Report by the Casper Star- Tribune. Albert Henderson’s rural Burlington house may be too small to showcase his new and only elk mount. The animal’s head and shoulders stand about 6.5 feet from its chest to the tip of its antlers. Its rack is more than 4 feet wide. But he may not need to find room anytime soon. The mount has spent the past several months shuttled between sportsmen’s stores and banquets, and it may soon find a spot on the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation’s 2016 tour.
Why all the fame? Henderson’s elk, shot Sept. 17 near Dubois, made the record books as the largest one killed with a crossbow. Ever.
The recording is through Safari Club International, a major scoring organization that includes a crossbow category.
A crossbow can shoot farther than a typical compound bow, but not nearly as far as a rifle.
Under Boone and Crockett, another scoring system, which ranks all animals killed by rifle, bow and other methods, the elk places in the top 5 percent, according to the Wyoming Game and Fish Department.
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