Possible State Record Archery Buck from Utah
The season is underway. So how are things panning out in 2007? So far there have been a few really nice velvet archery bucks taken in Utah from the opening weekend. I have been fortunate to talk with people and seen a couple of photos of a possible Utah state record archery typical mule deer. This buck is deceiving from its pictures, which don’t do it justice. However, the buck is 30-inches wide and “rough” green scores about 210 gross and 204 net typical. It was taken on public land, general season tag. Of course it is still early on this score. It does have a 3-inch kicker on one side and some junk around the eyeguards that could go either way.
UPDATE: I had the chance to talk with the hunter, Brady Larsen, about his great Utah archery buck. Here is the latest rundown on this velvet muley. He took it to a taxidermist and had it scored again. He still is waiting the 60 day period before anything is official, however, this gets us a little closer as to what this would probably score and how it stacks up to a possible state record archery typical buck. The abnormal points are what is going to hurt this buck, which is unfortunate. But a monster nonetheless. This buck has a gross non-typical score of 219. The typical frame is an awesome 212. It has about an 3 6/8-inch kicker on the left side along with about three inches of other abnormal points around the eyeguard that is going to cause extra deductions from the net typical score. After all deductions it is coming in around 212 gross and 198 6/8 net typical P&Y. However, this is not all….The most impressive feature on this buck is the mass. Early projections show that this buck has 54-inches of mass! That’s right, over 50-inches of mass. That is incredible. I would like to know what the most massive typical mule deer is in Pope & Young.
The good news is you will be seeing this buck featured in an upcoming issue of Hunting Illustrated. So is this buck going to be the next state record? Right now the green score puts him very close. However, there is another buck taken by Brad Roberts that could possible inch past as a potential state record as well. Brad’s buck is reported as being green scored at 213 gross and 201 + net typical P&Y. And that is without any eyeguards. Very pretty buck as well.
Stay tuned…
11 comments August 23rd, 2007
