World record non typical mule deer
The Top 40 Typical and Nontypical Mule Deer of All Time
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We put together a gallery of the highest scoring typical and non-typical mule deer to ever be entered into the Boone and Crockett record books. Throughout the gallery we included of the unbelievable stories of how some of these mule deer were killed.
Editor’s note:
There are a handful of ties in this ranking, so as you click through the gallery the numbers will skip after a tie.
There are no missing bucks from this piece, it includes the top 40 all time.
Typical
1. Doug Burris, Jr.
Score:
226 4/8
Date:
1972
Location:
Colorado
Doug Burris and his cronies from San Antonio called their annual Colorado hunting trip the “poor boy trip,” as they share all their gear and hunting knowledge, typically venturing out on foot. In 1972 on a trip to the San Juan National Forest, Doug was rattling in mulies (yes, you can rattle them in), and he passed up a half-dozen decent bucks in the rainy and miserable weather.
By day four, Doug had set his sights on a buck that one of his hunting buddies had seen e
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Hunter: Chris Cammack
Score: 29 4/16
Location: Alex River, AK
Year Taken: 5/23/2018
Hunter: Jeff Melillo
Score: 23 5/16
Location: Morris County, NJ
Year Taken: 10/14/19
Hunter: Rodney Debias
Score: 27 1/16
Location: Unalakleet, AK
Year Taken: 2009
Hunter: Jimme R. Ryan
Score: 26 10/16
Location: Cape Brown, NT
Year Taken: 4/10/2008
Hunter: Duane (Corky) Richardson
Score: 129 6/8
Location: Coconino County, AZ
Year Taken: 3/25/2002
Hunter: Dennis Burdick
Score: 448 6/8
Location: Lake Clark, AK
Year Taken: 8/20/1984
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Mule deer, so called because of their large, "mule-like" ears, are a species of deer predominantly found in the western portions of the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Mule deer often have slightly larger bodies and racks than their more numerous whitetail deer cousins. Safari Club International recognizes two North American mule deer sub-species: Rocky Mountain and Desert mule deer. The organization may score both species as a typical or a non-typical mule deer entry. Below we've listed the most significant mule deer hunting accomplishments in each category.
SCI uses a scoring system similar to the one used by the Boone and Crockett Club. However, SCI does not deduct the score for non-typical points (on a typical deer) or differences in symmetry. Additionally, SCI does not measure the tip-to-tip spread or the greatest outside spread of a deer's antlers.
For these reasons, the SCI score for the biggest mule deer buck may differ significantly (higher or lower, depending on the animal) from the B&C score for the same animal. So if you're looking for the specific "world record mule deer," that's a debatable topic. We'll go by SCI's book for these purposes.
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If you want trophy class potential, then Alberta is the place to go, and Trophy Hunters Alberta should be your outfitter of choice.
The world record Hanson 213 1/8 typical whitetail deer was taken just east of the Alberta/Saskatchewan border in 1993 and broke the former 80 year old world record Jordan whitetail buck record by seven inches. Stephen Jansen’s typical whitetail held our former provincial record with a score of 204 1/4, however, this has been replaced by the aforementioned Zaft whitetail, harvested last fall, which scored 208 6/8 net typical. In the non-typical category, Alberta has produced Neil Morin’s 279 6/8 point whitetail, followed by Doug Klinger’s 277 5/8 and Jerry Froma’s 267 7/8 non-typical whitetails respectively. There are potentially comparable deer in our extensive zones.
In the Third Edition of the Boone and Crockett Club’s ‘Records of North American Whitetail Deer’, they list the top ten typical and non-typical deer ever taken. Alberta is home to three of these bucks; no other single state or province has more deer on the list.