king' s outdoor world - Index

king' s outdoor world - Best of 2007 Feb-March 2008 - Index

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the last couple of years, some
tremendous animals have been
taken by hunters all across the
country. It seems that every year there
is another whitetail that is pushing the
300-inch mark, continually altering
the record book standings. This
past year was no different as Helgie
Eymundson shot a massive Alberta
whitetail buck that has been green
scored at 287 gross B&C. However,
2007 was not just the year for record
whitetails. There was also the amazing
story of Kyle Lopez and his 303 net
non-typical mule deer from Colorado
which made history as the largest
buck taken in the last twenty years.
This, in and of itself, is amazing;
however, what makes the trophy even
more outstanding is that Kyle Lopez
is a mere fourteen years old. Many
kids seemed to be getting into the act
this year and showed that they could
do as well, or better, than adults as far
as record book animals are concerned.
There is word of a young boy taking
a great 200-class whitetail and, what
about the crazy story of the fi ve-year
old boy from Maine shooting a 400pound
black bear?
These kids carried things
over to big bull elk as well. With
that, we begin the tale of fi fteen-year
old Cheyenne Moore. She drew a
coveted either-sex permit in District
700, which skirts the southern
Missouri Breaks in Montana. Her
father had been putting in for that
district for the past 29 years with no
success. Cheyenne was determined
to take a nice bull and even passed
on a 320-class bull. Her patience
paid off when they spotted a big bull
and realized that there was an even
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ELK
2007 Elk Review
What state produced the biggest
bulls from 2007?
bigger bull running with it. Cheyenne
made true on her shooting and the big
bull went down. The 7x7 typical rack
has been scored at 401 SCI and she is
waiting on the drying period to get an
offi cial Boone & Crockett score. Further
south, Cheyenne wasn’t the only lucky
teenager bagging a big bull. Fifteen-year
old Dillon Sanders was hunting with his
family in southwestern Colorado with just
a general season tag in his pocket. Little
did they know that there was a monster
elk in the area that had possibly come
over from the Utah border. Maintaining
his composure like a pro, Dillon put
down the monarch non-typical elk which
has been green scored at 417 gross and
397 net B&C.
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David King
Of course, the kids didn’t
get all of the action in 2007. Nevada
seemed to kick things off early as the
Governor Tag holder took a beautiful
non-typical bull in the velvet that
scored over 430 gross B&C. Also,
fi fteen-year old Cheyenne wasn’t
the only one to connect on a trophy
bull from Montana. Even though dry
weather conditions made the early
hunts very diffi cult, things picked up
for an Indiana non-resident archery
hunter. Fighting through the lessthan-optimal
conditions, hunter Tim
Hite found a great bull with the help
of Trophies West and connected on
a pretty 7x7 typical bull. This bull
has been roughed scored at 410 gross
Darrell Snedeger took one of the great bulls of 2007. This Utah
state record rifl e bull scores 434 1/8 gross and 424 7/8 net B&C.