Washington state record book elk in arizona

Their range includes, but is not limited to washington, oregon, california, utah, nevada, colorado, arizona. Includes record entries for bear, cougar, whitetail deer, mule deer, rocky mt. Many times bowhunters set out to go on an outof state hunt for a species they dont have experience with. The 1997 washington state cougars football team was an american football team that represented washington state university in the pacific10 conference pac10 during the 1997 ncaa division ia football season. The former world record elk was killed here in 1899 by john plute of crested butte.

Record book for washington s big game animals fourth edition. The objectives of the program include the following. From these transplants, the arizona elk population has grown to nearly 35,000 animals. Cso record book trophies colburn and scott outfitters. Zachary jackson, from show low, arizona, caught the 27.

San resides in prescott, arizona with his wife and is raising two grandkids. In february 19, 83 elk were released in cabin draw near chevelon creek. Records are based upon weight recorded on state certified legal for trade scales and two witnesses to the weighing. Now that word has gotten out of their potential, a trophy elk hunt on one of these reservations will set you back a mortgage payment or 10. Winter range is often the limiting factor for elk herds as only about 10 percent of their total habitat is winter range. Record book for idahos big game animals, first edition. Records of north american elk first edition a book of the boone and crockett club containing tabulations of american elk, roosevelts elk, and tule elk of north america as compiled from data in. Embark on this journey with us as we fill a once in a lifetime moose hunt in eastern washington state. Mar 14, 2019 oklahoma city a bow hunter has been recognized after he killed a massive elk in dewey county. The state licensing said there is another complaint against rick crawford of same details. The elk, taken with a crossbow in fremont county during the 2014 season, scored 408 and received a firstplace award at the boone and crockett clubs 29th big game awards banquet.

All record data below obtained through the boone and crockett clubs online trophy search at. The nevada wildlife record book celebrates the big game animals we have in our state and recognizes the achievements of the hunters harvest. One of the unique things about keeping a record book for all the. It puts out the most and biggest record mule deer bucks of any state in the country. The bull falls only behind olivia parrys 377 68inch bull. In some circumstances the arizona state record score may differ from the pope and young world record score due to the fact that in some instances it may take more than. Looking at the last 10 years, for typicals, eagle, garfield and archuleta counties are the strongholds with 18, 16 and 11 entries respectively. Big game records deer hunting elk hunting big game hunting. Though this bull will not make the record book, the official score sheet will be kept on file by the boone and crockett club. There are good elk all over the state in each area, but ive never taken an elk this big before. Just choosing a western state is quite a daunting task. That elk, of course, would still own the archery record.

Aug 11, 2017 an arizona angler fishing for tuna 57 miles off the washington coast is the owner of the states first blue shark record, the washington department of fish and wildlife said. Pope and young and the muzzleloader record book, heins elk posted a gross score of 382 28. Dec, 2018 embark on this journey with us as we fill a once in a lifetime moose hunt in eastern washington state. To celebrate the biggest bulls and best stories from our elk hunting history, ol put together a countdown of the highestscoring bulls ever killed according to boone and crockett records.

Aug 04, 2011 record book bulls the only thing better than the rack on a trophy bull is the story behind how it was taken. Jan 01, 2008 the top quality elk states are new mexico and arizona. The state also manages to accomplish this with a small overall number of tags and only about 26,000 elk at its disposal. Az in hunting towns, its not uncommon to see a goodsized elk. Aug 12, 2014 though arizona currently accounts for only the 5th largest take of archery record book bulls in the nation, it produces some of the wests highestscoring antlers. He retired from the nevada department of wildlife in 2003 after a 30year career, as the upland game staff biologist. This publicland montana bull killed by steve felix is the new worldrecord typical elk. Mule deer typical records nevada wildlife record book. If its close enough to loosing the velvet, then the scorers can trim it off and make their measurements after the rack was dry, but im not sure what theyll do since its only july. For an added bonus, more record book bulls come out of the 16s than.

Mule deer numbers are on a general decline in the west and elk numbers holding steady. In 1914 the elks of arizona transported a herd of elk to arizona. New record fish must outweigh the standing record for the species by at least one full ounce. Oklahoma bowhunter sets new cy curtis nontypical elk record. Hunting an bull elk killed by a montana bowhunter in september is a state record, the largest recorded in the u. Theres still another month before they lose their velvet naturally. San developed our record database, enters and formats the records for the book. Mar 22, 2019 the score shattered the states previous archery nontypical record elk by 21 inches. Again, unsurprisingly, the most record tule elk have come from california, with 95. Ive killed one bull that is bigger than this one, in arizona, and had my share of. Jan 12, 2017 hunting an bull elk killed by a montana bowhunter in september is a state record, the largest recorded in the u. The bull was later verified as a washington state record.

