milklobi.blogg.se - Bull elk at times

Status: Current B&C non-typical world record elk.

1) The Spider Bull Denny Austad took the current B&C word-record non-typical bull in 2008. All but one is or was a world-record bull, and all but one goes over, or way over, 400 inches. Here are the top one or two bulls ever taken in each world-record elk category. And the bulls below should provide plenty of fantasy fodder. Well, if you’re going to dream, you may as well dream big. We’re in the heart of another elk season, and hunters are stalking the mountains and backcountry looking to fill their tags-and daydreaming about lovesick bulls screaming their way into bow or gun range. Ironically, Muirhead had never hunted elk in his life.This monster non-typical bull was found in Canada in 1994. Ryan Muirhead proudly hung one of the world's most impressive set of elk antlers on his wall - scoring 458 4/8 B&C and taking the No. Muirhead followed the bull in the cold woods for hours before the bull finally died, probably from pneumonia.Ĭonservation officers loaded up the carcass, examined it and gave the antlers to Muirhead a few days later. Muirhead went to check on the bull a few days later, and found it close a half-mile away from the original encounter at the fence. He and some friends used a 2x4 to release it from its constraints.Īfter a struggle and lots of effort, the giant bull got untangled, walked a bit, fell, got up and slowly wandered away. When Muirhead found the bull it was half-dead, stuck in a fence and struggling to survive. When whitetail hunter Ryan Muirhead went out on a brutally frozen Minnesota day, he had no idea he'd stumble upon this monster. Record class elk don't typically come from Minnesota, but that's exactly what happened in 2010.

An asterisk might always appear next to the Spyder Bull, however, because of the nearly unlimited access and privilege afforded to Austad - things most hunters never have. He finally connected with the bull on September 30, 2008, and managed to capture the hunt on video. The bull got its name from its massive 9x14, non-typical rack, which also scored 130 inches of abnormal points.Īustad chased the Spyder Bull for the first month of the Utah elk season, and at one point had a quick shot he missed over its back. The Spyder Bull grosses over 500 inches and has an official net score of 478 …. 1 all-time in B&C's world record book - is going to be hard to top. Austad paid $170,000 for the tag - which allowed him to hunt any open unit in the state, during any season, with any type of weapon - and also hired a team of guides to track the monster bull.Īustad's 'Spyder Bull ' - which was shot in the Monroe Mountain Unit and ranks no. Hunting with the coveted Governor's Tag in Utah, hunter Denny Austad, of Idaho, went all out to kill the biggest non-typical bull elk of all time. Austad paid $170,000 for an auctioned tag in Utah, had access to any season he wanted and hired a team of guides to track the now infamous "Spyder Bull." It wasn't popular with everyone in the hunting community, but it sure makes for one heck of a story. 1 bull of all time, killed by Denny Austad in 2008.

It also reminds us how things have changed, as was the case with the reigning No. One can only imagine how many other world records are buried in someone's basement or barn. 1 typical bull elk in the world for a half-century. It's a good thing he went back to get the rack in 1899, since it would end up being the No. It really does connect you to a different era, when Colorado miners like John Plute never thought about keeping elk antlers to hang on a wall, much less have them officially scored. It's no different when you sit down to open the Boone & Crockett world record book for trophy elk, which has giants from last year and last century, side by side. One of the unique things about keeping a record book for all the biggest trophies in history is that it connects hunters' stories from all generations.