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WORLD RECORD ELK TAKEN IN UTAH
Perhaps the largest elk ever produced in the wild—a
Utah
bull taken in 2008 by a hunter on public land—has been confirmed as a
new World’s Record. The official declaration was made Friday by the
Boone and Crockett Club.
A special judges
panel determined a final score of 478-5/8 B&C non-typical points, an
incredible 93-plus inches above the Boone and Crockett minimum score of
385 for non-typical American elk, and more than 13 inches larger than the
previous World’s Record.
It is the only
elk on record with a gross score approaching the 500-inch mark, at
499-3/8. Official data dates back to 1830.
The giant bull
has 9 points on the left antler and 14 points on the right. The larger
antler has a base circumference topping 9 inches.
The Boone and
Crockett scoring system, long used to measure the success of wildlife
conservation and management programs across
North America
, rewards antler size and symmetry, but also recognizes nature’s
imperfections with non-typical categories for most antlered game. The
bull’s final score of 478-5/8 inches includes an amazing 140 inches of
abnormal points.
“Along with
measurements that honor the quality of the animal, Boone and Crockett Club
records also honor fair-chase hunting,” said Eldon Buckner, chairman of
the Club’s Records of North American Big Game committee. “Through our
entry process, signed affidavits and follow-up interviews with the hunter,
his guides, and state and federal officials, we were satisfied that this
bull was indeed a wild, free-ranging trophy and that the tenets of fair
chase were used in the harvest.”
The hunter,
Denny Austad of Ammon,
Idaho
, hunted the Monroe Mountain District in south-central
Utah
. Hunting with a self-designed rifle, Austad killed the bull on
Sept. 30, 2008
. He hunted for 13 days before connecting with the trophy, dubbed
“spider bull” for its unique antler configuration.
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