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Brian Andrews, left, and his dad, Randy Andrews, with the 26-point mounted whitetail deer
This record whitetail buck taken by Brian Andews in 2003 has recently been stolen. This amazing deer was taken in Buchanan County, Iowa and scored 253 1/8 net B&C. It is the non-typical state record with a bow and was the second largest bow kill that year. Sometime between 8-10 p.m. on June 18, 2004, Andrews’ mounted whitetail buck was stolen from his family’s home.
Big Reward
The Andrews family and the Buchanan County Wildlife Association Inc. have offered a $5,000 cash reward for any information that will lead to the missing mount. Unfortunately that has not been enough as no information has come forward. Bass Pro has decided it wants to help and add to that reward.
Bass Pro Shops recently announced that it is offering a $5,000 gift card to anyone with information leading to the return of Andrews’ buck and the arrest and conviction of the person or persons who stole it.
Anyone with information about Andrews’ buck is asked to contact the Buchanan County Sheriffs Department in Independence, Iowa, at 319-334-2567.
May 6th, 2008
I was looking through my recent issue of the Pope & Young Newsletter (Spring 2008) and, like usual, checking out the recent listings of archery bucks and bulls. To my surprise there was a huge typical mule deer in the velvet category taken in Utah in 2007. It was taken by Patrick Grieco and the buck scores 204 6/8 P&Y.
Hello! If that is correct, we are looking at the second largest velvet typical mule deer in the world. Anybody out there have any information on this buck or the hunter?
April 10th, 2008
48″spread killed in Idaho– pending new world record
(Note: This is NOT a real buck)
Have you got this email yet? I guess old news is new news if you haven’t heard about it before. I have started receiving quite a few emails lately from people asking me if this buck is legit and if I know anything about it. This photo has a great history and ironically I have to go back to 2002 when this photo first surfaced. This photo was actually the very reason I first started our Big Buck Alert! section back in our members web site years ago.
Here is an excerpt from the post I made about this buck back in May of 2002
New World Record Mule Deer? -posted 5/7/02
This photo has been going around the internet for quite some time about a new world record out of Idaho. Is this buck for real? Nope! The buck is a replica of a sculpture that was carved out of wood called the “Wyoming Wonder”. The artist sold some replicas of his sculptor to interested buyers. Unfortunately the truth about this mounted buck hasn’t followed all of the emails that have been forwarded about this photo. How big are the antlers anyway? They score 250 Typical points net. This score would smash the current world record- too bad.
So is this buck legit? No it is not, and let me explain as I have a little history on this buck. Ralph Trethewey made a wood carving of some incredible antlers that he made bigger than the world record typical mule deer in 2002. He made some replicas and started selling a few. This picture starting leaking out shortly after. I first saw this photo back in the spring of 2002. I ended up tracking down who was in this photo and was able to contact and talk with the guy. Amazingly I played dumb while I listened to this guy tell the story of how he shot this buck. Oops.
So here we are almost six years later and this same photo is starting to make the rounds with a very similar subject line in the email. To clarify…no this is not a new world record mule deer from Idaho. This is a buck that was created out of wood and replicated. Yes, it is a huge set of antlers that would be the world record if they were real. But they are not.
Here is a little information about the sculptor and the antlers:
Ralph Trethewey holds the antlers he carved out of wood in 2002
Carved in 2002 this was to have been the typical framework for “Deeptracks” the non-typical male deer. It was so shapely that it remained a typical scoring 236 5/8 - 5% over the world record. It is offered in an edition of 40 and 4 artists proofs.
Main Beams: 31 & 1/8″ x 32 & 4/8″
G-2’s 18 & 1/8″ and 19 & 3/8″
G-3’s 15″ and 15 & 2/8″
Greatest spead 35 & 1/2″
Final Score 236 & 5/8″ Net typical B&C
February 14th, 2008
Here is a video I took of the Darrell Snedeger bull elk from Utah. This bull was taken with a rifle during the 2007 season and is now the new Utah state record non-typical for a rifle. This monster 7×7 point bull has been officially scored at 424 7/8 net B&C. This is the largest non-typical bull taken with a rifle and the second largest non-typical overall for Utah. This video was taken a few weeks before the official score took place.
You can read the story on Darrell’s hunt in the new issue (February/March 2008 Best of 2007) of Hunting Illustrated Magazine available on newsstands February 2, 2008.
Come check this bull elk out in person at the Utah Hunting and Conservation Expo in Salt Lake City, Utah. The show starts Wednesday the 6th and runs until Saturday the 9th of February. Come by and say hi at the King’s Outdoor World booth and subscribe to Hunting Illustrated for just $10 and get some other great deals!
