Ranchland Gun and Scope dipped in King’s Desert Shadow Camo from Legacy Sports
Oakley Sunglasses dipped in King’s Desert Shadow Camo from Oakley
Horn Hunter Slingshot Pack in King’s Camo from Sportsman’s Outdoor Products

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Larry Dugger and his beautiful double drop archery mule deer from New Mexico. This monster 200 class buck was taken in 2009 and Larry chose to wear King’s Mountain Shadow Camo.

JR Robison was hunting the open plains of Wyoming when he stalked up on this Boone and Crockett Antelope. This buck scores 86 B&C and was taken in 2009. JR was sportin’ King’s Desert Shadow Camo on his hunt.

Steve Arnett was hunting late season in Alberta, Canada for trophy whitetail when he bagged this 6×5 point buck. Steve chose King’s Snow Shadow Camo to hunt in the winter conditions and blended in perfectly.

Dallas Smith was hunting during Idaho’s muzzleloader season when he smoked this record class non-typical mule deeer. Dallas was wearing King’s Desert Shadow Camo to get close to this monarch 264 gross buck.

Chad Kulow and his pending record Utah Archery Mule Deer

Many of you already know of the monster archery buck taken off the AZ Strip. At the end of that post I hinted of another huge mule deer taken with a bow from Utah. I have seen two different pictures of this buck and it is a giant. I don’t have permission yet so sorry, no photos to post.

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The buck was taken by Chad Kulow off the Henry Mountains. The mule deer has a green gross score of 220 4/8 P&Y and is 34 1/2 inches wide. Wow. What a giant! This buck is a potential new state record for Utah among other things.

Moreover, this buck could net score bigger than the Arizona Strip buck as a typical. Let me tell you why.
The buck has a huge typical frame with just a small in-line point coming off the right G3 that is maybe three to four inches long. The total gross score is 220 4/8. Take off four inches of abnormal points and you have a typical frame of 216. Take the symmetry deductions away and you could have a net score around 210 P&Y. Once again, just taking a guess and is very unofficial. How accurate the green score is, how tight they scored it, how much the antlers will shrink, etc. are all factors that will play into this.

I will keep you posted as I find out more and we wait the 60 day drying periods for all of these bucks. Any info you know of please leave a comment below.

UPDATE: Very good news. I just got off the phone with Chad Kulow, the hunter who took this amazing archery buck. I have some more information to post about this deer and also got permission to post these photos. Here is what we now know:

He was taken off the Henry Mountains as stated before. Chad knew about this buck and watched it many days leading up to the hunt. This was a do-it-yourself, self guided hunt on public land. His wife got this whole thing on film (that is going to be good to watch.) The buck was taken August 23, 2010 at 2:30 p.m.

Chad thought he was hunting a 210 buck, but that soon changed as soon as he got this buck on the ground and scored it up. The velvet is dry and there is not going to be much more shrinkage on the velvet according to Chad. As of right now, the latest on the score is that it has been scored by SCI at 216 4/8 typical. That should put it #2 in the world for SCI. Of course the Pope & Young score needs to wait the 60 day drying period, but it has been scored at 219 4/8 gross and 210 7/8 net green.

That is awesome. Actually pretty close to what I was guessing myself when I first made this post (around 210 net). That score might come down a bit after the drying period, but this score will put him as the new Utah state record archery mule deer and a pending world record mule deer. Chad will wait and see on what to do with the velvet as it gets closer to the official score.

Chad was decked out in King’s Desert Shadow Camo and is a big fan our camouflage. Great to see your success Chad and thanks for sharing and look forward to learning more as the season progresses.

Thanks to Chad Smith of Vaquero Outfitters, we know the following so far about this amazing archery mule deer from Chad’s own words:

With his dad, Randy Liljenquist and good friend Blake Chapman in position to help with hand signals, Matt and I stalked to 52 yards of this bedded buck. After a short wait in the 95 degree sun the buck got up and walked to 32 yards broadside. I gave him a grunt and Matt sent Rusty Ulmer’s new broadhead on its way.

Matt’s buck gross scores 240 and has a gross typical frame of 228 7/8 by an official measurer – net score is pending 60 days drying time. I can honestly say Matt and Randy are some of the nicest people you will ever know and it could not be more deserving. I am grateful that they let Blake and I be part of their fair chase hunt.

Wow, did he just say a typical frame of 228 7/8? That is amazing. What does that tell us and does this buck really have a chance at being a new world record typical archery mule deer? Let’s break it down a bit and see what we come up with. One look and you have to realize that the right side is just GIANT. That G4 on the right side has got to be one of the biggest around. The left side has some non-typical (abnormal) points. It seems these points took some of the thunder away from the typical frame, as the G4 and main beam on the left side are not nearly as big as the right.

From the green score we have so far, the 240 gross includes the abnormal points. So this tells us there is about 11 1/8 inches of abnormal points. You take the 228 7/8 gross typical frame, deduct the 11-inches of abnormal points, and you have a rough score of 217 6/8. Then you take into consideration the symmetry deductions comparing each side. There are going to be some more than usual deductions due to the G4 difference and a little on each point. Maybe there is 8 – 10 inches of symmetry deductions which would bring the rough, green score around 208 net P&Y. That is just a rough, very unofficial guess by me. However, it can put it into perspective on what its chances of being a record will be.

So what is the record, and how does this buck stack up? No question the typical frame is in a very elite class, especially for a buck taken with a bow. If Matt decides to keep the velvet on, he has a great chance at the world record. The biggest typical buck I know taken in the velvet with a bow is the Tim Roberts buck taken in Colorado in 2006. Tim Robert’s buck official Pope & Young score is 209 2/8 gross and 205 1/8 net typical. Tim chose to keep the velvet on the antlers or it could have challenged the hard-horned P&Y typical world record which scores 203 1/8.

Tim Roberts Record Archery Mule Deer from 2006

So there you have it. Velvet score of 205 1/8 net or 203 1/8 net hard-horned is where you need to be to become the next world record and biggest buck in the world. The season is off to a good start.

Hint…I just got a text message of a buck taken in Utah…..a typical buck claiming a gross typical score of 220. Holy cow it’s going to be a good year!