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A state record Rocky Mountain bull elk was taken Sept. 11 on the Tejon Ranch by Bakersfield hunter Brad Peters, and the tremendous bull is expected to be in the top five of the all-time record book kept nationally by the Boone and Crockett Club. The bull was rough-measured at 436 points (or inches) in a complex measuring system that combines length of all antler tines, circumference at certain points, and spread. With that score, the bull is easily the largest ever taken in California, and even after the required drying period, it should place in the top five of the record book for non-typical antlered elk. "It's basic frame is just a huge bull," said Don Geivet, the game manager on the 280,000-acre ranch located in southern Kern County. "I can't begin to close my fingers on the main beams of this bull. It's just a massive animal and everything is long."
The previous record bull taken on the Tejon was a 377-point animal with a couple of broken tips on antler tines. The Tejon Ranch elk herd has undergone massive growth in the past few years, jumping from a low of less than 40 animals to over 400 now, according to Geivet. There are three types of elk in California, the tule elk, the Roosevelt elk and the Rocky Mountain elk. The Tejon herd is an introduced population of Rocky Mountain elk. Rocky Mountain elk also occur on Mt. Shasta in northern California. The Rocky Mountain is the largest of the elk species in antler size.
The previous record bull taken on the Tejon was a 377-point animal with a couple of broken tips on antler tines. The Tejon Ranch elk herd has undergone massive growth in the past few years, jumping from a low of less than 40 animals to over 400 now, according to Geivet. There are three types of elk in California, the tule elk, the Roosevelt elk and the Rocky Mountain elk. The Tejon herd is an introduced population of Rocky Mountain elk. Rocky Mountain elk also occur on Mt. Shasta in northern California. The Rocky Mountain is the largest of the elk species in antler size.
