2025 BIG GAME AWARDS
Our 2025 Big Game Awards Banquet took place on September 27 at Alparon Park/Troy Fairgrounds in Troy, PA. Bradford County's
biggest and most recently harvested whitetail deer and black bears were accepted into our all-time Big Game Records.
Awards and Club membership were presented to those hunters who harvested trophy-class animals exceeding the record book minimums.
Since 2023, 85 entries were added to our hunter-taken categories which came from 27 of our 37 townships.
Archery hunters tagged 71 animals while gun hunters took 14. During the 2023/2024 seasons, 36 were added to our records
compared to 49 during the 2024/2025 seasons.
The top whitetail and black bear category entries were Joshua Saxon of LeRaysville for a YOUTH NON-TYPICAL entry at 142-5
taken in Athens Township; Kyle Kremposky of New Tripoli for a TYPICAL DEER GUN entry scoring 168-6 taken in Troy Township; Jason
Bessett of Bainbridge, NY for a TYPICAL ARCHERY entry scoring 149-3 taken in Towanda Township; Skyler Manahan of Dushore for a
NON-TYPICAL ARCHERY entry at 168-4 taken in Albany Township; Dreck Ford of Rome for an ARCHERY BLACK BEAR 291 lb. entry
scoring 18-2/16 taken in Orwell Township; Patrick McPeak of Towanda for a BLACK BEAR GUN entry weighing 538 lbs. and scoring 21-0/16;
and Zachary Root of Columbia Cross Roads for a FEMALE BLACK BEAR entry from Columbia Township weighing 320 lbs.
Congratulations to all those hunters who had qualifying entries highlighted in our updated Record Book. Many, many hunters will hunt a lifetime of
seasons and never see or tag what you have accomplished. Best wishes for a safe and memorable upcoming season.
Kelsey Peterson of Rome, PA shot this big Orwell Twp. buck on 11-26-2022 using her favorite 30-06. It gross scored 156-0 with a 149-7 typical net.
Kelsey Peterson buck. 149-7
This Towanda Township trophy taken by James Snell of Towanda gross scores 146-4
with a 136-5 net. It ranks No. 48 amongst 354 entries
in the TYPICAL DEER ARCHERY category. Forensic aging confirmed
the buck's age at 7.5 years old.
James Snell buck. 136-5
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
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.
Scott Norton buck. 174-4
Kyle Kremposky of New Tripoli, PA bagged this 7x6 Troy Township buck on November 27, 2017.
The antlers gross scored 164-6 with a 150-3 net.
Kyle Kremposky buck. 150-3
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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