Casey Brooks may have killed the biggest non-typical elk ever. According to an Instagram post by his son Beau, Brooks arrowed the astounding bull on December 31. If it's green score holds up, the elk stands to top both the Pope & Young and Boone & Crockett Club record books for Rocky Mountain elk. The rack was scored by an official Boone & Crockett scorer, Beau Brooks says, grossing a whopping 490 4/8 and netting 480 4/8.
The current Pope & Young record for non-typical American elk is the Shean O'Shea bull, which was netted 449 4/8. The current Boone & Crockett Club record for non-typical American elk is Denny Austad's 478-5/8-inch Spider Bull.
Brooks is no stranger to trophy caliber bulls and currently holds the third- and fourth-largest non-typical bull elk in the Pope & Young Club record book. According to Beau, he had an extended history with his recent kill.
“Dad and his friends had been tracking this bull for years, finding sheds and keeping tabs on him,” explained Beau, who noted that this year Brooks committed to pursuing him after nabbing one of Washington state’s coveted raffle tags, which allowed him to pursue the bull from the beginning of September through the end of December.
“In December…Dad began his final push,” Beau wrote. “He underestimated just how massive the bull was, thinking its sheer body size made the antlers appear smaller than they actually were. But when the moment of truth came, on the very last day of the hunt, Dad’s instincts and perseverance paid off … With adrenaline coursing through him and a determination that defied the odds, he made the perfect shot, sealing his place in elk hunting history.”
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Field & Stream has reached out to Brooks and will update this story with more information on the potential record-breaking hunt in the coming days.