UPDATE:(02/11/08) Boone & Crockett has come back and determined that the small point on the right side is a typical point (G-5) and not a non-typical abnormal point like it was originally scored. Because of this the gross score stays the same at 434 1/8 B&C, but the net will get knocked down 1 7/8 due to the fact that there isn’t a point on the other side to match, so the point is considered a deduction. Therefore the updated official score is 434 1/8 gross and 423 0/8 net non-typical B&C.
February 6th, 2008
Women Hunters. We are looking for you! We are putting together a special “Women in Hunting” issue of Hunting Illustrated. I want to see your photos and get your feedback. I want to hear from all of you ladies who go hunting. I also want to see your photos.
If you have a successful field photo like Cassie White and her 32-inch mule deer above, please send it in. I will be featuring photos in our Braggin’ Board section that are from Women Hunters only, but I need your help.
Please email photos to trophy-room@kingsoutdoorworld.com
Include the following with your photo:
Name
State animal was taken in
Year
Info about animal - score, points, etc. if available
You can also mail photos to:
Hunting Illustrated
Braggin’ Board
P.O. Box 307
Mount Pleasant, UT 84647
Post a comment below if you are a female hunter (young and old) and share with us how you got into hunting and what it means to you.
February 1st, 2008
Click for larger image - Kyle Lopez with his 2007 Colorado Mule Deer
The monster mule deer taken by 14-year old Kyle Lopez in Colorado during the 2007 season has been officially scored. A conservative green score put the buck at just over 303 net. However, good news for the Lopez family as Roger Selner has scored the buck after the 60-day drying period at an amazing 311 2/8 gross and 306 2/8 net B&C. This buck has 26 points on the right and 17 points on the left. This buck will be invited to the next Boone & Crockett panel scoring, but that won’t take place until 2010.
Kyle’s Buck is now the new #2 non-typical buck for Colorado and #13 in the world. That is a incredible!
Read the story of Kyle’s buck in the new issue of Hunting Illustrated Magazine out on newsstands January 29th!
Come see the buck in person. The Lopez buck will be in the King’s Outdoor World booth at the Hunting and Conservation Expo in Salt Lake City February 6-9th. Here is some more info about the Hunting Expo.
Where does this compare against the all-time greats from Colorado?
Top Ten Non-Typical Mule Deer from Colorado
1. 306 7/8 Montezuma, CO Lloyd Pyle 1972
2. 306 3/8 Douglas, CO Kyle Lopez 2007
3. 306 2/8 Norwood, CO Steve H. Herndon 1954
4. 304 5/8 Elk Creek, CO Andrew Daum 1886
5. 303 6/8 Eagle, CO James Austill 1962
6. 302 4/8 Paonia, CO Louis H. Huntington, Jr. 1965
7. 300 Mesa, CO George Blackmon, Jr. 1961
8. 297 5/8 Larimer, CO Jack Autrey 1941
9. 296 2/8 Mesa, CO Unknown 1981
10. 287 5/8 Montezuma, CO Travis Shippy 1985
January 28th, 2008
This buck was taken by Scott Simmons on a January 2007 Sonora hunt. He actually got a cancellation hunt last year and was able to take this nice 180 class buck.
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January 3rd, 2008
Rusty Hagadone emailed me some photos about the success his boy Dalton had in 2007. Wow, what a year. I asked him to send me over a little story so I could share the great year the Dalton had - at just 12 years old.
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I guess it all started on Oct 14th, I told my son Dalton that on the 15th we would go out after school to see if we could get an Antelope. We did, but saw nothing that big so I said I would take him out of school the next day Oct 16 for an all day hunt. Probably should not say that if any of his teachers read this but we did. Our first stalk
was unsuccessful then we went to another area of the property that we were hunting and found a herd of about thirty does and eight nice bucks. The stalk would work out perfect because the antelope were on the east side of a big draw with a southeast wind about 10-20 mph. We had to go about half a mile to the north, then half a mile to the east just to get to the top end of the draw without them seeing us then another half to three quarters of a mile to the south to get across from there location. As we walked down the draw I told my son that the only thing that might mess this up would be if we jumped a deer and it ran through the middle of the antelope.Well it didn’t take long, we didn’t take more the ten steps and a three point muley got up but he ran down the draw, lucky for us. We had to go about thirty more yards down the draw to where I thought they might be. We went up to the top of the draw to take a look and there they were sixty yards away. But to our amazement the ones that were closest had there heads down in the tall grass, so we could not see any bucks and we crawled up another five yards popped up and there were two bucks with their heads up.
He got into position to shoot and the one buck turned broad side to us, my son pulled the trigger on his dad’s 22-250 and all the Antelope gathered up and started to run off . I asked my son if he hit him and he said “I think so, I had the cross hairs right behind the front shoulders” as they ran out about fifty yards one of the bucks ran out of the herd by itself and then went down about one hundred fifty yards away. I got the biggest high five and hug out on the prairies of Montana that anyone could ask for, the antelope is fifteen inch tall.
