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Highlights from the 2004 season

As you can see in our Photo Gallery and in the pictures throughout our web site, the 2004 season was really great for all of our hunters, but we would like to highlight two major hunting feats.

In May, Dennis Dunn took a grizzly bear that will be the new world record for Pope and Young after the panel rescores it at their convention in February 2005. The current Pope & Young record is 25 13/16”. Dennis’s bear scored 26 5/16” for Boone & Crockett. The bear is ranked at #29 for Boon & Crockett.

Dennis Dunn and guide Eric Umphenour (with beard)
with world-record grizzly taken in May 2004.

Dennis is all smiles (see picture above), and we are glad that he had a hunting experience of a lifetime that entered the record books!!

Below is John Burson who won the #2 APHA 2004 prize for this grizzly measuring 24 15/16”. His bear was taken in May 2003. We are very proud of his accomplishment!!!

John Burson shakes hands with guide Virgil Umphenour.
John's grizzly won the #2 APHA 2004 prize.

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