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JEFFERSON CITY–Missouri hunters who have been waiting to enter deer in the Missouri Show-Me Big Bucks Club need wait no longer. The club is accepting applications again.
The club was founded in 1968. It is dedicated to recognizing trophy white-tailed deer and successful hunters and promoting sportsmanship. It also aims to help members obtain national recognition from the Boone and Crockett Club, the Pope and Young Club and the National Muzzle-Loading Rifle Association.
The club stopped accepting applications in 2004, when outdated record-keeping infrastructure made the process unmanageable. Now under new leadership and with a more efficient record-keeping system, the Club is accepting applications again.
“The Missouri Show-Me Big Bucks Club is back in business,” said club Central Region Coordinator Larry Lueckenhoff. “A backlog of nearly three years of record entries has been processed, and the club is now accepting new entries.”
The fee for registering trophy deer is $20. The shed-antler registration fee is $15. Successful entry of a deer in the record book confers membership in the club.
The club recognizes records in four categories: typical trophy deer, nontypical trophy deer, typical shed antlers and nontypical shed antlers. To qualify, typical trophies must measure at least 140 inches under to the Boone and Crockett measurement system. Nontypical trophies must measure at least 155 inches. Shed antlers must measure 60 inches typical or 70 inches nontypical. For measurement procedures, see boone-crockett.org/.
The club has accepted more than 8,000 records. Several hundred are in the relatively new, shed-antler catetgories. The top nontypical deer scored 333 7/8 inches, while the Missouri record typical measured 205 inches. The nontypical shed record currently stands at 111 6/8 inches, and the typical shed record is 98 inches.
Records are further divided among categories for hunters using high-powered rifles, bows and arrows, muzzle-loading rifles, pistols and crossbows during firearms deer season or under a medical exemption, as well as found or “picked-up” trophies.
Anyone interested in more information about the club or needing contact information for an official measurer in their area can contact the following regional representatives: St. Louis, John Detjen, Jr., 636-338-4114, jdetjen [at] centurytel [dot] net; Kansas City, Bradley Harriman, 660-886-6654, bharriman [at] yahoo [dot] com; Central Region, Larry G. Lueckenhoff, 573-477-3552, lueckenhoff [at] embarqmail [dot] com; Northeast Region, Bradley Ream, 660-933-4700, reamx5 [at] memr [dot] net; Northwest Region, Martin Marks, 660-442-5332, mam64437 [at] squawcreek [dot] net; Ozarks Region, David Nance, 573/714-4011, bowbender [at] semo [dot] net; Southwest Region, Kevin Asbury, 417-847-2210, fishunt [at] earthlink [dot] net; Southeast Region, Ronnie Gadberry, 573-547-2301, rgadberry [at] stoneresourcesconsulting [dot] com.
Inquiries about past or pending entries should be directed to Lueckenhoff or Harriman.
The club’s website is under construction. When it is completed, plans call for offering separate areas for the public and for members, with information about official measurers, public measuring events, records, photos of record deer and more.
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when will the book be published again? the last one i have found is ’98! i need an updated one!!! and fast before christmas
My 9 year old little sister shoot a huge 10 pointer during the 09 youth season at 300 yards with my mossburg 270 bolt action and then she had to shoot it 2 more times when we get up to the big brute why did it take 3 shots form a 270 to kill this deer.
I have an 18 pointer that was harvested last year that has been officially scored and entered into Boone and Crockett @ 192 5/8 non-typical. What do I need to do to enter into Missouri Big Bucks?
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i want to know how darn far are we going to go on the selling of hunting equipment the average hunter can’t afford or even get property to hunt any more what are we going to do about it hunters we need to sant up and cut the costs it’s all up to us people
i would like to know how to post a 8 year olds b&c 12 point for big bucks of missouri and all links are sayin they are no longer working so how do i get an official score in joplin mo area it is his first deer eaver killed and i myself haven’t even got close so please give me an answer this time thanks