Boone & Crockett Club and Pope & Young Club Confirm Potential World’s Record Elk

By Justin Stakes

Missoula, MT -(AmmoLand.com)- The Boone and Crockett Club and Pope & Young Club confirm the existence of potential new archery World’s Record typical American elk taken in Montana by a resident hunter.

The elk’s B&C green score is an astounding 429-6/8 net and 444-7/8 gross. It was taken on a solo hunt early in the Montana archery season.

After a couple days of packing the bull out, the hunter who at this time prefers to remain anonymous, took his bull to a taxidermist.

A rough score confirmed it was time to call an experienced Boone and Crockett Official Measurer.

“The antlers need to complete a required 60-day drying period before they can be officially scored,” said Boone and Crockett’s Director of Big Game Records, Justin Spring. “But a senior B&C Measurer taped the bull, so we’re confident with the green score.”

The current Pope and Young Club’s World’s Record typical American elk, taken in Arizona in 2005, scores 412-1/8 points.

The green score of this bull is 4-3/8 higher than the current #4 typical bull in Boone and Crockett’s All-time Records. According to Spring, “This bull …Read the Rest

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