So during archery season, my dad and I were walking around one morning and we had a pretty good sized bull walk right up on us, but we had no cover, out in the middle of an open area, had him at 15 yards and I was ready to draw. But, he never turned broadside to me or looked away, so I never got a chance to shoot. We had on scentlok and obviously he had no clue what we were.
Anyway, for the first time since we've lived here (15 years), my dad drew an elk tag for rifle season. On Wednesday night, he shot my bull with a 30-06!! Here are some pics of him.
My dad took him in to a taxidermist, we're getting a nice shoulder mount ($750:eek:). Will update when he calls and gets exact measurements! The taxidermist thinks that he's 10-12 years old, his ivories are almost completely gone. They also think he might have been a 7x8 at one time. One of his tines was broken off:( He was obviously on the downhill, so it's a good thing someone took him out:D