![]() The smaller interior grizzly is found in the remaining parts of the continent. The big brown bears are found on Kodiak and Afognak Islands, the Alaska Peninsula, and eastward and southeastward along the coast of Alaska. Bears and Cats Alaska Brown and Grizzly Bears While this may exclude some deserving specimens of the smaller category that reside in the larger category’s range, it is a price that must be paid to keep the smaller categories pure. As a general rule, the categories are set so there is virtually no chance of a larger category specimen (or a hybrid animal) being taken within the boundary for the smaller category. Obviously, these boundaries must be observed in the taking of a trophy in order for it to be considered for that category. The following material will review the categories for which there are geographically defined boundaries. scientific evidence supports the new category.the game department(s) managing the proposed class are in favor of setting up such a new category.there are suitable boundaries that can be drawn. ![]() there are extensive geographical areas where the proposed animals occur.New categories are considered only when the following conditions are met: Other new trophy categories (e.g., wolves, Columbia whitetail deer, alligators) have been proposed, but both Committees maintain a conservative stance in reviewing such proposals. Pope and Young Club just added non-typical Sitka blacktail in 2020. In fact, the Boone and Crockett Club has created four new categories since 1986, including non-typical American elk, tule elk, and non-typical categories for both Columbia blacktail deer and Sitka blacktail deer. The B&C Records Committee creates new categories from time to time. So it has been necessary to break up the total ranges of some of the species into various categories in order to provide proper recognition.īoth Records committees have, over the years, gradually defined the areas from which trophies may be entered and have modified these boundaries in some cases when more thorough knowledge of the distribution of the animals in question has become known. For example, mature moose from Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Colorado, etc., of the Shiras’ variety, although they may grow large and beautiful racks, are unable to compete with the monstrous moose from the Alaska-Yukon region. Continental limits and held waters define east and west boundaries for all categories.Ī number of species show geographical variation so that there are smaller varieties inhabiting some parts of the continent and larger ones elsewhere. The northern limit for trophies such as polar bear and walrus is the limit of the continent and associated waters held by the United States, Canada, or Greenland. Only cougar, jaguar, and whitetail deer of the recognized trophy categories range south of this boundary, and only the first two reach recordable size south of Mexico. For such purposes, the southern boundary is defined as the south boundary of Mexico. Big-game records keeping for both Boone and Crockett and the Pope and Young Club deals only with certain native North American big game animals.
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