The big rumor going around lately is a humongous typical bull elk taken here in Utah on the late season hunt. It has been reported that this bull is a clean 6×6 typical that is green scoring over 430 gross and 420-425 net B&C. That is huge! Apparently there was a single side shed found that was actually a 7 point in-line typical. From what I have been able to find out, this single 7 point typical shed has been scored at 202. This bull may have gone from a 7×7 to a 6×6 and is truly going to be one of the great bulls taken over the last seven years or so when it comes to record typical elk.
If this score holds up, it could possible crack the top 5 in the world. Currently the #4 typical bull in Boone & Crockett is the monster Nevada elk Jerry McKoen dropped down in 1999 scoring an amazing 425 3/8 net B&C.
Not much is available yet on this bull, so we will keep you posted as we find out more.
I am calling all hunters. I need your help. I need your comments. I need your ideas. We are putting together a special cover story in our upcoming issue of Hunting Illustrated. I would like to hear from you. I would like to get your feedback on the following topic:
Premium Tags: Is there hope for the average hunter?
Give me your thoughts on the future of hunting, the price of hunting, and what concerns you may have in the future of this wonderful sport. Is your dream to harvest a trophy bull elk? Do you want a chance at drawing a coveted limited entry mule deer tag, but wondering if you will ever have that chance…and what to do in the meantime? At what cost are you willing to continue hunting? Are you willing to do something to make a difference or just sit back and complain but do nothing? Are you happy with the way things are going and if so why? What is the “average” hunter today?
I am looking for good, well-thought out comments. If you are just going to spout off and complain about everything under the sun, the don’t expect to see your comments posted. I am looking for ideas from people who love this sport, want to make it better, and keep it going for our grandkids and have something to share.
I am looking for a few good comments I will include in this special cover story. Thanks.
There has been a great archery bull taken in Montana during the 2006 archery season. The bull was taken by Walter Tate and has been unnoficially green scored at 420 7/8 gross and 410 7/8 net P&Y. The bull is a summetrical 7×7 typical. The bull still has not been officially scored and of course if it keeps close to this green score will have to wait for the panel scoring with Pope & Young to be decalared an official world record.
I don’t know what it is about Montana and world record typical archery bulls. Chuck Adams’ bull is the current world record scoring 409 2/8 and is from Montana as well. We will stay on this and see how this awesome elk pans out.
UPDATE: I will go ahead and include information about the Shawn Patterson bull elk as well. It looks like this is causing some confusion that this might be the only bull in the running for potential world record typical archery elk. In earlier posts, you can read about the great archery bull taken by Shawn Patterson in 2005. This Arizona bull has been officially scored at 414 net typical P&Y. This bull also is waiting for the panel score that will take place next year.
Here is some footage of my Wyoming Antelope taken the end of October 2006. It was a fun hunt. A storm came in and the temperature dropped to just 4 degrees and the wind was steady at 30 miles per hour. Very cold, and the wind was driving the antelope all over the place. I was fortunate to make a nice shot at over 320 yards on this pretty 14 inch pronghorn buck.
This clip was just taken with my small photo camera and therefore isn’t the best, but is quick and slick for posting on the blog. Travis Osmond was with me and ended up getting the whole thing on film. If I get some time I will try and edit down a short video clip of the hunt and the pretty cool kill shot footage.
I would like to thank Hazer. I was shooting one of his custom guns and it shot flawlessly. He really knows his stuff when it comes to guns and ballistics.
If you need a custom gun made contact Hazer at Bison Barrels located in Gillette, WY (307-687-1176).
I just got back from seeing a very nice mule deer my friends and neighbors took in Colorado. Chad and Brandon Olson, along with Carl Hermansen put together a great do-it-yourself public land hunt and came home with two nice bucks. Here is some footage of one of the great bucks they took. I scored it at 191 2/8 gross non-typical with a 30 1/2-inch spread. What a great buck. Sorry, the footage is kind of dark, but what do you expect at 10:30 at night with my photo camera.
It will be tough to beat this great buck in 2006. This buck was taken by Amish hunter Jonathon Schmucker in Adams County, Ohio. The buck was taken with a crossbow and has 36 scorable points, green scored 304 gross and 294 7/8 net non-typical with a 24-inch inside spread. The buck was nicknamed “Amish Lucky Buck” due to the monster whitetail deer eating the Lucky Buck mineral feed.
Apparently there were just a few people who knew about this buck. It grew quite a bit from the previous year and the hunter bagged it on opening morning. What an incredible whitetail buck!
UPDATE: (Dec. 13, 2006) This free-ranging whitetail buck has recently been officially scored at 300 6/8 gross and 291 2/8 net non-typical. It also has a Buckmasters composite score of 305 4/8 (including inside spread of 25-inches).
This score puts it No. 2 all-time for the state of Ohio and the largest buck taken with a crossbow for Ohio (state record). The John Schmucker “Amish Buck” is the No. 2 in the world for crossbow behind Jerry Bryant’s monster non-typical Illinois buck from 2001, which Boone and Crockett lists a score of 304 3/8. We featured Jerry’s awesome buck in our 2005 King’s Whitetail Deer Calendar.
UPDATE #2 (Dec. 27, 2006)
I am getting people who are getting confused with this buck due to a newspaper article that has recently come out. Aparently there is an article from a Wisconsin newspaper claiming the buck came from Wisconsin and taken by a boy with a home-made longbow. They have either come up with a great scoop story, or printed a big boo boo. Due to the pretty concrete information that is now out there about this buck being from Ohio and the fact that it has now been officially scored by Ohio department officials, Buckmasters and Boone and Crockett officials I think it is safe to say this buck is from Ohio and taken by John Schmucker.
If you would like to read the story about the Amish Buck, the full story has been posted on the Ohio Division of Wildlife web site. Click here for link
This is quoted directly from the Ohio Division of Wildlife web site:
ADAMS COUNTY NON-TYPICAL SCORES BIG
Southwestern Ohio is home to the top typical and nontypical deer killed in Ohio
Official scorer Ron Perrine measures Johnathan Schmucker’s trophy Ohio deer.
Are women dominating the hunting field or what? In 2004 Kathy Keene bagged a monster 291 gross non-typical mule deer in Wyoming, being the second largest non-typical mule deer taken by a woman. In January of 2006, Myra Smith headed down to Mexico and brought home what is now the biggest typical mule deer taken by a woman scoring 210 net typical.
There is now word of a great whitetail buck taken by a 38-year old mother of two in Minnesota. Furthermore, she did it with a bow and arrow. Deb Luzinski of Woodbury shot the 24-point buck on Friday at Bald Eagle-Otter Lakes Regional Park in White Bear Township. The green score on this great buck is 223 4/8 inches P&Y and could rank within the top three for the state, but more importantly it could be the largest taken by a woman for Minnesota.
Luzinski is a landscaper who has been archery hunting for 15 years. She is a member of the Metro Bowhunters Resource Base, which helps control deer populations.
