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Caribou Bull Poised to Shatter Bowhunting World's Record

Caribou Bull Poised to Shatter Bowhunting World's Record
Jeff Samson's potential world's record woodland caribou (Photo courtesy of P&Y Club)

If you've followed the news coming out of the Pope & Young Club this year, you'll remember that the archery record keeping organization has been on a roll in 2014, announcing several new world’s records.

If scoring by a panel judging group at next year's April 15-18, 2015, Pope & Young Club convention in Phoenix, Ariz., affirms some of the club's most recent news, then add another record animal to that list.

That's because just over a year ago, on Sept. 5, 2013, Newfoundland, Canada, resident Jeff Samson began a spot and stalk attempt on a woodland caribou bull, the likes of which the outdoor world has never seen.

By the stalk's end, Samson was in position...

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