An elk that was once grazing in Clearfield County was shot down last season.

It's now breaking state records.

He was one of 18 to draw an antlered elk tag in Pennsylvania, and he came home with the biggest prize of them all. 

The first-time elk hunter is smashing state records with an impressive score on the Boone and Crocket System. 

Bill Zee is usually a whitetail deer hunter, but last season, Zee was picked to try for the big one.

The big one that he bagged: A 930-pound bull elk. 

"Having that opportunity, it made [for] a long trip. I was up there for a week," Zee said.

Zee lives in Doylestown. He beat out over 20,000 applicants for a chance to pick up his rifle for a week, and harvest an elk.

In September, he came out to Clearfield County to do some scouting.

Intrigued by the hunt, he anticipated November.

The first night, Zee and his team ended up spooking the bull elk he had set his eyes on days before. 

The next night, the bull was filtering with some cows in a hollow, and Zee saw his chance. 

"The only shot I had was the next shot, and when I shot, the bull flinched and it took off on a dead run. And then, I swung the gun and he was on a dead run running sideways in the woods to us, and I shot again and I hit him right below the shoulder."

The bull dropped dead less than 100 yards away.

It has nine points on the right antler and eight on the left.

Not only does this prize-winning elk weigh in at nearly a half a ton, but its antlers stretch 69 inches at its widest point. 

The next daunting task is what Zee referred to as the funniest. 

It took a handful of guys and a quad to get the bull off the mountain and into the bed of a pickup truck. 

"It's kind of overwhelming. I mean, for being one of the lucky hunters… to be out of the 18 to be picked," Zee said.

After nearly six months, the game commission is writing it in the books as the state's record elk, and eighth largest in the world. 

"Oh yeah, they call me the legend now," Zee said jokingly. 

Zee said his wife wouldn't let him mount it in the family room, so he's keeping it in his home office.

As for the hunt, Zee said he's satisfied and wants someone else to have the opportunity he did.