2017 Big Game Awards

2016/2017 Big Game Awards

2017 Big Game Awards results for trophies taken in 2016.
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View the PDF from Wyoming Outdoors for photos of the trophies:
2017 Big Game Awards PDF

MULE DEER: TYPICAL RIFLE
Place Hunter Outfitter Guide Score
1st Kevin Jackson Non-Typical Outfitters Cal Walker 189 7/8
The Sam Coutts Mule Deer Typical Rifle Award
2nd Jason Cappaert Butte Creek Outfitters Max Provost 180 1/8
3rd: Tie Milton Cowart Non-Typical Outfitters Rob Wiley 180 0/8
3rd: Tie Patrick R. Griffith P Cross Bar Trophy Hunts Mick Wolf 180 0/8

MULE DEER: NON-TYPICAL RIFLE
Place Hunter Outfitter Guide Score
1st Hawkins Gebbers Non-Typical Outfitters James Sciascia 218 7/8
2nd Robert Smith Non-Typical Outfitters Jeff Trangmoe 205 4/8
3rd Brandon Bafus 5K Outfitters Hunter Whitney 203 2/8

MULE DEER: TYPICAL ARCHERY
Place Hunter Outfitter Guide Score
1st Mike Fier Heart Spear Outfitters Kody Glause 176 4/8
2nd Kevin Ely Table Mountain Outfitters TJ McCulloch 144 3/8
WHITETAIL DEER: TYPICAL RIFLE
Place Hunter Outfitter Guide Score
1st John Skinner Big Horn Outfitters Dustin DeCroo 153 3/8
2nd Wes Ward Rough Country Outfitters Dusty Schell 151 7/8
3rd Richard Wallace Great Plains Outfitters Dirk Jenkins 139 4/8

WHITETAIL DEER: NON-TYPICAL RIFLE
Place Hunter Outfitter Guide Score
1st Morgan Thompson Wagonhound Outfitters Matt Kelly 157 0/8
2nd Art Caputo Big Horn Outfitters Nolan Moxey 150 0/8
3rd Michael Moore Rough Country Outfitters Dusty Schell 121 0/8

WHITETAIL DEER: TYPICAL ARCHERY
Place Hunter Outfitter Guide Score
1st John Godwin Seven J Outfitters Kenny Morga 151 0/8
ELK: TYPICAL RIFLE
Place Hunter Outfitter Guide Score
1st George Joest Boulder Basin Outfitters Carl Sauerwein 386 7/8
2nd James McCummings Wilderness Trails, Inc. James Waxe 384 4/8
3rd Mike McCabe Tyler Sims Outfitting, LLC Troy Laird 381 7/8

ELK: NON-TYPICAL RIFLE
Place Hunter Outfitter Guide Score
1st Justin Raymer Boulder Basin Outfitters Carl Sauerwein 385 5/8
2nd Loren Evans Wolf Lake Outfitters JJ Butler 333 5/8
3rd Jason Cappaert Butte Creek Outfitters Ron Lineberger 314 2/8

ELK: TYPICAL ARCHERY
Place Hunter Outfitter Guide Score
1st Charles Conzatti, Jr. Wyoming Expeditions Shane MeneFee 375 2/8
2nd Michael J. Benda Wagonhound Outfitters Matt Kelly 354 3/8
3rd Heriberto Martinez Triple Three Outfitters Bryce Burnett 335 5/8

ELK: NON-TYPICAL ARCHERY
Place Hunter Outfitter Guide Score
1st Ramiro Martinez Triple Three Outfitters Robert Thuessen 371 7/8
2nd Ricky Hurst Wyoming Country Outfitters Talon Cooper 315 6/8
3rd Clark Lewey Wagonhound Outfitters Dax McCarty 303 5/8
MOOSE: RIFLE
Place Hunter Outfitter Guide Score
1st Gary Dickau Bald Mountain Outfitters Nycole Pollard 382 7/8
2nd Steve Kinker Elk Mountain Outfitters Team Elk Mountain Outfitters 371 7/8
3rd Richard Hooper Barlow Outfitting Nate Rogers 312 7/8
BIGHORN SHEEP: RIFLE
Place Hunter Outfitter Guide Score
1st Charles Wolcott Elk Mountain Outfitters Mike Wakkuri 175 3/8
The Courtney "Cort" Feeley Big Horn Sheep Award

2nd Tom Korenstra Stetter Outfitters Stephen Hoadley 173 1/8
3rd Shawn MacFarlane Lost Creek Outfitters Greg 'Griz' Turner 170 2/8
ANTELOPE: RIFLE
Place Hunter Outfitter Guide Score
1st Joe Denig SNS Outfitters & Guides David Cardinal 86 3/8
2nd (tie) Jack Madren SNS Outfitters & Guides Richard Fink and
Devin Cardinal
82 7/8
2nd (tie) Justin Semadeni SNS Outfitters & Guides Randy George 82 7/8
3rd John Laughlin Turkey Track Outfitters Pat Souza 82 5/8

ANTELOPE: ARCHERY
Place Hunter Outfitter Guide Score
1st Kenneth Pfierman Table Mountain Outfitters Scott Denny 81 4/8
2nd William Bosserman WYCON Safaris Wynn Condict 77 3/8
3rd Troy Spolum Big Horn Outfitters Dustin DeCroo 77 0/8
BEAR
Place Hunter Outfitter Guide Score
1st Gary Ouellette SNS Outfitters & Guides David Dandridge 20 0/16
2nd Robert Carey Big Country Outfitters Melanie Peterson 19 11/16
3rd Mike Hemmer Seven J Outfitters Mike Aberle 19 0/16
MOUNTAIN GOAT: RIFLE
Place Hunter Outfitter Guide Score
1st Stoker Nuenschwander Wild Man Adventures, Inc. Carter Downing 29 1/8
2nd Bill Chitwood Lost Creek Outfitters Tanner Allen 27 2/8
MOUNTAIN LION
Place Hunter Outfitter Guide Score
1st Heather Adels Lost Creek Outfitters Tanner Allen 15 4/16
2nd Chris Butler Great Plains Outfitters Tyler O’Brien and
Chance Marquette
14 15/16
3rd Andrew Steinour Five Star Expeditions Marshall Balzly 14 13/16
ESTATE BISON
Place Hunter Outfitter Guide Score
1st Fred P. Burd P Cross Bar Trophy Hunts Pat Fiedor 72 5/8
2nd Dan Parker P Cross Bar Trophy Hunts Mick Wolf 69 2/8
3rd Dale L. Sperl P Cross Bar Trophy Hunts Pat Fiedor 68 1/8