Now we were thinking of the youth elk tag that he put in for and got. He didn’t have long to think because he was able to go three days earlier than the regular season with this elk tag. It started on Oct 18, the area where my son had his tag was the same area that I archery elk hunt in, so I knew the area well. He was going on days off from school for teachers conferences, so on Oct 17th we drove two hundred miles from home to stay with his grand parents, the morning of Oct 18 came early because we had to drive another ninety five miles to get to the area to hunt at sun up.
We showed up about five minutes after legal shooting light and a friend of ours and his son had spotted nine cows and calves and one bull already, so we watched as they put a stalk on them. But it didn’t work out for them, so when they got back to the trucks we talked about the fact there were five or six youth hunters in that area, so my son and I decided to head more to the south for the evening hunt. All we saw there was a nice 5×6 bull and no cows, now it’s dark and we have to drive about one hundred and twenty miles back to the grand parents house to stay again.
The next morning we got up a little earlier to get to a different area at legal light and we saw one cow and calf and three bulls and one of them was a 320-330 bull, but my son had a cow tag. It just seems to work out that way, but we made a great stalk from about a half mile away to where he made the shot with his dad’s 30-06 at one hundred sixty yards. We had the wind in our favor, but as we got closer the wind quit, we were about two hundred fifty yards away and dad’s new boots where squeaking and I knew if we could hear it the elk could too, so I untied my boot for the last hundred yards. He made the shot at one hundred sixty yards and the cow Elk went down. Then another high five and hug under the Big Sky of Montana, then the work started.
Now it’s Nov 11 and we were out for a spot and stalk for a Muley buck, while we were out Antelope Hunting we had seen four or five 20-24 inch muleys and for his first buck anyone of these would be great. I’m not sure what happened but the only one we saw was the one he shot. He spotted it about three hundred yards away with some does, they worked there way over a hill and out of sight. We made the walk up to the top of the hill and there he was, one hundred yards away looking back. We had to hide in the sage brush for just a few minutes and then he turned broad side to him and he took the shot with the 30-06. The buck jumped into the air and ran, I asked if he hit him, which with the other two shots and kills it was a dumb question, the deer ran about thirty yards and went down. Once again the high fives and hugs were flying for one very excited boy and one proud father.
- Rusty Hagadone
December 18th, 2007
An Alberta, Canada native just knocked down a monster whitetail deer about two weeks ago. From what I have been been told this deer is indescribable and kind of resembles the Hole In The Horn buck. It has been green scored at 287 gross and 280 net non-typical B&C.
From what I understand, the kid missed it last year, which they figured the buck was even bigger - pushing the 300-inch mark. Right now that green score puts it as the pending #1 in Alberta and #8 in the world. I will try and find out more and keep you posted on the official score when it happens.
UPDATE: A photo of this amazing buck has now been posted on the Wild TV web site. Hunter Helgie Eymundson of Alberta is the lucky hunter. What an incredible deer!
LINK to Wild TV
Helgie Eymundson with his massive Alberta Whitetail Buck from 2007
December 15th, 2007
Kyle Lopez with his 307 7/8 gross Colorado monster mule deer
Some of you may have already seen this photo of this incredible buck flowing around emails and message boards. Is it true that a legit 300-inch non-typical mule deer buck was roaming the hills in 2007? Apparently there are a few bucks still around that you would think only happened in the good old days of mule deer hunting. Another example is the 307 inch sheds that Landon Wittwer picked up in Arizona.
This monster buck was taken by 14 year old Kyle Lopez of Colorado in November of 2007. He was hunting with his father when they came across this buck. Kyle knocked it down, and at the time had no idea how big the buck was. When they walked up to the buck, they couldn’t believe what they were seeing. Points everywhere!
I am excited to announce that you will be able to read the awesome story to this hunt in our next issue (Feb/March 2008) of Hunting Illustrated. You will also see Kyle’s buck in a future King’s Calendar.
Even though the buck still has until January 7th to be officially measured, Kyle’s dad Steed wanted to get a good, legit green score to have confidence in the score he was telling people. Roger Selner is an official measurer for Boone & Crockett and stopped by the Lopez home to score Kyle’s record buck. The green score is the following:
307 7/8 gross B&C
303 5/8 net B&C
207 0/8 typical frame
20×16 points
37 2/8-inch outside spread
100 7/8 inches of abnormal points
Stay tuned to this post as I will be keeping it up to date on the latest happenings and will post the official score as soon as it comes in.
So where does this rank?
The state record non-typical mule deer for Colorado scores 306 7/8. You would kind of think that the state record would be higher considering Colorado’s great tradition of mule deer. However, out of the 22 mule deer that are listed in Boone & Crockett that score 300 inches or higher, six of them are from Colorado (double any other state/province).
If Kyle’s score holds, it will be #5 for the state of Colorado and #19 in the world!
UPDATE: See the latest post about the official score of the Lopez Buck
December 11th, 2007
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