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5 Bowhunting World Records Declared at P&Y Convention

The huge bowhunting harvests include new world record marks for typical mule deer, typical American elk, Shiras moose, desert bighorn sheep and typical Coues deer

5 Bowhunting World Records Declared at P&Y Convention
Taken in 2015, this record Shiras bull moose was arrowed in Colorado by archer Bobby Hebert. (Photo courtesy of Pope & Young Club)

Most of the time, when the biennial convention of the Pope & Young Club is held, the event is a big deal in the world of archery and bowhunting.

After all, the P&Y Club is a well-known non-profit North American conservation and bowhunting organization long recognized for its dedication to the promotion and protection of the continent's bowhunting heritage, not to mention its maintenance of sport's big game bowhunting records and statistics.

But when the P&Y Club gathered for the 30th time from April 5-8, 2017 at the Union Station hotel in St. Louis, Missouri, it was an even bigger gathering than it normally is according to a Club news release.

In fact...

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