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In October. Someone was playing with the genes on this one. It's a monstrosity. I wonder how much he paid to shoot it. ![[Linked Image from outdoorlife.com]](https://www.outdoorlife.com/uploads/2022/10/12/dhooghe_bull_1.jpg)
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I'd guess cost of that bull to be between 25 and 35k.
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I'll never understand a "hunt" like this...
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What part of Idaho? I have a cousin that runs an elk ranch where you pick out a bull from a pasture, then they haul it up to some private land that looks like elk hunting ground, then you "hunt" it. Five figures to start. Lots of people have lots of money and are utterly worthless.
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It's the Broadmouth Canyon Ranch near Firth (near Idaho Falls). Here's a link to the article I saw: TAME ELKThey have a Facebook page with photos of giant mulies, buffalo, and big horns, too. They have about 15 square miles.
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It's the Broadmouth Canyon Ranch near Firth (near Idaho Falls). Here's a link to the article I saw: TAME ELKThey have a Facebook page with photos of giant mulies, buffalo, and big horns, too. They have about 15 square miles. Thanks, Rock Chuck. That isn't my cousin's operation. BCR belongs to Rulon Jones and family.
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That's not hunting..it's disgusting
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I wonder how much he paid to shoot it. I wonder how far back the shooter got for the pic. Looks like he's in the next county.
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I'll never understand a "hunt" like this... Me neither. What’s the point in such an endeavor.
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Those antlers look like they've been laying on the ground and out in the weather for a while. The rotten velvet is one thing but the the bear antler looks weathered. looking at the base of the antlers,,,, Looks shopped to me.
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I don't know how a bull could rub them off when they're shaped like that. I'm pretty sure they're real. When you start playing genetic roulette, you can come up with some weird stuff. Did you read this on the link: Dhooghe shot his first bull (which scored 571 inches) during one of his first mornings on the ranch. The next day, he joined a group of four other folks for an afternoon elk drive, where the shooters lined up at the end of a patch of timber and the guides walked through the trees pushing the animals out. The others were looking for 300- to 400-class bulls, so when they saw the record-sized bull step out, there was no question as to who would take the shot.
“We’re all sitting there when up comes this thing,” Dhooghe says. “We saw him close to 400 yards, so I put him in my scope and the damn thing didn’t even fit in there!”
Dhooghe shouldered his .300 Weatherby and waited for the bull to reach 150 yards. With the bull quartering to him, he aimed in front of its shoulder and fired. The hand-loaded, 180-grain Nolser Accubond bullet took out the bull’s heart, and after trotting about 15 feet, the massive animal cartwheeled over and died. The shooters just stood there while drivers pushed the elk out of the trees. It was a cattle drive, not a hunt.
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Looks like someone took a picture of some dead New Zealand freak elk and shopped on a local elk.
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Scored at 648". That's 200 more than the record PA elk on the other thread and that's a huge elk. This one isn't a freak of nature. It's a freak of pasture breeding.
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Ok, if true, it's no more than a Holstein cow or bull in this case. Man has breed animals to be larger, product more meat, milk and pull wagon and plows over time. In the last 5 decals people have worked on producing big antlers. It comes as no surprise to me. Just another sign of the times. I'm really surprised that people who pay for hunts like that, think it's a real trophy instead of just shooting someone Holstein Elk.
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I'd guess cost of that bull to be between 25 and 35k. 25-35 won’t touch it. Have a friend that let his wife shoot one 405” or a little better at BCR. It was right at double that amount for that (sic) hunt.
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I suppose if I was compensating for a tiny dick and my $150k lifted 3/4 ton wasn't cutting it, I'd want to shoot pasture bulls and get them mounted.
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The guy that shot that elk also hunts on Pheasant farms where they tie the pheasant to trees
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