Record Book Elk in Minnesota Makes Headlines
On the morning of December 12 with hopes of filling his whitetail tag this Minnesota hunter stumbled 
upon a once in a lifetime find. A huge 9 x 10 Minnesota elk pinned flat on its back, alive, with its record book antlers stuck in the mud. After evaluating the situation the hunter was able to free the animal, though it died from the ordeal two days later. By following his hunter ethics he was able to to claim a trophy from this tragic occurrence that should rewrite the record books for Minnesota and the world.
“Bull Elk’s Antlers Stuck in the Mud”!
After Looking at the pictures and reading this article the big bull elk appears to have jumped the fence and lost his balance and rolled too the ground. As the winter wears on and his strength dwindling from the rut and head gear of that magnitude it is not hard to see this happening. The big bulls rack green-scored a gross of 475 5/8″, with a net of 456 4/8″on the Boone & Crockett scale. With such an awesome green score alone, the record book elk ranks as the third largest nontypical in the world and the largest ever in the state of Minnesota.
Trying to Recuse the Big Bull!
The hunter and his friends decided that something needed to be done to help the animal. He was an old bull and passed his prime, but you don’t want to see him suffer like that if you can help him. The hunters borrowed a two-by-four from a local rancher, which they used as a lever to pry the rack from the ground. It took a few minutes, but were finally able to get him partially turned to his side and he flopped over, made it to his feet and staggered off. With the holes in the ground his antlers had been dug down in the mud 8 to 10 inches. Two days later the big bull elk died.
Contacting the appropriate Conservation Agency
So many times a person finds a trophy caliber animal deceased dead and turn in there find to the state conservation or DNR and loose the animal to those agencies. Its awesome to see a person get to keep what they found!
