"real men get their elk out whole"...
We got the whole elk out, but he was in halves. If you look closely, you can see that the hind end is not in the truck with the front end. There happened to be a 4 wheeler road in the bottom of the canyon he was shot in that we didn't discover until we went to put our hands on him.
The bull in my first pics left the mountain in pieces, on our backs, just like God intended. 2 miles, uphill, to the truck - 3 trips.
Those big thirds are what cost this bull his life. He nets 362 and change. I didn't think he'd break 350 on the hoof, after watching him bedded for about an hour. The guy with the gun disagreed, and he was right.
No fences, no ranchos, just good quality limited-entry units in Utah.
EDIT :By the way Mark, you have yet to ask me about the bear pictured in my avatar. It was killed in your home county. I'm surprised you don't recognize it.
