Utah Elk

[clacklin009]

This is a picture taken from my first trail cam experiment. This elk is in an OTC General season area. He looks to be a little short on the main beams but the fives are a nice size even though the fours look short. I didn't know about this Field Picture thread so I posted the pic on the trail cam thread, sorry if your running into it twice but I'm pretty excited.

 

[Ikeepitcold]

That's a great bull if you ask me. I would be excited too! Good luck!

 

[25contender]

Good looking bull!! Looks nice and healthy. Dont often see many elk on trail cams.

 

[tttoadman]

I am getting excited thinking about getting into some like that.

 

[RUTTIN]

That is a great Utah bull for an any bull unit, hopefully he will still be there for you! Thanks for sharing.

 

[MaxPower]

Nice bull, hope you find him again soon. East Canyon Unit?

 

[DryFlyGuy]

I am tore up right now after scouting this past weekend. I saw things that have left me unable to sleep at night and unable to focus during the day.

 

[squirrelduster]

So Mr. Dryflyguy tell us more.
We won't spread it around

 

[zacii]

Wow, that is a nice bull.

I've seen a lot smaller ones online taken from limited entry units.

I'm not a good judge of size when it comes to elk. What do you guess the score of this one?

Good luck to you.

Sent from my Galaxy S2

 

[Colorado Cowboy]

I'd pop him, no questions asked or doubts in my mind.

 

[Muleys 24/7]

Nice bull. I would fill my tag on him.

 

[DryFlyGuy]

So Mr. Dryflyguy tell us more.
We won't spread it around

18" #3's and 16" #5's

 

[clacklin009]

Wow, that is a nice bull.

I've seen a lot smaller ones online taken from limited entry units.

I'm not a good judge of size when it comes to elk. What do you guess the score of this one?

Good luck to you.

Sent from my Galaxy S2

Well I'm having a hard time guessing because of the size of the 5's I'm having a hard time getting a guess on the 4's. however I will take a stab at it and would like to hear what others think. Main beams look to be in the mid 40's maybe 46" the 4's look to be 16" (but I could be guessing short because the 5's have some good size.) the 1's/2's look to be in the 15" area and short three's at around 10" I'd say he is 330ish (could be too high for the measures I'm guessing, could make me look stupid also.) I've been told in last part of antler growth there can be 6" put on a day so he could have got much bigger if that is true. Any idea if that is true?

I have been up in the mountains for 7 days and haven't been able to track him down. I also haven't seen another hunter remotely close to where I've been; however, that will change in the upcoming weeks as some guys will hit the tail end of the hunt and try and get get the animals at the first of the rut.