The world-record head, scoring a whopping 441 6/8, was taken in the Big Horn Mountains of Wyo­ming, back in 1890. Winter range for elk was better in those days, and the bulls grew bigger racks.

Ronald Schubert and his son, Chad Schubert, both of Belleville, Mich., have each been charged with felony unlawful possession of a trophy bull elk.

A man who killed a “well-known” trophy-class bulk elk with a rifle during an archery-only season must spend time in jail and ...