You might do some levels adjustments, especially the midrange. Also play with the highlight/shadows/midtone contrast sliders, and maybe add some local contrast with 10/50/0 USM.
It did not look like much clipping on the dark side in the histogram.

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May have warmed the temp too much (as seen by the snow color) as the shady side of the elk was originally a little blue.