Rock Chuck - that rope-trick is how we capture them from the loafing field, prior to loading into the trailer.
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The good-news for the 2102 hunt was:

A) Chris managed to Whack a 5x5 Bull opening morning. He was "still" hunting in a light rain on a backtrail and spotted two average bulls in the dark timber, about 150 yards uphill. The Elk were undisturbed, randomly feeding and slowly milling around each other ... but there were usually intervening tree trunks, blocking the path to their vitals. The light but steady wind was in his favor, so he ghosted over to a nearby tree, then peered out around the right hand side of the trunk, which he used as a rest. From this well-stabilized position, he chose the larger of the two Bulls and put the crosshairs of the Zeiss 3.5-10, just an inch to the right of the tree that was screening this bulls heart.

Ker-Pow ! ... he launched a single 180gr Speer Grand-Slam (from his Mark-X .300 Win mag) into the Bulls chest and after quickly cycling the bolt, both Elk had dissolved into the mist. Without waiting, he put a sneak on, up to where the elk had been standing. From there, he began to follow a single set of dig-out tracks ... that led 30 yards across the sidehill, then off into an older burn area ... but no blood. Back to the original spot, locate the other set and follow them ... as they broke right and headed steeply downhill. After just 40 yards, he spotted the Bull piled up below, antlers and legs akimbo, totally tangled up in the multiple trunks of some saplings.
(PS. I love reloading for this guy ... a box of 20 usually lasts him 7-8 years.)

They hunted 4 more days, before packing the Elk out with the 4-llamas they had along ... 7 miles (mostly downhill) on Forest Service trails.
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B) On the way out, they ran into a guide who had a couple hunters packed into a basin below their camp (at 6,500 ft). One of the client hunters had earlier run across 3 wolves and managed to whack the largest (with very dark coloration) ... as the others scattered.

. . . Silver Bullet

Feeding the Trunk-Monkey ... for 4 more years ... <frown>