Posted on 10/05/2017 5:18:16 AM PDT by w1n1
This giant elk takes epic tumble down the side of steep mountain. It’s rough country. That’s no secret. The hunters who successfully hunt elk are typically well-prepared for the fact that they will face some interesting terrain throughout their endeavors. That may involve spotting and stalking up and down the mountains of Colorado. It may involve spotting scopes and long-range shots in big sky of Montana.
Heck, it could mean 20 degrees with a foot of snow one day and 70 degrees the next. Likely, it’ll fall somewhere in between all of those. For these hunters, it meant a long-range shot on a great bull. Unfortunately, this bull was on a steep hill. And these hunters paid the price, don’t think they thought of dragging this out. Read the rest and see the most epic elk tumble video here.
That sure looked like it tenderized that meat! That was a magnificent animal...
Not something I enjoy doing or watching. Always makes me a little sad. Not against people doing it though, and I will gladly help consume the meat.
As Bobcat Goldthwait would have said: “That didn’t hurt.”
The last bull I shot was 8 miles away & 3000 feet higher than the truck...with a foot of snow on the ground.
Our group took 2 bulls that morning.
3 days to pack everything out.
Did not feel like ‘vacation’...LOL
An 8 mile shot?!?!? You’re a bad mama jama. How did you see that far, let alone place a round on target? Did you use a 777? Not much meat after hitting it with that.
Voicetrack sounded like they have enough guys to pack it out.
Huge animal!
Nuked it from orbit, the only way to be sure.
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