This pic shows his length better

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Here he is on the ground, that is me on the left. He's 48" wide at his 3rds, and 22" wide at the tips (pretty cool). Killed with a muzzleloader at 25 yards. This hunter's first elk.

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I misjudged this bull after watching him for about an hour (including a 20 minute brawl with a bull about the same size) at 1500 yards. The picture is taken through my spotting scope. His face is really short, which threw me off. I could tell the main beams were exceptional, but I overestimated the length of his fronts. I guessed him at 365-370, he taped just over 352.

I guess my point is, I've looked at a ton of big elk, on the hoof and on the ground, and the difference between a 330 and a 350 (or a 350 and a 370) is less than 2" on each tine, and pretty tough to see at distance.

Shoot one that looks "big enough" to you, and you won't be disappointed. The hunter in the picture wasn't.



PS: Nice bull Godogs.

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