How many over 350

marley · Sunday at 9:13 AM

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 · Sunday at 9:33 AM

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

HntHrdr · Sunday at 9:52 AM

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 · Sunday at 12:01 PM

elkhunterUT · Sunday at 1:15 PM

1 for me - Utah muzzy bull in 2020

NVHunter1985 · Sunday at 2:36 PM

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 · Sunday at 3:38 PM

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 · Sunday at 3:51 PM

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.

BuzzH · Sunday at 5:19 PM

I've shot 2 that gross scored over 350.

This one 356 broken, would have been low 370's unbroken.

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DeerAddiction4 · Sunday at 7:15 PM

Aerosith said:
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.

I’ll start another thread about it

elkassassin · Sunday at 8:49 PM

BuzzH said:
I've shot 2 that gross scored over 350.

This one 356 broken, would have been low 370's unbroken.

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Looks Like A GUT SHOT BuzzH But At Least You Got Him!

elkassassin · Sunday at 8:51 PM

Hey Marley?

Does A 456" Bull At 15 Yards Give A Guy Bull Fever?

marley said:
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”.

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351” muzzy bull
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JakeH · Sunday at 9:35 PM

0 for me, missed 1 370+ bull, with my bow (stupid branch) and have had really close calls with a few more including one 420+ giant 6x6 I came to full draw on at 40 yards but had no clear shot on, that I think at the time would have been in the running for the typical record with a bow.

ridgetops · Sunday at 9:47 PM

When it comes to elk. I'm purely a meat hunter and only hunt general season units and shoot the first bull I see. So it's probably not a shocker that I've never had a chance at a 350"+ bull and probably never will.

BuzzH · Sunday at 11:11 PM

elkassassin said:
Looks Like A GUT SHOT BuzzH But At Least You Got Him!

You don't know chit from clay about shot angle or elk anatomy...mainly because you never shoot anything.

BTW, why are you commenting on a thread about 350+ bulls when you've never shot one?

Seems odd.

twopointdn · Sunday at 11:25 PM

350” depends on many factors on my one and only. Gross green score was 350 2/8” with about 8” of broken points. After the drying period the official gross score was 347 7/8” with a net score of 341” muzzleloader non-typical category. I killed him in a OCT General unit in Utah on public land with a muzzleloader back in the 1x scope days in 2014. He was a 12 year old bull. Fun memories other than the pack out.

Good luck to everyone, it is hunting season.

DaveD · Sunday at 11:47 PM

I have one. Official gross at 352". Have shot a few others that most would call a 350 bull but they fell short on official measure.

Servehim · 2024-09-02T00:03:27-0600

Blessed with 2 over 350. Most folks who see a real 350 bull come back to camp raving " He was at least 400" The bull in my avatar is 370 and change from Nevada, took him after 14 hard days .
I harvested a 355 in Wyoming, he was living in unit 201 in Colorado but jumped the fence into Wyoming. Both memories of lifetime. A 350 bull is big !!!. I live in NM and have seen up close and personal 5-6 north of 350 but just couldn't seal the deal. Running out of points in other states for good elk tags so I need to get it done at home. Enjoy the season guys, make memories.

elkassassin · 2024-09-02T07:05:07-0600

Just Raisin your Blood Pressure BuzzH!

And Remember,I Don't Hunt Either!

BuzzH said:
You don't know chit from clay about shot angle or elk anatomy...mainly because you never shoot anything.

BTW, why are you commenting on a thread about 350+ bulls when you've never shot one?

Seems odd.

Wapitiwilly · 2024-09-02T07:48:05-0600

Here are a few from 360-400+

elkassassin · 2024-09-02T19:40:58-0600

If I Remember Right ww?

You Guys Got Most Or Maybe All Them Bulls The Same Year,Didn't You?

Wapitiwilly said:
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Here are a few from 360-400+

Wapitiwilly · 2024-09-02T20:15:31-0600

elkassassin said:
If I Remember Right ww?

You Guys Got Most Or Maybe All Them Bulls The Same Year,Didn't You?

No. We did kill 5 over 350 last year but I didn’t post them

DeerAddiction4 · 2024-09-02T20:18:06-0600

Post em up!!

elkassassin · 2024-09-02T20:18:51-0600

I Remembered You Guys Puttin The SMACKDOWN On Them Last Year!

Wapitiwilly said:
No. We did kill 5 over 350 last year but I didn’t post them

NVHunter1985 · 2024-09-02T21:41:46-0600

Servehim said:
Blessed with 2 over 350. Most folks who see a real 350 bull come back to camp raving " He was at least 400" The bull in my avatar is 370 and change from Nevada, took him after 14 hard days .
I harvested a 355 in Wyoming, he was living in unit 201 in Colorado but jumped the fence into Wyoming. Both memories of lifetime. A 350 bull is big !!!. I live in NM and have seen up close and personal 5-6 north of 350 but just couldn't seal the deal. Running out of points in other states for good elk tags so I need to get it done at home. Enjoy the season guys, make memories.

One year in Nevada we got a a 360 bull and had him in camp and down the mountain comes two guys who lashed to sticks together to get there bull down the mountain. We roughed scored it at 398. The damn thing was to tall for them to carry upside down and to tall to get through the trees. Our client was kind of disappointed afterwards and I tried to explain it was a very respectable bull.