Shawn Patterson World Record Archery Elk
There has been a lot of talk about this bull, but the official results are in on the Shawn Patterson archery bull elk. Touted as a potential world record typical elk, it looks like this status will be upheld. This amazing elk officially scores 423 6/8 gross and 414 0/8 net P&Y. It is a pending world record typical elk for Pope & Young.
What does this mean? The score is official. However, when a bull is challenging the current world record (which is held by Chuck Adams at 409 2/8), the elk must be panel scored. The last panel scoring was held in the spring of 2005. Therefore, it won’t be until 2007 before the Patterson bull could be officially recognized as a world record.
You never know what could happen at a panel score. Last year Chuck Adams had another bull that he arrowed in 2003 that was green scored around 412 net and looked to surpass his current record which he holds at 409 2/8. Unfortunately the bull got knocked down at the panel with a final official score of 399 1/8 P&Y. From what I understand, a lot of the discrepancy was due to the inside spread measurement.
I know the Patterson bull has a wide inside spread and long 60-inch main beams to match. Hopefully it can hold up and officially become the world record archery typical elk for P&Y at the next panel. Until then we will just have to wait.
37 comments January 4th, 2006
