What's The Largest Deer Ever Taken Down By A Bow?

Wow! That's a Huge Buck! Great short story about how Greg stalked and killed this beast! Way to go Greg!

Does This Record Still Stand?

-Michael



RECORD BOW BUCK

A buck mule deer in velvet that was
harvested by an archer south of Ely in
August is the largest deer ever taken
during an archery hunt in North America.
It also holds the record for being the largest
archery deer harvested in Nevada. Both
records are verified by the Pope & Young
Club, which is recognized as the official
repository for records on bow-harvested
North American big game.

Greg Krogh of Arizona took the trophy
buck in White Pine County in big game
management unit 221 on Aug. 8. The deer
was in velvet, meaning the antlers were
covered with a velvet-type material that
had not yet been rubbed off by the animal.

Krogh and friend Randy Ulmer were
elk hunting in the area in August 2003
when Randy first spotted the large deer.
Krogh decided then to apply for the tag
draw in unit 221 for the 2004 season.

“After unsuccessfully looking for the
buck over a total of 26 days between
August 2003 and August 2004, I finally
located him the day before hunting season
opened,” Krogh recalls. “We followed him
the next day, but he was among 11 other
bucks, and I never had an opportunity for
a good stalk,” he says. “The second day
of the season he left the herd with two
others. I stalked him when he bedded in
some boulders, and got above him. He
stood up and began to walk out, and that’s
when I got him.”

Like many sportsmen, hunting is part
of Krogh’s family heritage. His father was
also a licensed guide. Krogh began
bowhunting at the age of 10.

The buck has been officially scored
at 202 2/8 by the Pope & Young Club. The
gross score before deductions for and a
60-day drying period) was 207 7/8.

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