Bowhunter Chuck Adams’ Sitka Blacktail Established As New World Record

Longtime archery hunting legend Chuck Adams harvested a large Sitka blacktail deer during a summer hunt on Kodiak Island. And it’s record-setter after recent certification by Pope and Young. Here’s more from Thinking Afield:

Chuck’s velvet Sitka Blacktail Deer scored an amazing 109 7/8” and is now the largest bow-killed velvet typical Sitka Blacktail Deer in North America. This amazing deer was shot on Kodiak Island in Alaska, on August 12th, 2021.

Measurers present at the Special Panel were (L to R) Keith Dana of Wyoming, Bruce Capes of Utah, Chuck Adams, Brett Ritter of Wyoming, Tim Rozewski (Director of Records) of Oregon, and Drake Atwood of Idaho. With a final score of 109 7/8”, Adams’ velvet typical Sitka Blacktail Deer was confirmed as the new Pope and Young World Record. This amazing deer surpasses the previous world record velvet typical Sitka Blacktail taken by Allen Bolen in 2020, measuring 108 1/8?.

Chuck has been a bow hunting icon to many hunters, and when asked about this hunt Adams said “I have been blessed to hunt Kodiak Island for 17 years, it is one of my favorite hunts to do. Amazingly, as luck would have it this buck was the very first buck I saw on this trip. There was never a doubt that this was a buck of a lifetime.”

Adams took to Facebook earlier in the year to show off his record-setting deer: