Boone and Crockett Club Field Guide to Measuring and Judging Big Game by Boone & Crockett Club

Author:Boone & Crockett Club
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780940864788
Publisher: Boone and Crockett Club

CHAPTER 9: CARIBOU

All North American caribou belong to a single species that includes the domesticated reindeer. Many varieties of caribou have been described over the years, but for records keeping purposes only five categories — mountain, woodland, barren ground, Central Canada barren ground, Quebec-Labrador caribou — are recognized (see Geographic Boundaries chapter for descriptions of their ranges). While certain categories display more pronounced features than others, and individual caribou racks vary widely in conformation, all caribou have the same basic antler structure. Thus the scoring system is the same for all five categories.

As displayed in figure 9-A, mature caribou racks show a usual pattern of five main features:

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