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king' s outdoor world - Hunting Illustrated - October/November 2007 - Index

Landon Wittwer holding the monster sheds he found just a
few feet apart. These sheds have everything that make them
the most spectacular mule deer sheds ever found. Using as
estimated 24-inch inside spread, these 15x10 point antlers
score 307 1/8 gross and 301 4/8 net non-typical and are the
largest mule deer sheds ever found. There are a total of 98
4/8-inches of abnormal points and the outside spread is an
incredible 47-inches wide.
of Trevor, I spotted them, the largest set of horns I've ever
seen. I took off in a dead sprint, jumping sagebrush and
dodging cactus with Trevor not far behind. As I looked
at the sheds, I turned around without even picking them
up and began whooping and hollering. I picked Trevor
up like a schoolgirl and spun him around in a circle as I
jumped up and down as excited as I could be. After that
little scuffle, I turned back to the horns and picked them up
in disbelief. I was speechless as Trevor hollered, "They're
250 dude, this is freaking awesome!?
Instead of sticking around and pounding that
area like we should have to find this year's brownies,
we decided that the St. George Sneekee expo was more
important. The expo had a shed contest and we knew we
would win it. So, we took off on a mad hike back to the
truck. Once we got back, we started calling everyone
we knew. First on the list was my ole man. When he
answered I got out, "We found a monster dad, he's way
over 40 and he's got points going everywhere.? Then my
cell phone lost service. As soon as I closed it, my dad
called me back. When I answered he said, "Ha ha, April
Fools, nice try bud.? That's when I realized that nobody
we called was going to believe us. So, we decided that we
would just have to show them.
As we headed back to town at about 85 mph,
Trevor started adding up inches using his hand as a tape
measure. We started coming up with 280 to 290 scores
even when we were low-balling it way bad. We figured
we had better stop guessing or we might be disappointed.
So, we kept driving. I was still speechless at this point and
I was having a really hard time keeping my eyes on the
road due to the fact that Trevor was waving those horns
to everyone we drove past like a rodeo queen. When
we finally made it to the Dixie Center, the expo was still
running. Trevor and I ran inside to enter the contest just to
find that they had already closed it. People began rushing
us like crazy. So, there we sat, two punk kids still in awe
of what we had just brought in. We knew the sheds were
big, but we didn't know how big until we started pulling
tape. When I started hearing people say, "He's gonna be
the new world record set,? my eyes got big and my jaw
dropped. It was then that I thought to myself, "I'm the
luckiest kid alive.?
Tale of the Tape
Number of points 15x10
Inside spread 24 0/8
Total deductions 5 5/8
Total mass 41 7/8
Total gross score 307 1/8
Total net score 301 4/8
RIGHT ANTLER
Main beam length 27 6/8
Length G1 0 0/8
Length G2 18 4/8
Length G3 12 5/8
Length G4 11 0/8
Circumference H1 4 7/8
Circumference H2 5 0/8
Circumference H3 5 3/8
Circumference H4 5 5/8
Total 90 6/8
LEFT ANTLER
Main beam length 27 4/8
Length G1 0 0/8
Length G2 19 0/8
Length G3 12 1/8
Length G4 14 2/8
Circumference H1 5 1/8
Circumference H2 5 0/8
Circumference H3 4 7/8
Circumference H4 6 0/8
Total 93 7/8
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