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. states have reintroduced small elk herds into heavily wooded wilderness areas.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. Today they live primarily in western North America, especially in mountainous landscapes such as Wyoming's National Elk Refuge and Yellowstone National Park. Population DistributionĮlk were once found across much of North America but they were killed off and driven to take refuge in more remote locations. The herds return to lower valley pastures where elk spend the season pawing through snow to browse on grass or settling for shrubs that stand clear of the snow cover. In the winter, elk reconvene into larger herds, though males and females typically remain separate. Males with the bigger antlers, typically older animals, usually win these battles and dominate small herds. These powerful animals strip the velvet off their new antlers using them in violent clashes that determine who gets to mate with whom. Antlers and Matingĭuring the late summer breeding season the bugling of bull elk echoes through the mountains. Each cow typically has a single calf, which can stand by the time it is 20 minutes old.
In early summer, elk migrate to high mountain grazing grounds where the cows (females) will give birth. Preparation for Breeding Seasonīull elk lose their antlers each March, but they begin to grow them back in May in preparation for the late-summer breeding season.
A bull (male) elk's antlers may reach 4 feet above its head, so that the animal towers 9 feet tall. Elk are also called wapiti, a Native American word that means “light-colored deer.” Elk are related to deer but are much larger than most of their relatives.
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