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Behind the Picture Score: 488 gross B&C Points/Width: 7x7	Antler Credit: James Proctor Location: New Mexico Date: 1993
Comments: James Proctor found these sheds in 1993 and are one of the biggest elk sheds ever found. They gross score 488 points and have amazing 67 1/2" and 64" main beams.
Also Featured: May 2003 Elk Calendar, Hunting Illustrated Spring 2002 -----> Read Story Below

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One of the Biggest Elk Sheds Ever Found

James Proctor holding his 488 gross sheds

It was the third day of the 1993 New Mexico archery season. My brother-in-law and I were up at 4 a.m. and started walking west. After walking in for two hours we sat down on a ridge in the Gila and started bugling.

After about an hour of bugling with no luck, we decided to travel to an area we have never been in before. I felt like I was being pulled in a different direction. I looked up the hill and I saw what looked like a lot of antlers, so I ran up the hill and to my surprise there were two sheds laying about five feet apart. It is rare that an elk would lose both sides in the same place and so close together. Since it was my hunting partners' first time, he could not understand my excitement. These were the first elk sheds I had ever found and what a find!

The sheds are 7x7 with one being an incredible 67 1/2-inches long and the other 64-inches long. These were the largest antlers I have ever seen and at the time one of the largest in the world. We picked them up and carried them five miles back to camp. The sheds scored 488 gross with a 64-inch inside spread. Since then, they have been seen at "The Rocky Mountain Elk Show" in Albuquerque, NM in 2001.

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