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Casey Brooks with his 2009 Archery Elk

Casey Brooks just emailed me these photos of his monster bull elk he just took with his bow. I enjoy the phone call I get from Casey every year as he tells me about his trophy elk adventures for the season, then we shoot the breeze on the big bulls going down. Once again Casey has arrowed a great bull. Too many to count now when it it comes to big bulls taken with a bow. This year was no different as he took this bull elk on the last day after several days of hard hunting. The rut was tough this year for many and Casey gutted it out with this massive bull that scores 401 2/8 SCI.

The impressive thing on this bull in particular is the mass. This thing is a toad. The bases are like tree trunks and when you add it all up you have 72 5/8 -inches of total mass. You have to appreciate mass to really understand 72 inches. On average, a big bull will have 60-inches of mass. You get into the 65 plus and you are really heavy. But getting over the 70 inch mark is quite the accomplishment. And these are legitimate scores to boot.

Enjoy some pics of truly one massive bull.

Is this the biggest 2 point buck you have seen? There has probably been bigger, but check out this monster 2 point mule deer. This buck was taken recently by Steve Kiesel. How big do you think this buck is? Good backs, decent beams, average mass….I don’t know. Pretty unique. Camo doesn’t look too bad either.

Update: What is your guess on the score of this two point. I just found out and couldn’t believe it. Give me your thoughts and I will post the score in a couple of days.

Update: (01/11/10) Ok, so it has been longer than a couple of days. So let’s update this post with the score of the great 2-point buck and see how close some of you were. I am going off of gross score here. The big two-point buck taken in the photo above scores 153 2/8 gross.

Many of you were close, and some did a very good score breakdown. Remember, even though he is a two point, he still gets four circumference measurements. Add the main beams, inside spread and G2 measurements and you have a 150 class buck.

There was a great archery typical Arizona elk taken last month. It was taken by David Ledbetter and is a 6×6 typical. The bull has been unofficially green scored around 420 to 425 gross. David told me he may have about 20 inches of deductions. There is still some time before the 60 day drying period, but if the score holds and the bull can net score 400 inches or more, this could be a top 5 elk in the world for archery P&Y. More information to come, but keeping things pretty tight until the official score comes out.

Elk are just getting big everywhere. Just when you thought elk were not even in the Yukon and Northwest Territories, here comes word of a monster elk from the Yukon taken in September of 2009.

How did elk get there you say. Back in the 1950s, elk were transplanted and have been steadily growing ever since. Last year a decision was finally made and an ordinance passed that the herd was big enough to have a hunt in two territories. Due to an outbreak of winter elk ticks, it has been just the last few years the herd numbers got to within numbers to accept hunting.

A limited number of permits were given in 2009 (for the two territories about 40 permits) and was the first year they have been hunted.

This magnificent bull elk was taken by hunter Al Klassen. The huge 10×9 non-typical elk has a preliminary unofficial score of 451 5/8 gross and 402 3/8 net B&C. A lot of deductions from the 2nd and 3rd points. Wow, after 50 years you know there had to be a monster elk in there somewhere. Who knows what else might be hiding out in that vast country.

Potential Montana State Record Bighorn Sheep

I just received this information about this incredible ram and got permission to post the photos as well. Here is the information so far:

Monster Ram From Montana Possibly Largest Ever!

A lucky hunter with the one coveted non-resident tag in Montana ’s Missouri River Breaks just harvested possibly the largest ram ever taken in the United States ! The ram green scored 205 with both horns stretching to 44 1/2” with over 16” bases and carries the mass throughout the horn length. The ram will be officially scored after the 60 day drying period. If the ram exceeds Jim Weatherly’s 204 7/8 ram taken in 1993 it will be the new Montana state record and will also be the largest ram ever taken in the United States . Pat White was assisted and filmed on the hunt by John Lewton of Whitehall, MT. The two men backpacked in over 10 miles, glassing as they went and found the ram. They shot the ram and carried it out on their backs the 10 miles back to the trailhead. Only gutting out a 20 mile foot march in 90+ degree heat resulted in the harvest of one of the largest rams ever taken.

This amazing photo was taken off from the video of the enormous ram