Big Game Records

Largest Typical Whitetail Deer by Year

The “LARGEST TYPICAL WHITETAIL BY YEAR” section lists the largest typical whitetail deer taken each year that the hunter has decided to enter into the WV Bowhunters Association Records. This list does not include every deer that is in the WV DNR’s records.

Below is a list of the State Record Typical Bowkills.

Year	Score	Hunter	County
1986 – 1989	157 3/8	Roy Bradford	Wyoming
1990	158 1/8	Robert Deeds	Berkeley
1991 – 1992	163 5/8	Keith Cook	Wyoming
1993	164 1/8	Terry Cline	Logan
1994 – 1996	169 6/8	James Blankenship	Wyoming
1997	171 3/8	Terry McGrady	Logan
1998 – 2013	175 6/8	Mark Lester	Logan
2014 – 2019	188 7/8	Chad Scyphers	McDowell
2020	191 2/8	Jody Dalton	Wyoming

Rank	Score	Name	Year	County	Left Points	Right Points	Spread
1	188 7/8	Chad Scyphers	2014	McDowell	7	5	23-2/8
2	186	David Stroope Jr.	2021	McDowell	6	6	25 5/8
3	177 3/8	Ryan Linville	2016	Logan	7	8	19-3/8
4	176 1/8	James A. Greene	2020	Webster	7	7	18 4/8
5	175 6/8	Mark Lester	1998	Logan	5	5	20-4/8
6	175 4/8	Jesse Hatfield	2017	Logan	8	7	17-1/8
7	175 3/8	Chris Davenport	2023	Braxton	6	6	21 1/8
8	174 5/8	Ronnie Lee McCoy	1999	McDowell	5	5	20-3/8
9	174 1/8	Craig Marcum	2019	Logan	5	5	18-3/8
10	173 5/8	David Miller	2018	Boone	6	7	21-5/8
11	172 1/8	Ethan McCallister	2013	Logan	5	5	20-6/8
12	171 6/8	David Miller	2011	Mingo	6	6	20-3/8
13	171 3/8	Terry McGrady	1997	Logan	5	8	18-5/8
14	169 6/8	James Blankenship	1994	Wyoming	6	7	24-3/8
15	169 2/8	Doyle Gore	2001	Logan	7	5	19-3/8
15	169 2/8	Michael Workman	2007	Wyoming	5	6	19-0/8
17	165 7/8	PC Messer	2022	Mingo	5	5	18 5/8
18	165 1/8	Trey Dotson	2015	Logan	6	5	18-3/8
19	164 2/8	Herbert Dawson	2002	McDowell	6	5	20-6/8
20	164 1/8	Terry J. Cline	1993	Logan	8	7	19-3/8
21	163 6/8	Gregory Surber	2012	Mingo	5	5	20-2/8
22	163 5/8	Keith Cook	1991	Wyoming	5	5	18-3/8
23	163 2/8	Harold McCoy	1996	Boone	6	5	17-6/8
24	163 1/8	Gilbert Sexton	1963	Logan	7	5	16-4/8
25	162 1/8	William R. Worley	2006	Raleigh	8	9	18-7/8
26	161 6/8	Harold Porter, Jr.	1992	Logan	6	6	18-6/8
27	161 5/8	Robert Lee Adams, Jr.	1995	Logan	6	6	15-7/8
28	161 3/8	Tony Ellis	2000	Wyoming	4	4	23-2/8
29	161	PC Messer	2003	Mingo	6	5	21 5/8
30	160 7/8	Willard Brown	1967	Wayne	5	5	17-1/8
31	158 7/8	Bobby Kelly	2008	Logan	5	5	16-5/8
32	158 1/8	Robert Deeds	1990	Berkeley	5	6	17-2/8
33	157 3/8	Roy Bradford	1986	Wyoming	5	7	16-6/8
34	157	Calvin Wiley	2004	Mingo	5	5	18-6/8
35	156 6/8	Gary Smith	1970	Lincoln	5	5	20-5/8
36	156 4/8	Jeff Cook	1987	Wyoming	5	7	19-0/8
37	154 7/8	Jerry Morgan, Jr.	2005	Logan	6	6	15-3/8
38	153 4/8	Gary Yonley	1981	Tyler	5	5	18-2/8
39	153 3/8	Charles Green	1982	Webster	4	4	19-3/8
40	152 7/8	Larry Sarver	1988	Wayne	6	6	20-1/8
41	150 7/8	Carney Wright	1966	Wirt	7	8	18-7/8
42	146 4/8	Tim Jividen	1985	Ritchie	5	5	16-0/8
43	145 3/8	Luthur McClure	1973	Kanawha	5	5	18-6/8
44	145 1/8	Steve Sizemore	1989	Wyoming	7	8	17-3/8
45	144 6/8	Jake Ellis	1951	Pocahontas	8	7	17-1/8
46	144	Eddie Mullins	1976	Wayne	4	5	17-6/8
47	141 3/8	James H. Myers, Jr	1983	Putnam	7	5	19-2/8
48	140 7/8	William M. McCall	1984	Wyoming	7	5	19-1/8
49	140 5/8	David A. Hill	1978	Lewis	5	5	19-2/8
50	138 1/8	Jim Manley II	1971	Pocahontas	5	5	19-7/8
51	136 5/8	John M. Friend	1965	Braxton	4	4	18-5/8
52	134 5/8	Robert E. Nace	1979	Randolph	6	7	16-2/8
53	134 1/8	Adam Bowman	2009	Fayette	5	5	16 3/8
54	133	David Yoho	2010	Marshall	5	5	18 2/8
55	129 5/8	Jimmie R. Auvil	1959	Taylor	4	4	17-6/8
56	127 6/8	Larry A. Williams	1975	Tucker	4	4	17-0/8
57	126 6/8	Carl Muth	1977	Grant	4	4	18-4/8
58	119 1/8	Norman Wood	1980	Barbour	5	6	14-5/8
59	116 5/8	Walt Shupe	1962	Tucker	4	6	18-7/8
60	112	Regis Wenzel	1972	Hampshire	4	4	20-4/8

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