500+ Bull Elk

[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