Leed can you take a step back and realize this is something done right . The wdfw needs a pat on the back and a thank you in this case. I would take an elk killed on an ag kill permit over a stinky rutted up bull (for meat) any day of the week and twice on Sunday..
I wish you would look at it with a glass half full attitude, as things could have played out much differently with said bull. Hypothetically speaking lets say you scouted this very bull prior to the permit season. Would it be far fetched to think that after the capture and study word could have been leaked of a 400 inch bull and a tribal member goes up and shoots it. End of story.(that is hypothetical but not far fetched).
The last thing that bugs me is your thread title. Ruined, seriously? Show some respect for a truly magnificent animal that she was able to harvest with what has become basically a once in a lifetime draw.(and show these guys a pic of the ruined hunt)This is/was a bull of a lifetime and celebrate it for that.
Congrats to hunter and next time a field elk is offered smile and say thank you.
