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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.

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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

Joshua Keeney

Little Meadows, PA

Towanda

2021

590

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

10

Steve E. Watkins

Towanda, PA

Leroy

2000

555

 

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