rosenberger	Athens, PA	Franklin	1979	535
18	Robert C. Beebe	Rome, PA	Monroe	1994	531
19	Rex Kingsley	Ulster, PA	Monroe	2000	524
20	Roger Strobridge	Troy, PA	Troy	2016	523
21	Robert Traver	Noxen, PA	Wilmot	2008	522
22	Frank Ondish	Tunkhannock, PA	Overton	1986	513
23	Dennis Witiak	Olyphant, PA	Franklin	2003	497
24	John Fedorchak	Ulster, PA	Franklin	2017	491
25	Jim Smith	Troy, PA	Armenia	2014	485
26	Shawn Newton	Wyalusing, PA	Wyalusing	2017	481
27	Matthew Santiago	Towanda, PA	Asylum	2011	473
27	Clinton Crawford	Sugar Run, PA	Wilmot	1989	473
29	Carolyn Yanchuk	Granville Summit, PA	Franklin	1967	472
30	Gary Otis	Wyalusing, PA	Wyalusing	1992	470
31	Greg Sickler	Troy, PA	Columbia	1998	469
31	Paul Pautz	Gillett, PA	Armenia	2005	469
33	Kyle Borek	Col. X. Rds.,PA	Troy	2006	468
34	Aaron White	Col. X. Rds.,PA	Columbia	2011	467
35	Mike Laurie	Drums, PA	Leroy	1991	466
36	Kyle Manley	Towanda, PA	Troy	2011	464
37	Dave Raub	Susquehanna, PA	Monroe	2000	460
38	Timothy Leonard	Col. X. Rds.,PA	Ridgebury	2003	453
39	Tyler Walcheski	Troy, PA	Troy	2013	443
40	John Brown	Troy, PA	Troy	2016	442
41	Greg Sickler	Troy, PA	Columbia	2012	441
42	Rob Storch	Troy, PA	Columbia	2011	440
43	Josh Cobb	Towanda, PA	Wysox	2015	438
44	Mark Madden	Wysox, PA	Canton	2003	429
45	Randy Everts	Troy, PA	Armenia	2000	426
46	Theron Binford III	Canton, PA	Canton	2019	422 *
46	James Chamberlin	Allenwood, PA	Leroy	2009	422
48	Matthew Russell	Red Lion, PA	Leroy	2005	420
49	Caleb Wilson	Meshoppen, PA	Wilmot	2015	409
50	Patrick Kennedy	Gillett, PA	Ridgebury	1997	402
51	Donald Pickett	Sugar Run, PA	Wilmot	2000	396
52	Rodney Vannoy	Troy, PA	Troy	2003	390
53	Kevin Parsons	New Albany, PA	Wilmot	2013	378
54	James Snell	Towanda, PA	Towanda	2019	370
55	John McDonald	Towanda, PA	Leroy	1998	368
56	Steve Wilcox	Troy, PA	Ridgebury	2011	358

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