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Utah’s Six State Records in 2006
2006 hunting season was incredible as six new
Utah state records were broken. As the 2007 season
unfolds, Utah is once again recognizing more potential
state records. The elk are booming and Utah is setting
and breaking more records than any other state. Below
is a list of the new state records from 2006. Amazingly,
four out of the potential six records for elk were broken.
Records in the rifl e, muzzleloader, and archery categories
were all achieved. However, as the 2007 season fi nishes
up, there will already be some new records. Ironically,
the two elk records that did not get broken in 2006, rifl e
RIFLE
BIGHORN SHEEP
Daniel Smith IV
197 gross, 195 2/8 net B&C
(beat the old record by
over nine inches)
MUZZLELOADER
NON-TYPICAL ELK
Greg Holman
422 4/8 gross, 403 2/8 net B&C
(broken third point prevented this
bull from net scoring 420)
RIFLE
TYPICAL ELK
Ron Skoronski
434 7/8 gross, 428 6/8 net
(also new #4 typical in world
and largest 6x6 ever)
RIFLE
ROCKY MOUNTAIN GOAT
Craig Rippen
54 2/8 net B&C
(also the largest goat in
the lower 48 states)
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non-typical and archery non-typical, have potentially
been broken so far in 2007. That means that over the
last two seasons, every elk record for the state of Utah
has been broken and re-established. Keep in mind that
prior to 2002, the state record elk scored 395 4/8. Also
included is a bighorn sheep and a rocky mountain goat.
Where are the mule deer records? No records were set
in 2006. Overall the deer herds are still struggling, but a
new archery non-typical state record was taken in 2005
and so far in 2007 we might see a new archery typical
state record.
MUZZLELOADER
TYPICAL ELK
Doug Degelbeck
417 7/8 gross, 412 7/8 net B&C
(also the new world record
typical muzzleloader bull)
ARCHERY
TYPICAL ELK
Aaron Cox
404 5/8 gross,
391 0/8 net P&Y
(beat the old record by ½ inch)