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.
Alex
November 13, 2006 at 2:18 pm
Let’s not forget about Shawn Pattersons 05′ bull which will be panel scored in April to decide if it’s the new typical record. He has officially netted 414 0/8. It doens’t sound like this new Montana bull will beat that. Arizona looks poised to steal Montanas thunder with this one.
Zac
November 13, 2006 at 5:19 pm
Thank you Alex. Cant understand why patterson’s bull wouldnt be mentioned in this post.
dmoney
November 13, 2006 at 11:00 pm
hey could we get a picture of this montana bull up im sure everyone would like to get a view of this great elk
kade
November 15, 2006 at 11:46 am
was it in a high fenced area or was it public and lets see a picture of the bull
don reed
November 17, 2006 at 1:43 pm
dear readers, this is a great bull! i think public land hunts only should be considered for the record books.if you consider ranch bulls for the record then the richest men are the only ones that have a shot at the record.these hunts at fenced areas ussually can cost 15,000-30,000 dollars.how is that fair for everyone!most state hunt are affordable for public land tags.that my friends is fair!!congrats on a big bull but i don’t beleave it should be a record
Pete F.
November 21, 2006 at 9:02 am
I was fourtunate enough to see Shawn Patersons’ bull at
this years Rocky Mountain elk foundation. It is a awsome
animal. I would like to see a picture of the Montana bull.
drew
November 21, 2006 at 3:06 pm
There is an article and pictures of walter and his bull in the Nov/Dec issue of Eastmans’ Bowhunting Journal
Looks like montana doesn’t produce all the monster bulls, just the top monster bulls!
Mark Baumeister
December 11, 2006 at 10:31 am
I would like to address my comment to Don Reed’s concerns in his earlier posted comment. The area of Montana where this bull was harvested is “almost” entirely private land. Actually, FWP regulations state ” access limited” when applying for any special permit in this area. I own Mark’s Montana Trophy Hunts, and I guided Walter Tate on his hunt. I believe that the reason eastern/south central Montana produces some giant bull elk is BECAUSE of private land. There is “limited” public land accessible in this area but, hunting pressure pushes them onto restricted areas. Rest assured, that for a bull elk to grow to the proportions of Walter’s bull, it takes several years and private land ranches allowed that to happen.
Update with a Great Photo » King’s Outdoor World Blog
December 12, 2006 at 7:09 pm
[...] In the post Potential World Record Archery Bull from 2006 I talked about the potential world record archery bull from Montana that was shot in September of 2006. The outfitter to Walter Tate found our Blog and ended up posting a comment. Mark Baumeister of Mark’s Montana Trophy Hunts was gracious enough to send in a photo of this awesome bull for me to post. For more details check out the previous post here. [...]
heather
December 20, 2006 at 8:14 pm
hey he lives right down the road from me congrats
bert gregory jr
December 21, 2006 at 9:25 am
I live about 5 miles from Walter Tate and he does not live in Swan Quater NC he lives in Pamlico Beach NC.
Cody
February 5, 2007 at 1:42 pm
thats a great bull… I wish i could get a shot at a animal like or even just see him and fill the exciment of that monster good luck to all of you hunters out there in the upcoming seasons.
Trowa Barton
October 14, 2007 at 2:06 pm
Its a great bull. But you don’t know if you can belive anyone anymore. Bulls are being bought from ranches and then released into the Wild but they are still ranch bulls. I still consider the true world record bull B&C to be that big ol pig killed in Colorado by John Plute in 1899, there is too much of this pin raised crap anymore that you don’t know if bulls are wild or pin raised.
John Kennedy
October 31, 2007 at 4:05 pm
This was definetly not a “ranch bull” or pen raised or whatever anyone who is jeolous of this bull can come up with. I have hunted with Mark many times, It is a first class operation that gives hunters a chance at trophy class animals in probably some of the best ranch leases in Montana. World record or not it is a great animal and way to go Walter for gettin after it at age 73.
cody burris
November 28, 2007 at 12:56 am
nice bull man. how many prefrinc points to get this area? ive got two bulls the past two years in a row 5*5 each. but yours is 12 times bigger. write back and tell me what it takes to get a bull of that caliber