I sure would like to see one of those elk that are 36" through the chest someday. The three bulls I measured in the past couple of years were from New Mexico and Montana scored between 325 and 350. As I noted earlier these measured 28" from the top of the shoulders to the bottom of the chest as they lay on the ground, including hair.
A young 6x6 (maybe 4 years old) from British Columbia measured 26", and a raghorn taken about 3 years ago measured 23". The last spike my wife killed measured 20".
I measure the chest depth on every animal I can. The only animals I've seen that measured 36" from top to bottom of the chest were bison, Cape buffalo and Alaskan moose. A British Columbia bull moose (close to B&C antlers) measured 32", and a more eating-size Alberta bull (still an over-40" spread) measured not quite 30".
