Two of the biggest deer killed in recent years, a 190 inch 8 pt and a massive 13 pt that grossed 214 turned out to be poached. According to some reports, had they been legally killed, they would have been the largest 8 pt ever recorded by the Boone and Crockett Club and the largest typical buck killed during the 2009 - 2010 hunting season respectively.

Thanks to the dedication and hard work of Minnesota and Ohio wildlife officers, the two guys who thought they could cheat their way into the record books were caught and denied record book status.

Since catching cheaters is at least as challenging as legally tagging a trophy buck, I propose (with tongue planted firmly in my cheek) starting a scoring system to award points and record book status to the wildlife officers who catch and convict scumbags like Johnny Clay and Troy Reinke.

My new scoring system, which I'm calling the Leopold and Stoddard system would award points to WO's on the basis of the B&C score of the poached animal, the number of days jail time served, and the dollar amount of the fines assessed.

My complete rant, along with photos and links to the back stories is here http://www.pursuithunting.com/2010/04/broken-records.html

What do you guys think?
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