Utah archery state record

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Does anyone know what the current top 3 archery typical bulls in the state of utah are? I can’t seem to find any information about it anywhere…
 
From the 5th edition of Utah Big Game Records Copyright 2016 it list typical elk archery as follows; #1 392 5/8”. #2 391 0/8”. #3 390 4/8”. I am not sure if any have surpassed these since the printing of the 5th edition.
 
Any pictures of it?
He was killed during the muzzy hunt a couple weeks after I screwed up.
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Watched my buddy chit himself and miss a big AZ bull at 4 yards. His arrow is somewhere in the heavens.
 
Yes! I dream about it every night and wake up in cold sweats.
I didn't miss but blew a opportunity at a bull that I'm sure would have been top 3 with a bow if not #1. Figure he was upper 420's as a straight 6x6.

Hunting in Arizona, and after dogging the small herd for over 3 miles in super thick stuff I had only seen one of the two bulls that was bugling. He was a 300-320 class 6x6, never had a shot, but they finally made it to the edge of the Mesa where they was going to bed down, at that point the bull I had seen just turned and made his way north bugling, but the other bull could still be herd just over the edge every once in awhile Grunting. He didn't sound big at all so I was thinking he may be smaller than the other bull I had got a quick look at.

I made my way over to the edge, and knew I was close as I had just herd him grunt right below me, as I peeked over there was nothing there, everything opened up off the side but the brush was tall so I stepped out further so I could see more, nothingat stepped out even further and nothing, at this point I'm scratching my head as I can see 300-400yards and nothing.

Next thing I know standing right below me at 40 yards is the largest elk I have ever seen in my life by a long ways.(i have no idea how he got there, I think he must have been bedded and stood up as i was looking further down the draw) And I'm in complete view probably skylined. I have a complete come apart, yank my bow back and try to get a shooting lane, but the brush is so tall I can only see the very top of his back, and his head and neck. No shot. I'm so frantic I attemp to climb up on a big rock next to me while still at full draw with my bow To get a little elevation to see his vitals.(stupid looking back now lol) The bull spooks and I stop him with a cow call at around 60 yards, but still no shot, same situation everything covering the vitals. He then blew out and I got a very very good look at him as he and his 9 cows ran the 300 yards I could see Down the draw. He was a giant. The Bulls length, mass, and especially width was all top of the line, he had no weak part of him anywhere and I suspect he was around 60+ inches wide on his inside. The best way I could describe his width is I bet the tips of his beams would have rested on the sides of a full size truck bed. When I added up what I think everything was I got 427, and was not trying to stretch anything anywhere. It's been 13 years and that bull still haunts me.
 
The misses sure stick with you! I missed a buck on the Paunsaugunt back in 2003 that was probably a 180-190" main frame and over 200" with extras. Shot high and nicked him, but not a vital shot with a tiny bit of blood. Still have nightmares on that one 20 years later.

A few years back in Wyoming on a general elk tag, I had found a very promising looking area on Google Earth that looked like a huge wallow area. Sure enough when we laid eyes on it in person on opening morning, it was an epic wallow with very fresh sign. I set up on the wallow, and around noon a very nice 6 point bull came in and started splashing in the wallow 33 yards away from me. I was on my knees drawn back and had some pine boughs between me and the bull. I thought I could thread my arrow through them. Nope! My arrow caught one of the pine boughs and deflected and I never saw that arrow or the bull again. Makes me sick almost every day!! Not a world record class animal, but the view of that bull at 33 yards with no clue I was around will probably haunt me forever!!?
 
The misses sure stick with you! I missed a buck on the Paunsaugunt back in 2003 that was probably a 180-190" main frame and over 200" with extras. Shot high and nicked him, but not a vital shot with a tiny bit of blood. Still have nightmares on that one 20 years later.

