5 highest scoring elk this year in Utah

Wow look at these monsters.

Killed by: Denny Austad; Scored: 478 ⅝''; Location: Piute County; Date: Sept. 30, 2008; Weapon: .308 Winchester rifle

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Killed by: Carrie A. Albrecht; Scored: 431 2/8''; Location: Wayne County; Date: Sept. 25, 2014; Weapon: .50 caliber muzzleloader

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Killed by: Darrell Snedger; Scored: 423 0/8''; Location: Wayne County; Date: Sept. 17, 2007; Weapon: .300 Winchester rifle

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Killed by: Ron F. Skoronski; Scored: 422 5/8''; Location: Grand County; Date: Nov. 11, 2006; Weapon: .303 British rifle

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Killed by: Doug Degelbeck; Scored: 412 7/8''; Location: Utah County; Date: Sept. 28, 2006; Weapon: .50 caliber muzzleloader

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These are nice trophys. What seems crazy to me is the amount of money that Denny Austad is willing to pay in order to shoot a trophy in Utah. Apparently we have bigger animals than in his home state of Idaho. He won the bid for the Antelope Island deer tag last year for only 305,000.00.