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Owner: Meeker Hotel and Cafe

Date killed: 1934

Location: Meeker, Colorado

Gross Score: 273 0/8
Net Score: 261 6/8

Yet another buck from the great collection of deer and elk at the Meeker Hotel.  It hung on the wall for over 70 years.  Luckily the hunter's tag was still attached to the back of the mount.  Roger and others chased down the details on this buck. 

Arthur Gossage shot this great buck on a meat hunting trip in 1934.  Arthur then gave this buck to the Meeker hotel.  Arthur was uncle to the famous professional baseball relief pitcher, Rick "Goose" Gossage. 

Owner: Bass Pro Shops

Date killed: 1982

Location: Union County, Oregon

Gross Score: 210 4/8
Net Score: 203 7/8

The first week of archery season was pretty slow, so Joe decided to hunt mule deer after seeing several small whitetails.  That plan changed pretty quick though.  After glassing for several hours, Joe spotted movement at the edge of a clearing.  The big buck was feeding toward the timber.  Joe dropped his pack and started on his hands and knees towards the buck.  The closest he could get was 50 yards-- too far for a shot.  So Joe waited and luckily the buck fed his way, giving him a perfect 35 yard shot.  This is the Orgeon State Record whitetail.

Owner: Sal Corbo

Date killed: 1985

Location: Navajo Reservation, Apache County, Arizona

Gross Score:250 2/8
Net Score:198 5/8

This is the new #5 in the world archery mule deer.  Bill was working on the Navajo Reservation when an opportunity to hunt came up.  A fellow bow hunter told him about an area where he had for several years and where he had seen a huge buck.  They scouted the area a month before the season and found a bachelor group of 20 bucks, three of which were really big ones.  Bill got this buck with a good shot.  It is one of the widest bucks in the record book, with an inside spread of 32 2/8 inches.

This buck has a 222 3/8 inch typical frame and without the four non-typical points it would have been the world record typical.  The antlers were in full velvet at the time and have been completely stripped and recolored.

Owner: Dann Degen

Date killed: Probably 1950's or 60's

Location: Colorado

Gross Score: 346 2/8
Net Score:339 3/8

This is the world record stag mule deer.  This buck had a cracked skull, but has been restored to it's original condition.  However, bucks with velvet and with cracked skulls cannot be entered into the Boone and Crockett record book.  This great deer grosses 346 2/8, even with 5-8 inches broken off the right drop tine.  Only the world record non-typical has a higher score (355 2/8).

This buck never shed his antlers or velvet.  Most likely he injured his testicles and therefore didn't have the right balance of hormones to complete the antler cycle.  These antlers probably represent about 8-10 years of growth.  This rack was purchased by Dann Degen in an antique store in the Denver, CO area.  Roger is still searching for more information on this great buck. 

Owner: Michael Damery

Date killed: 1978

Location: Bonners County, Idaho

Gross Score: 218 6/8
Net Score: 213 7/8

It was a cold, late-November day.  Fred and hunting partner Don LaVoie headed up the mountain.  After 3 or 4 hours, Fred spotted the buck bedded down by a large boulder.  One shot from his Winchest .30-06 and he had taken the best trophy of his life.  Now the work started.  They cut the buck in half and each man dragged half through a foot of new snow. 

This buck has a huge typical frame, 198 0/8. Without the 6 non-typical points it would be the state record typical.  Measured as a non-typical it ranks as #9 in Idaho.   

Owner: Ray Alt

Date killed: 1987

Location: Summit County, Colorado

Gross Score: 241 2//8
Net Score:236 0/8

While living in Colorado, Ray hoped one day to take a mule deer over 30 inches.  Driving throughout prime mule deer country on the way to work everyday, he kept looking for a big buck.  One evening, when it was just about dark, he spotted a good one on a ridge.  The next morning Ray was climbing to the top of the ridge looking for the buck.  In his haste to the top he spooked a group of mule deer.  Disappointed that he might have ruined his chance, he continued down the ridge.  Looking down the other side of the ridge he spotted this buck.  It looked even bigger than the one he saw the previous evening.  With a long shot and a long climb down to the deer, he found he had taken not a 30 incher, but a 40 inch deer with two drop tines!  This deer has a huge typical frame, 200 2/8 without brow tines. 

Date killed: 1950's?

Location: Chelan County, Washington

Gross Score: 225 0/8
Net Score: 218 5/8

This deer would currently rank as #2 in the world if it were not for a mishap. The owner's dog knocked the antlers off a table and cracked the skull.  With a cracked skull the inside spread measurement is not accurate enough for the recordbook. Thus, this is an unofficial score.  This buck is unofficially the Washington state record mule deer.

Owner: Eddie Boe

Date found: Spring of 1997

Location: Wyoming

Gross Score: 250 2/8
 

Eddie Boe, an avid shed collector and photographer from southwestern Wyoming, has been following the winter range activities of a giant non-typical buck. In addition to recovering several sets of sheds from this buck, Eddie has been able to film and photograph this deer at close range.  Mule deer observers in this part of WY have dubbed this buck "Popeye" because your eyes pop out when you see him.  This set of sheds was Popeye's largest and last set found.  He died that winter and was never found.  Eddie estimates that Popeye was 7 to 8 years old.  Popeye lived out his live on public land in a general hunting area.  He eluded hunters for almost a decade.  He was truly a Wyoming living legend.