North Carolina Bowhunters Association District 9 Measuring Day

Calling all local sportsman!  Join us Saturday January 10th from 11:00am to 2:00pm and show off your past years hard work and chat with local hunters!

It’s all in honor of the North Carolina Bowhunters’ Association’s District 9 measuring day, which allows archers a special opportunity to have their trophies scored by a Pope and Young Club-certified measurer.
David Stepp of Henderson County, an official measurer for the N.C. Bowhunters’ Association, will be examining and scoring game animals – including typical and non-typical whitetail deer and black bear – for possible inclusion in Pope & Young’s record books. Other animals such as bobcat, groundhog, beaver and foxes can be measured to see if they qualify for N.C. Bowhunters Association records.
Founded in 1961 as a non-profit scientific organization, the Pope & Young Club is recognized as the official repository for records of bow-harvested big game animals in North America. Every two years, Pope & Young recognizes the finest specimens submitted.
Stepp is one of only a handful of official Pope & Young measurers in Western North Carolina. He will be measuring and scoring racks and skulls in the media room of Headwaters Outfitters beginning at 11 a.m. Headwaters is located at the corner of Highway 64 and 215, just west of Brevard.
If their score allows, members of the N.C. Bowhunters’ Association can choose to enter their animals in an annual state contest, which covers all big game and most small game. Non-members’ scores will also be recorded and can be placed in an all-time list of bowhunting scores for NC.
“Out-of-state hunters are welcome to have their animals scored for Pope & Young,” said David Whitmire, co-owner of Headwaters and program chairman of the N.C. Bowhunters Association. “This is really an opportunity for anyone who is curious about how high their deer or bear would score to come on in and have an expert measure it.”
All sportsmen entering their trophies into the N.C. Bowhunters Association’s annual contest must affirm that their animal was killed following the group’s rules of fair chase. This means the animal must not have been killed while it was wallowing in water or deep snow, confined behind fences on a game farm, immobilized by bright light, shot from a motorized vehicle or other unethical practices.
Use of compound bows with more than 65 percent actual let-off are permitted, but must be declared. Animals shot with a crossbow or the use of any attachments that hold the bow at partial or full draw without the use of human muscle power are prohibited by the N.C. Bowhunter’s Association and Pope & Young.
For more information on the Bowhunters Association’s record-keeping system or programs, please visit www.ncbowhunter.com . For more information on this event, contact David Whitmire, NCBA Program Chairman and Dist. 9 Representative at (828) 553-0083.