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Show h '. ?. . ) , ; . .J, . " ' , v v ' . . ' ' ' i " , . ' '' - - .-"''"" 1 ' - '- - ' , ' . t ' , , " , ' 'ft ., ' . '- , . - " , " " t ," ' , - " - '' ' . ' - " -i - - -',' ; ! ..'t ' ' , . . ; '-.('.If i . . - " 1 , v , t ' ." ' 5 :: ' - ; - - ' ' i . i ... - f " f i'' ' ' '' ' '"' ';' ': i ' ' j it ' '';. f '.' ' ': - ? ' S - , i " " " ' -I j "" i ' ' r - '' ' " .' , . t . - . 5 LJ-". .v . 1 -"-V ...c.h".. . .'v.-:'.---u,v ' '' V.'" -w ..-.-' ,..." " . ...-, ..i.-,,' j,"- ..' ' . v ; '' .,v" ' L-v '. t" - -.'' - ' Growing up in Tropic, hunting since he was a kid, Dallen Baugh grins over this prize 8x8 bull elk taken Sept. 11 TROPIC Ever so glad he missed a six-point elk earlier that day, Dallen Baugh, 38, formerly for-merly of Tropic held out for the big one this year as he bow-hunted bow-hunted up on the Griffin. Around 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 1 1 he took possibly the top non-typical non-typical Utah State record for archery elk, official record still pending. An 8 x 8 prize, the giant bull weighed some 900- on the Griffin. Years of putting in for the elk bow hunt finally paid off, and he used his new Hoyt bow to do it. Tropic Native Dallen Baugh Bags Prize 8x8 Bull Elk On The Griffin Ton plus pounds and scored 395 on Pope and Young, similar to Boone and Crocket for deer. , Baugh, son of Mate and Ruth Baugh of Tropic, has hunted every year since he was very young and he had put in for a special elk bow hunt draw for more years than he can remember. He was reared in a hunting family and extended (See PRIZE ELK on page 3A) Baugh Bags Prize Elk From Front Paee - 0 - family along with sister Kelly and brother Justin. He got his first bow at age six and had hunted many times up on the Griffin before it became a Limited Entry Permit area. This year though Baugh must have known something was up. He spent an inordinate amount of money on a top-of-the-line new Hoyt bow for this particular hunt. He and good friend Kyle Paxman headed out from American Fork, with Paxman offering to be the on-the-spot photographer. Both work for Hart Scientific a high tech thermometer ther-mometer company located in American Fork. They headed up Coyote Flat on the Griffin, their second such excursion together as a deer and an elk raced across the road in front of them. After chasing the deer and giving up, Paxman took a minute to use his cow elk call and immediately got a response from a nearby bull. Within minutes of making a second sec-ond call, this huge bull elk raced out of the trees straight at the pair. Baugh took aim and estimated estimat-ed the animal was moving so fast it was within 10 yards when the arrow caught it squarely in the chest. The animal went about 150 more yards before dropping, still in a meadow where the hunters could get direct access to load the prize. A carload of hunters, some Tebbses from Panguitch and Cedar City friends arrived shortly short-ly after the take down and it took all seven men to successfully success-fully pull the animal up a four-wheeler four-wheeler ramp into their hunting vehicle. They transported the elk to American Fork for capping and deposited the meat in a foot locker. It will be at least 60 days until the skull is dried and official offi-cial records can be verified for the state record. Meanwhile, the animal's teeth have been sent in to verify age and photos of the event have surfaced on monster-muleys.com. monster-muleys.com. Baugh says he was never scared with the animal so close just had great fun, he said. He is married to the former Katherine Henry of Bryce Canyon and they are the parents of Shaylynn 14, Brianne 11, and Kyle 8. Katherine is also quite proud because she she,s the one who saved the money for his birthday gift the special bow. Currently dealing with a number of newspapers, magazines maga-zines and specialty hunting outfits, out-fits, Baugh will most likely highlight his story in Eastman's Bow Hunting Journal. |