500+ Bull Elk

[WapitiTalk1]

A friend from work sent me this as she knows I'm an elk hunter.  Quite the beast of a wapiti!  Posted for your viewing enjoyment 

https://www.facebook.com/shedheads1/photos/a.304794736249108.72700.304699662925282/1034728049922436/?type=3&theater

[Widgeondeke]

that is a big un, reading most comments. it appears to be a farm bull 
don't know why he long armed it by sitting back a 1/4 mile though, that thing is huge

[notellumcreek]

Awesome bull but wtf dude grab those antlers and smile. the way the gun is sitting to prop the antlers up isn't making sense to me.

[Timberstalker]

His thirds are weak.

[Stein]

Awesome bull but wtf dude grab those antlers and smile. the way the gun is sitting to prop the antlers up isn't making sense to me.

He's kneeling about 8' behind the bull, pretty much par for the course for a guy posting pics of his farm bull.  If you look closely, you can see marks from where the collar was rubbing it's neck.

[jackelope]

It's a farm animal. The picure has been floating around a while now. At least a couple years.

[TheHunt]

Yep, farm raised... 

[cbond3318]

Hahhaha, best comment award...

"Bull shot in Idaho, hunter sitting in Montana for picture."

 

[elkinrutdrivemenuts]

Is it a possibility that something like this guy could actually exist in the wild?  By wild I mean the mountains, not any bulls running around the Hanford reservation or on farm land. 

[theleo]

Is it a possibility that something like this guy could actually exist in the wild?  By wild I mean the mountains, not any bulls running around the Hanford reservation or on farm land.

If the genetics, habitat, and next to no predator pressure are there, then there's no reason one can't be but it's unlikely.

[shadowless_nite]

Lol, my friend sent me this last year from someone that told him it was shot I siouxon hahaha. I told him it was a load of bs and broke his hopes and dreams of a local unit with a bull like that. Kinda like when you stop by gas station bragging boards and someone posts a Internet picture and puts a local unit down hahaha

[WapitiTalk1]

Lol, my friend sent me this last year from someone that told him it was shot I siouxon hahaha. I told him it was a load of bs and broke his hopes and dreams of a local unit with a bull like that. Kinda like when you stop by gas station bragging boards and someone posts a Internet picture and puts a local unit down hahaha

Too funny.  It would take several to many Siouxon bulls glued together to make up the mass of this guy 

[Landowner]

All that is needed to go with this farm bull is a 1,200 yard shot.   Such an exciting story that would be. 

Sarcasm

[boneaddict]

Is it a possibility that something like this guy could actually exist in the wild?  By wild I mean the mountains, not any bulls running around the Hanford reservation or on farm land.

Possibly before the internet or say the cell phone or back when they managed predators. Not anymore.

Moooooooooo

[huntnphool]

 Looks like it took a elephant gun to take it down too, his rifle is longer than he is.

 The photographer should have stopped down to f18 for that shot!

 This takes "long arming" to a whole new level

[JDHasty]

Moo 

[Stein]

Is it a possibility that something like this guy could actually exist in the wild?  By wild I mean the mountains, not any bulls running around the Hanford reservation or on farm land.

Possibly before the internet or say the cell phone or back when they managed predators. Not anymore.

Moooooooooo

Not even then, there was too much competition from other animals and predators.

[Dan-o]

No reason to think that a bull couldn't grow this big in the wild as long as it was fed grain, got regular vet visits, had year round high density mineral licks, never had to run from danger, didn't need to compete in the rut always had plenty of high quality alfalfa and water.   

[Bob33]

Photoshop is a lot easier, and cheaper.

[Lefthook]

Reminds me of a midget friend I hunted with in High School all "grown" up, except my friend seemed more in scale with his rifle. Hi Pete.

[Stein]

No reason to think that a bull couldn't grow this big in the wild as long as it was fed grain, got regular vet visits, had year round high density mineral licks, never had to run from danger, didn't need to compete in the rut always had plenty of high quality alfalfa and water.

You forgot about the afternoon massages.

The only question is which $500 coat camo pattern would work best for the hunt?

[Gunsmoke]

Correct me if I'm wrong, I think the world record bull shot in Utah scored around 480 and grossed 499

[Muleyslyr]

One word.....stupid.

[Mr Mykiss]

His pockets look deeeeep...

[splitshot]

  a funny thread and posts.  keep going.  mike w

[huntandjeep]

Correct me if I'm wrong, I think the world record bull shot in Utah scored around 480 and grossed 499

Spider bull wasn't a high fence bull.

[JDHasty]

One word.....stupid.

Three more - cheap, crass and tawdry and by cheap I am fully aware that the pathetic schlub probably forked over something near to my wife's and my combined annual salary to validate in this photograph what everyone who knows him already suspects.

I always remember this aticle in teh Boise paper whne this topic comes up and how those defending these high fence opperations fared in the comments posted below it. 

http://www.boiseweekly.com/Cobweb/archives/2011/01/07/world-record-bull-elk-sort-of