Ed Broder and Philip Mohr packed Ed’s
1914 Model T Ford touring car in November of 1926 with three weeks supply of hunting gear
and provisions and headed west out of Edmonton, Alberta. Reaching the settlement of McKay
near Chip Lake, Alberta they traveled south over near-impassable logging roads to their
chosen campsite on the Bigoray River. From this point on the wilderness was so rugged that
hunting could only be accomplished on foot. During the first week out Ed bagged a black
bear despite poor hunting conditions, as the first snowfall had not yet arrived. At the
start of the second week a foot of fresh snow arrived making excellent hunting conditions
for which Ed and Philip could use their keen tracking abilities to their advantage. Both
of these men were extremely skilled in bush hunting and were always prepared to spend a
night on the tracks in the wilderness in order to pursue their game at daybreak the
following day.
During the second week Ed was tracking a moose when he noticed a big deer track had
crossed the moose track, after examining the deer track more closely he chose to track the
fresher deer track because he always wanted a nice big buck to have mounted. After
tracking the deer for several hours Ed became cold and wet but still persisted. The deer
tracks led him to a small clearing where he spotted the deer browsing in some low shrubs
at 100 yards. Moments later when the deer raised its head, the antlers came into view and
Ed quickly drew his Winchester 32 Special and dropped the buck. Upon approaching his game
Ed realized this was no ordinary mule deer, it was a truly awesome buck. Ed had Wolfe
Taxidermists do a shoulder mount and proudly displayed his trophy in his home for 36 years
prior to being officially scored by the Boone and Crockett club in 1962.
Here is a look at the awesome antlers this mule deer grew as scored by the Boone &
Crockett Club:
 In total 43 scorable points graced its head with 22
points on the right and 21 points on the left. The greatest spread is 38 5/8 inches and 22
1/8 inches inside spread. Main beams run 26 inches. Longest brow tine is 4 4/8 inches,
with the longest second tine of 19 5/8 inches, third tine 14 inches, fourth tine 12 6/8
inches, largest circumference is 6 4/8 inches. Total on the right antler is 96 1/8 inches
and left antler 95 5/8 inches for a total score of 213 7/8 inches. It has 6 4/8 deductions
for a final typical score of 208 3/8 inches . With 146 7/8 of non-typical points to add
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