New World s Record Bighorn Ram!MISSOULA, Mont. - A bighorn sheep killed in a highway collision in Alberta has the largest horns ever recorded for the species. Boone and Crockett Club measurers today certified the specimen as a new World s Record. The horns final score of 209-4/8 B&C points edged out the previous World s Record, a ram taken near Luscar Mountain, Alberta, in 2000 that scores 208-3/8. The new No. 1 ram was hit by a vehicle on a highway west of Longview, Alberta. Boone and Crockett accepts and records legally obtained "pick up" (found) trophies as part of a complete record of native North American big game species. Other "pick up" World s Records include the reigning No. 1 non-typical whitetail deer, tule elk, black bear, grizzly bear and Pacific walrus. "When your job is tracking conservation and wildlife management successes, a new World s Record is noteworthy - whether or not it was taken by a hunter," said Richard Hale, chairman of the Club s Big Game Records Co
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