P&Y Announces World’s Record Typical Velvet Mule Deer

[BOHNTR]

​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ New World Record!​ ​ Typical Velvet Mule Deer Topping the Charts as New World Record​ ​ ​ On Saturday, May 14th, Pope and Young convened a Special Panel of Judges in Ogden, UT for a potential World’s Record Typical Velvet Mule Deer. Bowdy Gardner’s Typical Velvet Mule Deer scored an incredible 218 2/8” and is now the largest bow-harvested Typical Velvet Mule Deer in North America. This amazing deer was taken and entered into the records program nearly 10 years ago and is now recognized as the new world’s record after the original score was upheld by a panel of measurers.​ ​ Pictured: From Left to Right: Jason Rounsaville, Executive Director, Larry Streiff, Roy Grace, Records Chairman, Stan Zirbel, David Neilsen, and Tim Rozewski, Director of Records.​ ​ “This is a tremendous mule deer that has been awaiting this moment since it was taken in Kane County, Utah in 2012. When Pope and Young changed their stance in 2021 and allowed velvet antlered animals to be eligible for world record status within their own respective categories, we were finally able to authenticate this buck”, stated Roy Grace, Pope and Young Club’s Records Chairman. “It also demonstrates how sportsmen’s dollars, coupled with oversight from the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, can properly manage these incredible animals and provide opportunity for sportsmen to pursue them.” This World Record Typical Velvet Mule Deer was originally entered into the 28th recording period which represented entries accepted into Pope and Young’s Records Program from January 1st, 2011, to December 31st, 2012. As previously stated, Pope and Young changed their policy in 2021, allowing velvet antlered species to be eligible for World’s Record status within their own velvet categories. As such, nearly ten (10) years later, this incredible buck is now crowned as the new velvet World’s Record.​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​

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[Mtnhunter1]

About time. The buck is a GIANT!

 

[Jkitchen]

An amazing buck, has tremendous fronts, little better backs and he might challenge the Burris buck.

 

[Slick8]

The thing dreams are made of right there.

Congrats to the hunter for the kill of a lifetime and finally getting the recognition deserved for such an animal.