Africa, Americas, Europe, Asia and South Pacific
The 31st edition of Rowland Ward’s Records of Big Game will be published in the winter of 2026-2027 as a digital data base to be accessed on line, accessible via a subscription fee. It will contain the records of the entire world: Africa, Americas, Europe, Asia and the South Pacific and will include photos.
All entries received up until 1 September 2026 will be included in the new digital database. After that date the data will be transferred to an online system (which will take several months) and new entries will be processed again to be digitally published by mid-2027.
In 2028 the 31st edition will also be printed and consist out of two volumes; volume 1 Africa and volume 2 Americas, Europe, Asia and South Pacific.
As with the 30th edition we will publish photos of the higher scoring heads. We have a strict photo policy in regards to ethics and aesthetics; we specifically discourage hero shots, and we will reject all photos that are of:
- Poor taste.
- Low quality. We will not accept anything less than 300 dpi and an image of 5 inches wide. In metric, we need 12 dot/mm and a photo of 12 centimeters wide.
- Inappropriate behavior.
The layout of the book will be totally redone and the order for the animals will be organized according to traditional methods used by naturalists and hunters as well as by biological kinship.
If you have field photos of what you believe to be a top head and you wish to have them published in the next edition, please contact Rowland Ward. We will instruct you on how to send us your images.
To buy the current edition (30th Africa) from our worldwide distributor World Wide Hunting Books please click here.
To preorder the 31st edition (scheduled to be released in late 2027), please click here.
