California State Elk Records
 Compiled by the California Deer Association
Wildlife Records Committee

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The lists presented here represent only the top ten ranked Tule Elk (Cervus Elaphus), the number one ranking Rocky Mountain Elk, and the top ten ranked Roosevelt Elk (Cervus Elaphus Roosevelti) in the State of California. For a more comprehensive list, plus the photos and stories that go with them you can purchase the California Deer Association California State Wildlife Record Book.

Tule Elk
Minimum Score 245






     
Length of Main Beam
  
Circum. at smallest place
between 1st & 2nd points
 Number of Points    
Rank Score Date Right Left
Inside Spread
 Right Left Right Left Locality Hunter
1
 351 1997 48 6/8 47 4/8
51 3/8
 7 1/8 6 4/8 9 9 Solano County Quentin Hughes
2
 346 6/8 1851 48 49 4/8
37 4/8
 7 5/8 6 7/8 8 8 Sonoma County Christian Weise
3
 341 4/8 1990 49 5/8 52 2/8
48 3/8
 7 6/8 7 5/8 8 7 Solano County Alvin M. Wallen
4
 336 7/8   49 2/8 48 6/8
45 2/8
 7 5/8 7 5/8 8 8 San Luis Obispo County Picked Up
5
 330 1/8 1999 52 3/8 52 4/8
38 4/8
 7 6/8 7 2/8 9 7 Solano County Tod L. Reichert
6
 319 2/8 1992 47 6/8 43
44 7/8
 6 6/8 7 4/8 8 7 Solano County H. James Tonkin, Jr.
7
 317 3/8 1996 51 5/8 49 6/8
39 4/8
 7 4/8 7 4/8 9 8 Solano County Donald L. Potter
8
 315 4/8 1994 46 4/8 48 7/8
39 7/8
 7 6/8 7 2/8 7 7 Solano County David G. Poullin
9
 309 2/8 2000 44 7/8 43 5/8
47 1/8
 10 2/8 9 7/8 10 9 Solano County Stan Atwood
10
 308 6/8 1999 10 4/8 42 4/8
52
 8 1/8 8 1/8 8 6 San Luis Obispo County Ray M. Tonkin

Rocky Mountain Elk
Minimum Score 385

     
Length of Main Beam
  
Circum. at smallest place between
1st & 2nd points
Number of Points
    
Rank Score Date Right Left
Inside Spread
 Right Left Right Left Locality Hunter
1 420 4/8 2000 52 55 5/8
36 2/8
 10 4/8 10 4/8 8 9 Kern County Brad Peters


Roosevelt Elk
Minimum Score 270

      Length of Main Beam   Circum. at smallest place
between 1st & 2nd points
Number of Points
    
Rank Score Date Right Left Inside Spread Right Left Right Left Locality Hunter
1
 371 5/8 2000 53 4/8 55 4/8 37 3/8 8 6/8 8 2/8 8 8 Smith River Robert H. Gaynor
2
 343 2/8 1992 55 56 4/8 34 3/8 7 2/8 7 4/8 6 7 Humboldt County Picked Up
3
 338 7/8 2000 49 6/8 50 4/8 43 8 7 4/8 7 7 Big Lagoon Paul E. Benoit
4
 337 5/8 1992 57 5/8 53 2/8 33 2/8 7 2/8 7 5/8 8 8 Humboldt County Picked Up
5
 332 4/8 1996 52 2/8 51 6/8 40 2/8 10 1/8 10 5/8 8 7 Del Norte County Jim Schaafsma
6
 332 2/8 1955 51 6/8 51 4/8 41 2/8 8 6/8 9 1/8 8 6 Humboldt County Picked Up
7
 330 5/8 1997 53 2/8 55 1/8 38 2/8 7 1/8 7 7/8 6 6 Siskiyou County William D. Johnson
8
 327 1996 49 4/8 50 5/8 38 4/8 9 4/8 9 7/8 6 6 Del Norte County Patrick J. Papsergia
9
 325 1/8 1997 52 4/8 51 39 1/8 9 1/8 8 2/8 6 6 Siskiyou County Jeremy W. Johnson
10
 318 5/8 1988 48 49 2/8 40 8 2/8 8 7 6 Del Norte County Richard K. Armas

 

 


 

 

 

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