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New World's Record Mountain Goat

A Rocky Mountain goat taken in British Columbia is the largest of its species ever recorded

New World's Record Mountain Goat
From Boone and Crockett Club

MISSOULA, Mont. (April 25, 2012)—A Rocky Mountain goat taken by a hunter in 2011 in British Columbia is the largest of its species ever recorded, according to the Boone and Crockett Club.

Club officials today confirmed the goat, a male that scored 57-4/8 Boone and Crockett points, as a new World’s Record.

Since 1906, the Boone and Crockett Club’s scoring system has been used to measure the success of conservation programs across North America. The system rewards antler and horn size and symmetry—classic symbols of outstanding ...

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