Oklahoma city a bow hunter has been recognized after he killed a massive elk in dewey county. Since then, the disease has spread rapidly with increased sightings throughout southwest washington and into oregon. Nwtfs wild turkey records program offers nwtf members a way to register any legally harvested wild turkey, taken anywhere in the world. John plute, a hunter and bachelor who lived and worked in crested butte, shot this huge bull elk in 1899 in the dark canyon of anthracite creek, 12 miles west of crested butte with a 3040 krag rifle. Record fish must be available for inspection by department personnel. Montana elk is potential archery world record gohunt. Wyoming game and fish department wyoming hunter recognized. Sheep that is the largest nelsoni ram ever harvested in the state of arizona. Records of north american elk by boone and crockett club. End of quote by warden willard two days prior to this article the same game warden sent an application to mr. In 1947, the club held its first competition for outstanding trophies, ranking them by a series of measurements that were refined in 1950 into the current trophy scoring system. Blacktail legends of the pacific northwest read a sample. Ive hunted in wyoming my whole life, said henderson.

Montanas top bull elk could be archery world record the. We are very excited about the new 4th edition of the record book for washington. The top 40 typical and nontypical elk of all time outdoor life. Joshua doyle killed the new washington state record cascade roosevelts elk the bull scored 412 28 and was taken in king co. Seiling hunter becomes new record holder with massive bull elk. This page of our blog shows the pictures of record book animals both boone and. Those numbers allow the hiebert bull to also become the secondplace elk overall in the states cy curtis record book listings. The bull was taken on a solo public land hunt by montana resident, steve felix. Yes we have monster elk on vancouver island, heres a prime example of what enormous sizes that our old.

The location that check was sent to is his mothers house and his physical address is unknown in order to start legal process. Bowhunter tyson hiebert, of seiling, was named the new record holder in the nontypical elk. Wyoming state record whitetail mule deer, elk and western. Complete and official hunting trophy records, scores, pictures, and species information for over 100 big game animals from the worlds leading hunting conservation group safari club international. Once in a lifetime moose hunt washington state 2018 youtube. Az for the past few decades, some native american reservations in the southwest have been producing an inordinate amount of recordbook elkthe white mountain apache in arizona for one, another is the san carlos apache reservation in eastern arizona.

There is no entry fee required for acceptance in the utah big game records program. Second chance lands nearrecord elk the denver post. And even if you havent hunted them, im sure youd love to. In july 1997, bob beeman, an arizona resident, was driving through wyoming with his family. From the lack of snow, to being completely fogged in, this hunt pushed us down to the very. The utah big game records program is designed for the establishment and operation of a comprehensive record keeping program for wildlife species native and introduced in the state of utah. Monster boone and crockett roosevelt elk record bulls. They cant use it as record book elk because of that. Recordkeeping began in fall 1982 and now we have more than 27,000 records in our database. The top states for record mule deer in the last 10 years. The club is dedicated to preserving our hunting heritage, scoring and keeping big game records, maintaining hunter ethics, and furthering conservation education.

Nwtf wild turkey records national wild turkey federation. The state that has produced the most record roosevelt elk unsurprisingly is oregon. Feb 04, 2018 this publicland montana bull killed by steve felix is the new world record typical elk. The 1932 book was followed by the 1939 records book that included informative chapters on a variety of subjects related to big game and hunting. 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. In some circumstances the arizona state record score may differ from the pope and young world record score due to the fact that in some instances it may take more than two years for pope and young to panel score a trophy. The arizona strip, however, still offers one of the best chances to harvest a. The current washington record elk is a 421 78 bull shot by bowhunter jeff thorpe in 2003. Agnews bull would set the new alltime record, if details are confirmed and the rack is measured after the mandatory 60day drying period. This lavishly illustrated publication is the difinitive source of big game hunting in idaho, featuring entries in four categories. Elk hoof disease was first noticed in the state of washington in the late 1990s in the cowlitz river basin, with sporadic reports of deformed hooves. In 1914 the elks of arizona transported a herd of elk from yellowstone national park in wyoming and montana to the sitgreaves national forest,between clear creek and chevalon creek in coconino and navajo counties, arizona. He continues to travel to reno for record book meetings.