It started hitting today…photos of a seriously gigantic typical 6×6 bull elk circulating in emails. Is this bull for real? As I posted earlier about a potential top 5 typical elk in the world, this bull was taken during the 2006 season in Eastern Utah and was guided by Team Mossback. The bull has been green scored at an amazing 433 gross and 426 net typical.
This score will put it as the new #4 or #5 typical bull elk in the world, new state record for Utah, and also the largest 6×6 point elk ever taken. Yeah, that’s big. The hunter is Ron Skoronski and there are a few photos now posted on the Mossback web site. They are definitely worth checking out. We will keep you posted on the final score of this great bull.
Link: Mossback Website
December 14th, 2006
There is definitely a great buzz going around about the monster whitetail buck taken by an Amish hunter from Adams County, Ohio (See previous post). There have been a lot of rumors and false information circulating about this potential record deer. News of this buck being officially scored by both Boone and Crockett and Buckmasters has definitely put the rumors to rest. 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). Like most of you know, the Beatty buck is from Ohio and is the current world record archery buck and has a Pope & Young score of 294 0/8, taken in 2000. 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.
If taking claim to probably the biggest non-typical for 2006, Adams County, Ohio is not stopping there. In addition, a great typical archery whitetail deer has also been taken from Adams County by Justin Metzner. Justin’s trophy archery buck has been green scored at 207 5/8 gross typical with an estimated net score around the 196 mark.
Whatever is going on in Ohio, keep it up!
UPDATE: 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.
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December 14th, 2006
