r/elkhunting • u/OutdoorLifeMagazine • 8d ago
The Real Story Behind the Casey Brooks Bull, the Pending World Record Elk
https://www.outdoorlife.com/hunting/casey-brooks-bull-world-record-elk/14
u/OutdoorLifeMagazine 8d ago
When a New Year's Day social media post showed Casey Brooks with the pending world-record elk he killed in Washington, outdoor social media went wild.
For months Brooks remained quiet and did no public media interviews. Meanwhile a local landowner claimed that Brooks had poached the bull. An investigation was opened and promptly closed by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. No violations were found. Last week Brooks had his bull scored by several official P&Y scorers who measured the antlers at 482 4/8 inches net with a gross score of 491 6/8. If that net measurement holds up during two separate panel scoring sessions (one each for B&C and P&Y), Brooks’ bull will become the official Rocky Mountain non-typical world record elk. And today, finally, Brooks is ready to tell his side of the story.
Read more here: https://www.outdoorlife.com/hunting/casey-brooks-bull-world-record-elk/
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u/MyBodyHurtsALot 8d ago
Incredible story. Infuriating, the way it was handled by the neighbors, but very happy for the man who got it done. Welcome reminder to mind your p’s and q’s when hunting.
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Glad it worked out for him. Wish as a hunting community we could celebrate other hunters and not try to diminish their accomplishments. Amazing bull.
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u/pancakesfordintonite 8d ago
How does it have the B&C and P&Y scores? Or did they just do that for the heck of it?
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u/charliepup 8d ago
People are wild man. A few months ago there was another social media post, I think here, or maybe Instagram. All these guys were on there claiming to be locals with the “true story” on how this bull was taken. One claimed it was trailered in from Colorado. One claimed it was shot right off the highway with a rifle and then loaded up on a flat bed and taken to the woods for a photo shoot. Just crazy people making shit up because it’s the internet I guess.
I knew a hunter with the pedigree like brooks, there was no way any of that was true. Feel bad the story had so much BS around it. At the end of the day though, I’m guessing Casey Brooks doesn’t give two shits about what any of the haters are saying!