How many over 350

marley · 2024-09-01T09:13:25-0600

Just like the “how many over 190” in the mule deer forum let’s do elk. Everyone talks about the elusive 400” bull but I feel the magic number that is difficult to cross is 350”. I’ve killed two in my lifetime. One with a bow and one with a muzzy. I missed a 456” several years ago at 15 yards. That one still hurts.

364” broken. Have a pic of him the night before unbroken. Would’ve been around 382”.

351” muzzy bull

DeerAddiction4 · 2024-09-01T09:33:27-0600

0 for me. I’m a MuleDeer guy but hope to get a 350 this year

HntHrdr · 2024-09-01T09:52:50-0600

0 for me, came close with a 347 bull but have crossed it yet. I have seen more 350+ bulls than I have seen 190” bucks but doesn’t mean they are easy to kill by any stretch

Focoelkman · 2024-09-01T12:01:20-0600

elkhunterUT · 2024-09-01T13:15:33-0600

1 for me - Utah muzzy bull in 2020

NVHunter1985 · 2024-09-01T14:36:59-0600

I have been on 15 hunts that have broken 350. In the guy who shoots the first legal bull and haven’t broken 350 but have 3 above 340. My buddies son his first year hunting shot a 404 bull and a 191 mule deer both in Nevada. I believe there’s more 400 bulls then 200 mule deer.

DeerAddiction4 · 2024-09-01T15:38:13-0600

NVHunter1985 said:
I have been on 15 hunts that have broken 350. In the guy who shoots the first legal bull and haven’t broken 350 but have 3 above 340. My buddies son his first year hunting shot a 404 bull and a 191 mule deer both in Nevada. I believe there’s more 400 bulls then 200 mule deer.

@NVHunter1985 I’m going to disagree. I don’t live in elk country but I know there’s very few four hundred inch bulls killed each year and many 200 inch MuleDeer. I have never seen a 350+ bull in person but I’ve seen 40+ 200 inch bucks. I think a 400 hundred inch bull is so much harder than a 200 inch MuleDeer. I compare 400 inch bulls to 220+ bucks

Aerosith · 2024-09-01T15:51:24-0600

NVHunter1985 said:
I have been on 15 hunts that have broken 350. In the guy who shoots the first legal bull and haven’t broken 350 but have 3 above 340. My buddies son his first year hunting shot a 404 bull and a 191 mule deer both in Nevada. I believe there’s more 400 bulls then 200 mule deer.

Across the species there are way and I mean WAY more 200" mule deer than 400" bulls. Most units in the intermountain states produce a 200" deer every once in a while, that is completely unheard of for most elk units. You are probably biased because you live in Nevada. I looked at the BNC records across 8 states that being CO, UT, NV, WY, MT, NM, AZ, ID for typical/non typical mule deer and typical/non typical elk.
The results are as follows:
Elk combined records: 1964
Deer combined records: 3297
Yes this does not exactly measure from 200"+ and 400"+ but if you break it down that way there would be a clear difference.