#4 Nontypicals
West: 445 5/8 Apache Co., AZ
Hunter: Jerry J. Davis (1984)
Overall Rank: 7
East: 441 6/8 Clinton Co., PA
Hunter: John A. Shirk (2006)
Overall Rank:10
These bulls are just so close it hurts. But you’ll see a trend if you look at the dates. Entries for big Arizona bulls are moving further away from the present day, while Pennsylvania bulls are getting bigger and bigger every year. There are some very rural parts of Pennsylvania, but not compared with the most rural portions of Arizona. All those Philly fans means many more encounters with elk and elk usually lose. Nowadays, more hunter buy-in for a very popular elk hunt means more advocates for elk habitat, which produces bigger elk. And that is exactly what Pennsylvania has seen. Keep going to see the state’s likely new record and our take on why the state just might produce the next world record elk.
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Minor item. Consider how many hunters are allowed to hunt in the eastern states each year compared to the western states.
Not many is the answer. In Pennsylvania, they draw 56 tags, 18 antlered.
Consider Colorado. Last year, we had over 200,000 hunters after elk with 48,000 taken.
It makes those eastern states look like game farms.
Fact is, an elk needs time to grow a big rack. On an indian reservation or in an area that is very tight on the permits allowed, the elk has a chance to grow. Public land hunts in the West are a different matter.
Any word on potential record book bulls coming out of Kentucky?
Warning
When hunting "eastern elk" make sure you don't shoot the neighbors prized holstein milk cow grazing in the same field.
Eastern elk "hunting" is not like that found in the wild,wild west, and neither are the elk the same.
WHY didn't I have NAY luck finding one like this when I was hunting? It seems all I got was 'track stew'!!
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Warning
When hunting "eastern elk" make sure you don't shoot the neighbors prized holstein milk cow grazing in the same field.
Eastern elk "hunting" is not like that found in the wild,wild west, and neither are the elk the same.
Any word on potential record book bulls coming out of Kentucky?
WHY didn't I have NAY luck finding one like this when I was hunting? It seems all I got was 'track stew'!!
Minor item. Consider how many hunters are allowed to hunt in the eastern states each year compared to the western states.
Not many is the answer. In Pennsylvania, they draw 56 tags, 18 antlered.
Consider Colorado. Last year, we had over 200,000 hunters after elk with 48,000 taken.
It makes those eastern states look like game farms.
Fact is, an elk needs time to grow a big rack. On an indian reservation or in an area that is very tight on the permits allowed, the elk has a chance to grow. Public land hunts in the West are a different matter.
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