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I talked to my son this evening and he told me that he saw a huge bull opening morning in the exact area I am hearing about.
I guess it's not impossible, and the pictures of the country side look the same as here.
I actually makes no difference to me where it was shot because I know it's possible anywhere in the area. Last year a guy I know very well had a bull tag for the same area (north of the river) about 6 miles west of there and he shot a bull that measured in the 390's. I saw pictures of it.
Another guy and I go walking 4 miles a day in several areas near by and see elk almost every day.
It would be cool to say the Pope and Young record came from my home area.
So, it may not be a rumor, but I still think it came from the Missouri Breaks or further north of here.
Curiosity is killing me,
Ken

Be careful what you wish for, unless you want a large influx of people to your haunts. And I predict that rise in numbers will be in a place you've yet to mention...

Yeh, you're right, I suppose I should quit talking about it---at least until I know for sure what I am talking about.


Ken

callnum: I have NEVER said the "wuffs" kilt them all!
You are just proving your own stupidity and dishonesty by making things up and posting them!
I have said (and I stand by the fact) that the transplanted Canadian Wolves have diminished Elk Hunting (as well as Moose!) opportunities and tags in many areas and the Wolves have significantly changed the Elks ranges and habits.
Please reconsider your policy of lying and distorting the truth.
It diminishes you.
Maybe YOU don't care though?
Small men make things up to try and make themselves look or sound normal.
Again don't try and distort the truth when it concerns me.
"I" will correct you - and make you look bad!
Thanks for nothing rmWf!
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy

It is amazing how big bulls are getting, now. Good management is paying off I guess. A 14-yerar-old girl here in Nebraska just shot a bull that grossed 428 and change. It will most likely officially beat the current state record of 409. It is a center-fire kill, but still amazing.

There was a 390 bull killed by an archer a ways south of my house as well as a 360ish one, if the second hand info is correct.

They are out there!

Kennymauser, How close do you live to Plains, MT? I got a pic of the record elk from a outfitter in the Plains area.

At least a couple hundred miles from Plains.

I think everybody thinks the elk came from the Missouri breaks which is north of me over 100 miles.

The first news paper that printed the story was the Billings Gazette which is directly south of the Missouri breaks. I live near Billings.

Ken

Anyone got any news on the big elk? Today is the day it was to be scored officially or so I was told.

Amazing animal.

I almost forgot about that. I would guess a person could Google the RMEF and probably find out there.
I have heard no more about it other than a game biologist at a check station here in Columbus told me that the elk came from the Forsyth area along the Yellowstone River east of me.
I did get to the bottom (the origin) of the rumor I was spreading ,
and he hadn't heard anything about it.
Oh well, rumors are way more interesting than fact.

Ken

An ex-Air Force buddy sent me the clipping about that elk. Hell, I didn't even know there were elk in Nebraska.
That girl sure looked happy.

Ken

Heard from outfitter in Thompson Falls and elk scored 429. Was killed in eastern part of Montana.

If I'd shot it, it would have certainly come from a place as far from where I shot it as possible.

Not if you were recording it for the record book!

I heard it was from around Big Timber in the Crazy mountian range