Clay Heuette Archery Bull Elk

Clay Heuett’s bull elk is one of the most famous non-typical American elk ever recorded, especially in bowhunting history. Heuett arrowed this giant bull on September 21, 2003 in Navajo County, Arizona’s Unit 3C. The rack scored 422 6⁄8 inches in the Pope & Young Club records, making it one of the largest non-typical elk taken with archery gear. At the time, it came incredibly close to setting the Pope & Young world record, but another bull taken just three days earlier by Nick Franklin measured higher and claimed that honor instead. Despite not becoming a world record, the Clay Heuett bull remains one of the all-time great non-typical elk trophies in North American big game history.