A few years back in Wyoming on a general elk tag, I had found a very promising looking area on Google Earth that looked like a huge wallow area. Sure enough when we laid eyes on it in person on opening morning, it was an epic wallow with very fresh sign. I set up on the wallow, and around noon a very nice 6 point bull came in and started splashing in the wallow 33 yards away from me. I was on my knees drawn back and had some pine boughs between me and the bull. I thought I could thread my arrow through them. Nope! My arrow caught one of the pine boughs and deflected and I never saw that arrow or the bull again. Makes me sick almost every day!! Not a world record class animal, but the view of that bull at 33 yards with no clue I was around will probably haunt me forever!!?
I had this same scenario happen on a 370 class bull, bull at 22 yards, branches at 20 yards, figured I could get it through...... nope found arrow stuck 8 foot up in a tree 15 yards behind where the bull was standing. And one pencil thin branch that was barely cut, and still hanging so it didn't even cut it all the way off, that one blade had touched...... that's my other nightmare that I think about. Lol
 
The misses sure stick with you! I missed a buck on the Paunsaugunt back in 2003 that was probably a 180-190" main frame and over 200" with extras. Shot high and nicked him, but not a vital shot with a tiny bit of blood. Still have nightmares on that one 20 years later.

A few years back in Wyoming on a general elk tag, I had found a very promising looking area on Google Earth that looked like a huge wallow area. Sure enough when we laid eyes on it in person on opening morning, it was an epic wallow with very fresh sign. I set up on the wallow, and around noon a very nice 6 point bull came in and started splashing in the wallow 33 yards away from me. I was on my knees drawn back and had some pine boughs between me and the bull. I thought I could thread my arrow through them. Nope! My arrow caught one of the pine boughs and deflected and I never saw that arrow or the bull again. Makes me sick almost every day!! Not a world record class animal, but the view of that bull at 33 yards with no clue I was around will probably haunt me forever!!?

Not a monster bull, but would have been a nice mature 6x6 to take home with me...

Tag soup instead.

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The next day I passed up this bull at 30 yards in the exact same spot because I had my heart set on the one I missed. Never saw the 450” bull again. Spent my last 6 days trying to find him again.
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Marley, the bull you missed was taken by our goods friend’s sister in law from Cache Valley on the MZ hunt. I have seen the mount in person and it is an absolute monster. Were you on a guided hunt that year? If so, who was the guide service?

Hawkeye
 
Marley, the bull you missed was taken by our goods friend’s sister in law from Cache Valley on the MZ hunt. I have seen the mount in person and it is an absolute monster. Were you on a guided hunt that year? If so, who was the guide service?

Hawkeye
I was on a guided hunt with Doug Johnson who at the time guided for Kalan Lemon. We were not after that bull specifically. We had no idea he existed. We just happened onto him one day. He was with another bull and just feeding towards us so we just stayed low and let him come. When he came out from behind a huge boulder I think I lowered my peep to make sure it was the right bull and then put my 20 yard pin on him without getting back in my peep sight. Stupid, stupid, stupid!!!
 
I actually called and talked to her. I had to know where he went because I spent the next 6 days passing up everything looking for him again. She ended up killing him 8 miles from where I missed him.
 
I actually called and talked to her. I had to know where he went because I spent the next 6 days passing up everything looking for him again. She ended up killing him 8 miles from where I missed him.
I’m thoroughly convinced that the biggest bulls never stop moving. They travel absurd amounts of ground, across drainages, ranges, units etc etc. You get 1 shot at them by just being in the right place right time and if you mess up by the time you figure out they’ve moved they’re literally on another mountain.
 
I actually called and talked to her. I had to know where he went because I spent the next 6 days passing up everything looking for him again. She ended up killing him 8 miles from where I missed him.
Them blown opportunities on giants sure stick with a guy. Hate to say it but I have a few. One a 200 plus Whitetail in Iowa, a 220 plus mule deer in Idaho. Chased it all day on Thanksgiving. I had at under 20 yard's in the cedars, perfect broadside shot couldn’t see the head. Wasn’t sure it was the right deer! Should have shot!!! Another one I’m stopping after this I need to sleep tonight! Shot right above the spine on a 33 inch 6x9 in Colorado probably over 210. I think it was 25 yards. Sometimes it’s hard to sleep!!! LOL
 
I’m really not much of an elk guy but it haunts me. I think that bull would’ve kept me at the archery world record for a long time.
 

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