Bowhunting in Arizona

Biennial Award Recipients

-updates coming soon-
The Bowhunting in Arizona Committee recognizes that a variety of factors can and does affect antler, horn or skull growth, including uncontrollable climate variation affecting food supplies and quality, and that hunting management theories may change including hunt pressure, new hunt units being opened and various other events which may affect the harvest of a higher percentage of the best, mature males during particular periods of time. In order to document to some extent these variations, the Biennial Award was established to recognize these factors and award the best trophies taken during subsequent two year periods with the recognition they deserve for being the "state records", so to speak, for each two year period. The three largest trophies of each species collected during each of these two year periods are awarded their appropriate place in the current period's Biennial Awards and are recognized at a banquet which occurs the year following the close of each biennial period. The current biennial period recognizes those trophies taken and entered into the program from July 1st 2003 thru June 30th 2005.

The Biennial Awards are presented for animals taken during the applicable Biennial period which runs from July 1 of one year to June 30 two years later.  Quite often animals taken during a particular period are not recorded until well after the Biennial has ended.  Years ago the committee decided that the actual Biennial Awards would be given according to the applications received and approved up to the time that the Biennial Awards were ordered from the trophy manufacturer.  This has not been of any concern in the past.  Now however with this website we find that we have listed the Biennial Awards according to our current records but that as new applications are received the order of the Biennial Awards may change.  We intend to continue to show the current status of the Biennial Awards but those people that make the list at some point in time need to keep in mind that a bigger animal may come along and bump theirs off the list.  In one sense this can be viewed as a challenge to see how long a particular animal can stay on the list and / or maintain its position on the list.  If an animal you have entered makes it onto the list only to be bumped off at a later date feel fortunate that at least for a period of time it did make it onto the list.

The list below has been moved to "previous biennial awards" and new entries will be provided below in the near future.
Antelope
1st Shawn Clarno

7911 E. Hawthorne

Tucson, AZ 85710

 81 2/8 9/01/04
2nd Larry R. Marin

P.O.Box 873

Globe, AZ 85502

 69 6/8 8/28/04
3rd Barry R. Sopher

11590 E. Pantano Tr.

Tucson, AZ 85730

 68 6/8 9/02/03
Bison
1st Phillip C. Dalrymple

3031 W. Neasha St.

Tucson, AZ 85745

 113 6/8 9/02/04
2nd Cindi Richardson

4304 W. Calle Poco

Laveen, AZ 85339

 94 4/8 9/02/03
Black Bear
1st Edward Ransis Balmes

32632 W. Santa Cruz

Maricopa, AZ 85239

 22 2/16 9/26/04
2nd (tie) Richard J. Stewart III

2549 E. Inca

Mesa, AZ 85213

 20 4/16 10/17/04
2nd (tie) Miguel F. Morales

3068 N. Fairway Dr.

Nogales, AZ 85621

 20 4/16 6/16/05
Coues Deer
1st Jim Machac

6322 W. Sunnyside Dr.

Glendale, AZ 85304

 108 7/8 9/12/03
2nd George G. Alcorta

2933 E. Croyden

Tucson, AZ 85716

 107 4/8 1/29/04
3rd Mark Lucas

P.O.Box 11197

Glendale, AZ 85318

 100 7/8 12/20/04
Coues Deer (Non-typical)
1st Brian Adams

19009 N. 48th Ave.

Glendale, AZ 85308

 114 7/8 9/14/04
2nd Michael (John) Bylina

2522 W. Boyino Way

Tucson, AZ 85741

 100 6/8 9/23/04
Cougar
1st Russell Hunter

2973 S. Salida Del Sol Ct.

Chandler, AZ 85248

 14 13/16 1/09/05
2nd Brian Anton Rimsza

9411 N. 43rd Street

Phoenix, AZ 85028

 14 3/16 1/05/05
3rd Michael D. Wall

11325 E. Bellflower

Chandler, AZ 85249

 13 10/16 8/07/04

Elk (Typical)
1st Darren Peek

22 Mason Addition

Bisbee, AZ 85603

 368 2/8 9/16/03
2nd Harvey G. Ward Jr.

11354 N. Old Ram Ct.

Oro Valley, AZ 85737

 358 2/8 9/17/04
3rd James West

165 Hereford

Camp Verde, AZ 86322

 351 5/8 9/24/04

Elk (Non-Typical)
1st Ronald Nick Franklin

10320 W. Avenida Del Sol

Peoria, AZ 85383

 442 0/8 9/18/03
2nd Clay Heuett

P.O. Box 2756

Show Low, AZ 85901

 422 6/8 9/21/03
3rd Dustin Loftis

11314 E. Rutledge Ave.

Mesa, AZ 85212

 396 6/8 9/18/04

Javelina
1st Robert Alvarez

798 W. Cactus

Benson, AZ 85602

 15 1/16 1/23/04
2nd Andrew M. Lopez

4801 E. 28th Street

Tucson, AZ 85711

 14 8/16 1/31/04
3rd (tie) Mark O. Ovitt

1830 N. Princeton Ave.

Casa Grande, AZ 85222

 14 4/16 1/17/04
3rd (tie) Danielle Hillebert

1130 Hidden Springs Ln.

Clarkdale, AZ 86324

 14 4/16 1/01/05

Mule Deer (Typical)
1st Mike George

1883 E. San Tan St.

Chandler, AZ 85225

 172 2/8 9/05/03
2nd James E. Benigar

P.O.Box 375

Kingman, AZ 86402

 168 4/8

1/18/04
3rd Michael A. Elmer

2909 E. Blacklidge Dr.

Tucson, AZ 85716

 159 2/8 1/18/04
Mule Deer (Non-Typical)
1st Lee A. Payne

609 N. Newton

Williams, AZ 86046

 209 3/8 1/02/04

Desert Bighorn Sheep
1st Amber Richardson

4304 W. Calle Poco

Laveen, AZ 85339

 168 2/8 12/20/04

Rocky Mountain Sheep
none
Turkey
1st Robert Forrest

2739 E. Harmony Ave.

Mesa, AZ 85204

 1 12/16 4/22/05
2nd Mark O. Ovitt

1830 N. Princeton Ave.

Casa Grande, AZ 85222

 1 4/16 4/22/05
3rd Kevin L. Presmyk

3975 Shea Ln

Camp Verde, AZ 86322

 1 3/16 4/23/04

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