A Client of the Texas Hunt Lodge, a Hunt Package provider near Kerrville, TX, took the new World Record Yak, last Monday, February 16th. E. Tay Bond and his wife, Stacey, of Conroe, Tx booked the hunt with Guide and Texas Hunt Lodge owner, Aaron Bulkley, back in early February. The hunt took place on the Las Catarinas Ranch in northwest Kerr County on February 16th, 2009.

E. Tay Bond was guided by Aaron Bulkley and the ranch owner, J.A. Whittenburg V. Just the morning of the hunt, Bond at the last minute, decided to hunt the Yak with a Crossbow rather than Rifle which he brought along for the trip. He sighted in, and shot for the 1st time, the Horton 175 Legacy bow just an hour before the hunt began, and once he hit bulls-eye on his first two practice shots, he knew his and the Yak's destiny for that day.

The hunt started around 10:00am Monday morning, and by 11:00, Bond had located the Yak and had him in his sights. Bond and his guides hunted the Yak via Safari Style, then Spot and Stalk with Crossbow and African Shooting Sticks. The Yak didn't go down easily even though the 1st (2) shots were complete pass-through's it was the 3rd shot which breached the heart that finally took the massive Yak down.

Official measurements by SCI are 97 1/8 inches becoming the new World Record Yak taken with a Crossbow. Trophy Game Records (TGR) Officials have scored Bond's Yak at 362.4 centimeters TGR becoming the new all time World Record Yak. The Bond Yak blew away all other previous Yaks (regardless of method taken) in length measuring 38 1/8 inches on the left and 38 5/8 inches on the right side of his horns. The previous SCI Crossbow World Record Yak measured 77 1/8 inches and is #38 over all SCI. That Yak was taken in La Salle County, Texas in February 2002. Until now, there has never been a Yak taken with a Crossbow with the Trophy Game Records scoring system.

The Bond Yak will now be honored as a Diamond Trophy (largest ever taken for that species and method of hunting) for both the SCI and TGR Record Books this coming year.