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Will Denny Austad’s “Spider Bull” break the 500-inch barrier?

This massive bull’s unique 9x14 headgear has already earned it the nickname “Spider Bull,” and it may soon gain an additional label: world record. NRA Member Denny Austad of Ammon, ID, killed the historic bull on public land in Utah the morning of Sept. 30, 2008. He shot it with a .300 Austad II, a cartridge he designed, with a 168-grain Barnes Tipped TSX bullet. Austad was hunting with Doyle Moss, whose company, MossBack Guides and Outfitters (mossback.com), produces hunting videos and outfits western hunters. The “Spider Bull” reportedly gross (green) scores 500 4/8 inches and nets 488, which would unseat the current Boone and Crockett Club non-typical world record, a 465 2/8-inch bull found dead in British Columbia in 1994. Official B&C scoring will take place after the 60-day drying period.

Austad’s trophy sports incredibly long main beams by any standard.

Austad (r.) shows the rack to Randy
Brooks of Barnes Bullets. Austad
used a 168-grain Barnes Tipped
TSX to shoot the bull at just
under 200 yards.