Ed Broder with World Record Mule Deer in original 1962
Edmonton Journal newspaper. Ed had the deer in his home from 1926 to 1962 before being
officially scored by Boone & Crockett. This original photograph was when Ed realized
he had a world record stashed in his home for 36 years.
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Ed Broder and
Philip Mohr packed Ed’s 1914 Model T Ford touring car in November of 1926 with three
weeks supply of hunting gear and provisions and headed west out of Edmonton, Alberta.
Reaching the settlement of McKay near Chip Lake, Alberta they traveled south over
near-impassable logging roads to their chosen campsite on the Bigoray River. From this
point on the wilderness was so rugged that hunting could only be accomplished on foot.
During the first week out Ed bagged a black bear despite poor hunting conditions, as the
first snowfall had not yet arrived. At the start of the second week a foot of fresh snow
arrived making excellent hunting conditions for which Ed and Philip could use their keen
tracking abilities to their advantage. Both of these men were extremely skilled in bush
hunting and were always prepared to spend a night on the tracks in the wilderness in order
to pursue their game at daybreak the following day. During
the second week Ed was tracking a moose when he noticed a big deer track had crossed the
moose track, after examining the deer track more closely he chose to track the fresher
deer track because he always wanted a nice big buck to have mounted. |
After tracking
the deer for several hours Ed became cold and wet but still persisted. The deer tracks led
him to a small clearing where he spotted the deer browsing in some low shrubs at 100
yards. Moments later when the deer raised its head, the antlers came into view and Ed
quickly drew his Winchester 32 Special and dropped the buck. Upon approaching his game Ed
realized this was no ordinary mule deer, it was a truly awesome buck. Ed had Wolfe
Taxidermists do a shoulder mount and proudly displayed his trophy in his home for 36 years
prior to being officially scored by the Boone and Crockett club in 1962.
Here is a look at the awesome antlers this mule deer grew as scored by the Boone &
Crockett Club:
In total 43 scorable points graced its head with 22 points on the right and 21 points on
the left. The greatest spread is 38 5/8 inches and 22 1/8 inches inside spread. Main beams
run 26 inches. Longest brow tine is 4 4/8 inches, with the longest second tine of 19 5/8
inches, third tine 14 inches, fourth tine 12 6/8 inches, largest circumference is 6 4/8
inches. Total on the right antler is 96 1/8 inches and left antler 95 5/8 inches for a
total score of 213 7/8 inches. It has 6 4/8 deductions for a final typical score of 208
3/8 inches . With 146 7/8 of non-typical points to add the outcome was a certain World
Record. |
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