Petersburg bow hunter sets world record

After an anxious three months, the rocky mountain goat Kaleb Baird shot with a bow and arrow on the Cleveland Peninsula has been certified by Pope and Young, a conservation club, as the largest billy ever taken down with a bow in the world.

"It was a killer animal and a great goat," said Baird. "It's neat that he gets to be recognized as number one."

The mountain goat had a final score of 53 1/2 inches, according to Pope and Young. Baird said an official scorer took ten different measurements of the animal's horns and added them up. A Pope and Young panel reviewed the measures and also made th...

 
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