VERMONT BIG GAME TROPHY CLUB

Bear can be entered into two categories. By clean dressed weight and by skull score as measured by Boone and Crockett Scoring System.

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STATE RECORD BEAR

The State Record Bear was shot by Craig Tanner in 1986 in the town of Lemington. This bear was weighed in at 514 lbs. clean dressed. To read the story click here. The photos are posted below.

The drag out was a long one and a substantial amount of hair was rubbed off the shoulder area during the drag. On the left is Chip Sprague, the dog handler, and on the right is the hunter, Craig Tanner.

Here is the bear at the kill site on Monadnock Mountain.

Mark Dufresne skinning the bear. Mark was a teenager in this photo and is now a renowned full time taxidermist and sculptor in the State of Maine.

BEAR - WEIGHT CATEGORY

MINIMUM WEIGHT = 250 LBS

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JOHN KALISH - 300 LB BEAR

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Kevin Campagna, Montgomery, 1979

361 lbs.

THIS BEAR WAS AGED AT 18 3/4 yrs.

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BEAR - SKULL CATEGORY

MINIMUM SCORE = 17 8/16

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Curtis Smiley, Montgomery, 1990

255 lbs, 18 3/16 skull

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Corey Gramling, North Hartland, 2006

17 15/16 skull

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