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The General - Camp Williams Buck

May 22nd, 2006 David King - King's Outdoor World

I had the great opporutnity to see the new Utah state record archery velvet mule deer this past Friday. The buck is well known as the “General” or the “Camp Williams Buck”. This great velvet mule deer was taken by local bowhunter Robert Clark. Many people have been wondering about this buck and what is going to become of it. Well, I have good news. The reason I travelled to see this buck firsthand is to take some photos for our King’s Calendar. You will see a very cool custom re-creation of Rob’s great buck in our upcoming 2007 calendar.

Those of you waiting to see a magazine feature on this deer will not need to look any further than here as well. The General will be featured first in an upcoming issue of Hunting Illustrated Magazine. So how big is this mule deer? Here is a rundown of the official score:

10×12 point
33 1/2 inches wide
204 7/8 gross frame
201 6/8 net frame (only 3 1/8 inches of deductions!)
56 4/8 total abnormal points
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258 2/8 net non-typical Pope & Young

Utah’s biggest mule deer taken with a bow!

Awesome!…this buck put on almost 40 inches of growth in one year! He was estimated at just 5 1/2 years old. Man…this thing could have been a 270 plus mule deer with a few more years on him. At least he made it through the 2004 season so he could make it into the monster buck category in 2005. In the magazine feature, you will see a history of the General and how much he grew each year.

Stay Tuned for more….if you are still not subscribed to Hunting Illustrated Magazine you better get on the stick so you don’t miss out on more awesome bucks and bulls.

If you still have one of those cheap calendars hanging on the wall, then get an Award Winning King’s Calendar packed with monster mule deer, bull elk, and whitetail deer. However, you are a little late for 2006 as we are pretty much sold out…

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