Originally Posted by Rock Chuck
The 'monarch' is probably that cow with her nose in the air right behind him. The meanest, raunchiest old cow in the herd runs the show, not the bull. The herd bull's main job is to pass his genes to the next lead cow.

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I don’t know that I would agree with that. I have never heard anyone say, “wow, look at that lead cow, I want to shoot it”!

Besides that, anyone hunting elk will have witnessed the biggest bull coming into view after most of the other bulls have passed. There is always a better reason to lead from the rear…

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