My first time elk hunting I came across some tracks and followed them. After quite awhile of tracking I could hear some noises around the corner of some rocks. I crept slowly around the rocks.
And there they were! A couple of cows. (Cattle).
No - I didn’t shoot them.
Talk about a let down though! Anticipating an elk and seeing only a cow.
The state game commission, in their infinite wisdom relocated a herd of elk in the forest next to my friends orchard. The bull elk would destroy an apple tree in minutes.
After many calls and no response, he shot several of the elk in his orchard, and called the warden to come and get their dead elk. They arrested him. He sued and won big time for damages, defamation, and illegal prosecution and won a big settlement.