Measurers, Measuring Instructions, Minimums, and Guiding Principles
List of Official Rowland Ward measurers click here. (PDF)
Rowland Ward’s Minimums/Records for Africa and methods used, click here. (PDF)
Rowland Ward’s Minimums for North and South America and methods used, click here. (PDF)
Rowland Ward’s Minimums for Europe, Asia, and South Pacific and methods used, click here. (PDF)
Rowland Ward’s Measuring Handbook, click here. (PDF)
Rowland Ward Guiding Principles on Hunting and Conservation, click here. (PDF form)
Application to become an Official Rowland Ward measurer click here. (PDF format)
Method Forms
Please click on a Method name to download the preferred Method.
Method 1-a Rocky Mountain Elk, Roosevelt Elk, Tule Elk
Method 1-b European Red Deer, Asian Red Deer and Maral
Method 1-d White-tailed Deer (all varieties including Coues deer)
Method 1-e Mule Deer, Sitka Deer, and Black-tailed Deer
Method 1-f Deer with 3×3 or 4×4 Typical Frames: Axis or Chital, Bawean, Calamian, Chinese Roe, Hog, Rusa, Sambar, Sika, Siberian roe, and Visayn
Method 1-g European Roe Deer
Method 1-h Deer without Crowning: Barasingha or Swamp Deer, Eld’s Deer, Huemul Deer, Marsh Deer, Pampas Deer, Schomburgk’s Deer, and White-lipped Deer
Method 1-i Pere David Deer
Method 1-j Brocket Deer Muntjac, Pudu, Tufted Deer
Method 2 Caribou and Reindeer
Method 3 European and Persian Fallow Deer
Method 4-a Palmated Moose and Giant Deer (Irish Elk)
Method 4-b Nonpalmated Moose
Method 5 Pigs and Hippopotami
Method 6 Walrus, Water Deer, and Musk Deer
Method 7-a All African Antelopes and Gazelles with Simple, Non-spiraled Horns (EXCEPT Addax, wildebeest and Gnus): Damaliscs, Forest and Bush Duikers; Dwarf antelopes; Gazelles; All Hartebeest; Impalas; Kobs; Lechwe; Oryx and Gemsboks; Reedbucks; Rheboks; Roan and Sables; Waterbuck; All Asian Antelopes (EXCEPT Blackbuck): Gazelles, Four-Horned Antelopes; Arabian oryx, Nilgai; Saiga
Method 7-b Chamois, Feral Goats, Gorals, Pasangs/Bezoars, Rocky Mountain Goats, Serows, Spanish Ibexes, Tahrs, True Ibexes, Western and Central Turs
Method 7-c Aoudad, Bharal (Blue sheep), and Eastern Turs
Method 8 African Spiral-horned Antelopes (Giant Eland, common Eland, Bongo, Sitatunga, Bushbuck, Southern Nyala, Mountain Nyala, Greater Kudu, Lesser Kudu) plus Addax and Blackbuck
Method 9 Pronghorn
Method 10 American, Asian, and European Wild Cattle
Method 11 Muskoxen
Method 12-a Cape, Central African, and Nile Buffaloes
Method 12-b Dwarf Forest and West African Buffaloes
Method 13-a All Wildebeests or Gnus (EXCEPT Black Wildebeest)
Method 13-b Black Wildebeest (White-tailed Gnu)
Method 14 Wild Sheep (Except Barbary Sheep, Tur, and Bharal—see 7-c)
Method 15 Markhor
Method 16 Rhinoceros, African and Asian
Method 17 Elephant
Method 18 All Skulls: Cats, Bears, Hyena, Wolverine, Wolves, Javelina (Peccaries).
Method 19 Crocodile and Alligators
