2025 Guilliams-McWilliams Trophy
Given in Honor of the Top Typical of the Year
Nicklaus Nance — Adams County — 183 3/8"
2025 Season Award Winners
Recognizing Ohio's outstanding trophy whitetails and the hunters who earned them this season.
Special award winners
Club trophies and honors for the 2025 season.
2025 Hill-Hill Trophy
Given in Honor of the Top Nontypical of the Year
Jeremiah Gase — Sandusky County — 229 2/8"
2025 Buckeye Big Buck Club Young Hunter Award
Given to the Youngest New Member
Female — Madison McClure, age 10 — Ashland County — 159 5/8"
Male — Oliver Eichhorn, age 6 — Fairfield County — 147 0/8"
2025 George Applegarth Senior Hunter Award
Given to the Oldest New Member
Gary Prouty, age 84 — Muskingum County — 142 1/8"
2025 Lori Byers Female Hunter Award
Top non-typical and top typical
Top non-typical — Sara Knoch — Auglaize County — 190 5/8"
Top typical — Shawna Palmer — Belmont County — 181 3/8"
Buckeye Big Buck Club Division of Wildlife Employee of the Year Award
Gary Comer Jr.
2025 President Weisenbarger Award
Given for Outstanding Service to the Buckeye Big Buck Club
Dr. Mike Tonkovich
Top 3 by weapon — non-typicals
Highest-scoring non-typical entries by weapon category.
Longbow
1st
Logan Hess
Darke County
212 5/8"
2nd
Daniel Wilks Jr.
Brown County
195 1/8"
3rd
Daniel Lee Fortney
Jefferson County
190 3/8"
Crossbow
1st
Mark Dunn
Champaign County
220 5/8"
2nd
Logan Urban
Lorain County
217 6/8"
3rd
Ben Cramer
Crawford County
210 2/8"
Shotgun
1st
Chase Watson
Champaign County
189 5/8"
2nd
Bill McAllister
Perry County
178 7/8"
3rd
Clay Edwards
Tuscarawas County
177 2/8"
Muzzleloader
1st
Danny Ray Mullet
Ashtabula County
199 4/8"
2nd
Jeffery Sperry
Adams County
168 7/8"
Straight-wall rifle cartridge
1st
Jeremiah Gase
Sandusky County
229 2/8"
2nd
Hunter Windsor
Scioto County
218 6/8"
3rd
Carson Baker
Preble County
209 1/8"
Top 3 by weapon — typicals
Highest-scoring typical entries by weapon category.
Longbow
1st
Garrett Stoops
Ashland County
180 1/8"
2nd
Walt Mitchell
Preble County
174 1/8"
3rd
Nathan Sanders
Gallia County
173 5/8"
Crossbow
1st
Nicklaus Nance
Adams County
183 3/8"
2nd
Shawna Palmer
Belmont County
181 3/8"
3rd
Tony Newman
Delaware County
176 2/8"
Shotgun
1st
Albert King ll
Athens County
161 3/8"
2nd
George Maskaluk Jr.
Columbiana County
154 2/8"
3rd
Chris Barber
Lawrence County
153 7/8"
Muzzleloader
1st
Jeremy Polaski
Fulton County
165 5/8"
2nd
Chuck Zech
Morrow County
158 0/8"
3rd
Kevin Messmer
Wyandot County
152 2/8"
Straight-wall rifle cartridge
1st
Trace Carpenter
Guernsey County
175 1/8"
2nd
Marvin Hostetler
Columbiana County
171 0/8"
3rd
Kallen Huston
Paulding County
166 4/8"
Revolver
1st
Robert Clark
Trumbull County
143 3/8"