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439 Inch Elk found dead in Montana
19 October 2020, 23:27
raamw439 Inch Elk found dead in Montana
A guy down by Troy, Montana was out with a friend looking for mushrooms after the forest service burned a hillside. This bull had already died, he found it full skeleton in the middle of the burn. Official score gross non typical is 439, net 422.
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19 October 2020, 23:33
BiebsHow did that thing even keep it's head up?
19 October 2020, 23:38
Todd WilliamsNot that it's not a spectacular elk, but there are a lot of photo tricks being played in that photo.
Skull is not on the floor, but appears to be on a table and the guy is standing way back with the antlers angled backward.
A bit like Saeed and Walter's buffalo photo.
20 October 2020, 11:19
georgeldAND head & camera up close to distort it.
A rack like that don't need any distortion.
Hell of a dream bull for sure.
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20 October 2020, 11:29
tysueWith that kind of score, can be in the B&C records. No necessity of having been taken by the person entering. Just say where and when. Probably died of old age.
20 October 2020, 18:37
MacD37quote:
Originally posted by Todd Williams:
Not that it's not a spectacular elk, but there are a lot of photo tricks being played in that photo.
Skull is not on the floor, but appears to be on a table and the guy is standing way back with the antlers angled backward.
A bit like Saeed and Walter's buffalo photo.
Agreed! that guy is most likely laughing his butt off about the comments he will be getting from this scam photo! As Todd says, this is an insult to the very good elk that needed no scam picture to be impressive!
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20 October 2020, 19:09
raamwI don't understand the skeptics, first of all a rack that large has to heavy that is why the skull is supported on some type of small table, the fellow is supporting the rack by its end point and whoever took the picture surely coached the fellow how to hold to get it in the frame. There will always be a dept perception which make them look bigger but that is one heck of a rack, scoring would need to be certified and quite a few animals are in the book taken by FORD< Chevy Dodge. Any hold I can have a picture of my 90 Lab look like a 1500 LB Black Bear with the proper camera equipment, just appreciate the beauty of that animal
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20 October 2020, 19:32
Frostbitquote:
Originally posted by tysue:
With that kind of score, can be in the B&C records. No necessity of having been taken by the person entering. Just say where and when. Probably died of old age.
I thought the rack size declines with advanced age?
20 October 2020, 19:35
Bill/OregonGot a malware warning opening that.
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20 October 2020, 20:55
Outdoor WriterHmmm, and you guys can't tell that it's a PSed image??
The guy is not even touching the tines because they were pasted over his hands and even into the kitchen itself.
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20 October 2020, 21:23
nopride2Horney bastard.
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20 October 2020, 22:35
raamwThen why would the palm of this guys hand have indentations from the (weight) of the antler tips???
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20 October 2020, 22:54
Outdoor WriterYeah, you're correct. Obviously a legit photo.
So this was found recently, right?
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22 October 2020, 05:51
Austin HunterThat's a real photo and a real big elk
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23 October 2020, 22:04
bentaframeIn the words of that ancient Chinese Philosopher "Sum Ting Wong". That picture has to be fake. The wolves don't allow an elk to get that big in that part of Montana.