Hunter: Larry Knowlton
Location: New Mexico
Weapon: .338-.378 Weatherby
Date of Kill: January 30, 2010
Species: Bull Elk – 419″ Gross B&C
Outfitter/Guide: Carey Sebring – High Lonesome Outfitters
Just thought you guys might like to see a few pics of the huge bull that was shot in N.M. this past January. Larry Knowlton finally shot the bull of a lifetime after months of agonizing defeat. Larry acquired one of the N.M. enhancement tags for elk, and on Sept 1st he began a 5 month ordeal to shoot a 400″ plus bull. He started on day 1, and finished with 1 day to spare. He spent roughly 52 days since early September trying to find “the one”. He can’t tell you how many ghost stories, false leads and over-exaggerated elk he chased for the past 5 months, but in the end it was all worth it!
Carey’s outfit had originally located this bull in early November, and spent weeks of their time trying to get this bull for Larry. At 3:30pm on Saturday, after a 4.5 hr climb to get to this bull that lived in the worst place he had ever seen in his entire life, Mr. Knowlton shot the 419″ gross 7×8 with 64″ of mass, 54″beams and a whole lotta tines. At 430 yards he shot just over [the bull] with the first one, but shots 2 & 3 were perfect and a few seconds later the bull was down. He actually had him figured at 403″ – 406″, but his mass was so big that he under judged it a bit, and because of the huge mass he thought his beams were shorter than what they actually are. The main frame is 388″, with 31″ of extras, for a total 419″ gross.
Larry knowlton with his huge bull!
Larry knowlton with his huge bull!
Larry knowlton with his huge bull!
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