After friend and hunting partner Rod Lindsten bagged his monster 252 gross buck, Ralph Holsclaw continued his pursuit on a late 2005 hunt in eastern Colorado as well and unbelievably came home with his own all-time record book buck. Ralph’s pretty non-typical officially scores 249 6/8 gross and 240 6/8 net B&C and is 33 1/2-inches wide.

It was during the month of November 1949 that Ken McRea was hunting near Hedly, British Columbia with his brother Bob and friend Charlie. Ken saw this buck running 200 yards away and with one shot of his 30-06 the buck fell. This buck scored 280 5/8 net non-typical B&C with a 34 6/8-inch outside spread. The double drop tines are truly remarkable.

Friends Richard Burton and Ron Cordes were sitting in a Saskatchewan crop field during the 2005 season waiting for the right moment to arrow what now has become the largest archery non-typical velvet buck in the world. After the drying period, the Burton/Cordes buck officially scored 271 7/8 net P&Y.

Randy Ulmer is no stranger to the dedication it takes to put down a trophy mule deer with his bow. After sitting in the hot Nevada desert for days waiting for this buck to make a mistake, his opportunity finally came and Randy made the shot on this beautiful 12×12 point velvet buck that scores 242 7/8 gross P&Y.

Hunting Sonora Mexico in January 2006, Myra Smith was no stranger to trophy hunting. However, she ended up shooting her way into the record books with the largest typical mule deer ever taken by a woman. This symmetrical typical mule deer officially scores 213 5/8 gross and 210 2/8 net B&C and is over 38-inches wide. This buck is also the Mexico record typical mule deer taken by man or woman.

Jed Lowe was hunting the high country of Colorado during the 2005 archery season and ended up taking one of the largest archery bucks of all time in the velvet. This non-typical mule deer is over 38-inches wide and officially scores 260 2/8 net P&Y.

After much hype surrounding this buck in 2004, Robert Clark never gave up on “The General” during the 2005 archery season. Waiting for the right moment, Robert arrowed the largest non-typical archery buck ever in the state of Utah with a score of 258 2/8 net P&Y. This 32 4/8-inch wide buck has a beautiful 201 6/8 net typical frame and grew almost 40-inches in one year.

In 2001 a farmer in Saskatchewan was plowing his fields when he came upon this incredible set of mule deer sheds laying on the ground. These 12×18 point sheds score 272 2/8 net non-typical. Another set of sheds off the same buck were found the following year showing considerable digression on tine length and overall score. This buck was taken by a hunter the next year with it scoring in the 230′s.

After taking care of his clients, outfitter Randy Bedell did some hunting on his own. He ended up coming home with the new British Columbia record typical mule deer. Randy’s 2005 typical buck officially scores 219 5/8 gross and 209 net B&C. If not for the short left G-2 point, this buck could have been one of the top typicals in the world.

This monster mule deer was roaming the hills in southern Idaho. These 16×15 point sheds were picked up in the mid 1980′s on Black Pine Mountain and have an estimated 40 1/2-inch outside spread and score over 280 gross B&C.