More Info on the Monster Elk that Took the Web by Storm
October 24, 2006
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Black Bear Blog posted the story about the elk and the speculations around where it was taken and does it qualify for the record book. Kings Outdoor World Blog has an update on this story. It seems Lou McMurray from California is the individual who took this bull. His website says the following;
• Shot with a 300 Winchester Magnum at approximately 80 yards.
• Taken from the Laurentian Wildlife Estate in the Quebec Province of Canada on Sep 6, 2006.
• The estate has been approved by Safari Club International as a qualified hunt and eligible for a world record. SCI is the accredited organization that qualifies world records.
• The elk has been measured by two non-certified guides at around 560 by the Boone and Crockett Club standards. The current world record is 503. It is a non-typical estate antler. For the estate to qualify, it has to be a minimum size. In this case the area was 370 acres. Also, it must be forested with trees and not an open field. The Laurentian Estate is heavily forested. The elk was not easy to find and had not been seen for two weeks by any of the guides previous to our hunt.
• It takes a 60-day drying out period before a certified master measurer can make an official measurement. We plan to submit to SCI for world record.
Is this the last we will here on this story? Probably not. But we’ll try to keep following the story.
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I can’t believe how huge that elk is; I have seen many elk, but none nowhere near his size.
how can you people just go out and shoot animals?
how would you like to be walking back to your home and then someone shoots at you… not for their survival but so you can just end up hanging on their wall or used as a carpet in their house?!?!?!?!!!!!!!!!!!!
honestly that is just inhuman !!!!!!!
yeah your right “a non crule bastered!!!!!!!!!
you tell them!!!!!!!!!!
Welcome to the site I love animals too and spend a significant amount of time and money helping to restore them, improve habitat, and balance the populations so one specie doesn’t get to big and negatively reduce or eliminate other species. My house is decorated with a wide variety of animal heads, skins, and antlers as well as my freezer has lots of tasty critters. We eat naturally organic grown very happy critters grown in the wild, and then humanely harvested with many different weapons of choice. I guess if you have an issue with that this may not be the best blog for you to read but thanks again for stopping by.