The World Record Bison, Pronghorn, Muskox and Goats
Can You Name Each Record Without Looking?
1 | World Record Pronghorn
The fastest land-based mammal in North America. The speed goat. There’s actually a tie for the largest of its kind. Both score 95 inches. Both come from Arizona. And both are nearly 20-year-old records. Check out the stats below.
Meyer Buck
Score: 95 inches
Location: Mohave County, Arizona
Hunter: David Meyer
Date: 2002
Key Measurements: 17 2/8-inch horn lengths, 7 2/8-inch horn circumferences, 10 1/8-inch inside spread
Woods Buck
Score: 95 inches
Location: Coconino County, Arizona
Hunter: Woods
Date: 2000
Key Measurements: 19 3/8- and 18 5/8-inch horn lengths, 7- and 7 2/8-inch horn circumferences, 11 7/8-inch inside spread
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2 | World Record Bison
Bison. They’re perhaps the most iconic big game animal of the West. Once a major food source for Americans, and still a treasured species, many hunters head afield each year to hunt this storied animal. And the largest one ever taken was a bona fide giant.
Woodring Bull
Score: 136 4/8 inches
Location: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Hunter: Sam T. Woodring
Date: 1925
Key Measurements: 21 2/8- and 23 2/8-inch horn lengths, 15- and 16-inch horn bases, 35 3/8-inch greatest spread
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3 | World Record Rocky Mountain Goat
Big mountain goats — they might look clumsy and unbalanced — but they’re the rock-climbing athletes of the natural world. And balance is they’re thing. They live and thrive in areas where no large mammal should be able to. They do it with ease.
Sheldon Goat
Score: 57 4/8 inches
Location: Stikine River, British Columbia
Hunter: Troy M. Sheldon
Date: 2011
Key Measurements: 11 3/8-inch horn lengths, 6 4/8- and 6 5/8-inch base circumferences, 7 1/8-inch greatest spread
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4 | World Record Muskox
These are some of the most impressive animals in the arctic. Big. Hairy. Hardy. Those are the three words that describe them the most. And there are two animals tied for the top spot. Both were taken in the 2000s.
Well Muskox
Score: 129 inches
Location: Norman Wells, Northwest Territories
Hunter: Craig Scott
Date: 2002
Key Measurements: 28 3/8- and 29 5/8-inch horn lengths, 11-inch boss width, 27 1/8-inch tip-to-tip spread
Shockey Muskox
Score: 129 inches
Location: Coppermine River, Nunavut
Hunter: Jim Shockey
Date: 2006
Key Measurements: 28 1/8- and 28 6/8-inch horn lengths, 11 3/8- and 12 1/8-inch boss widths, 30 4/8-inch tip-to-tip spread
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Photo Credit: Boone and Crockett
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Thanks to Boone and Crockett’s detailed records, here we highlight the world record bison, pronghorn and goats. These are the most impressive of their kind — true wonders of the world.
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