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My uncle runs a private Elk hunting ranch, He has the Rocky Mtn subspieces which have the largest antlers but second largest body size. The subspecies known as the Roosevelt have the largest bodies but their antlers are typically smaller than the Rocky Mtn.
Keep in mind his elk are raised on an very high protein diet. His average shooter bull is about 900 lbs live weight. Most his shooters are 4-5 years old and score the 350 to 360 range. This is a very accurate live weight because he weighs them alive and well every year in a sqeeze shute. Typically in early spring after the antlers have dropped. His heaviest bull ever weighed about 1200 lbs, he was a very large bull. I think he was 8 years old and was scored at 419 gross.
I helped him catch that big boy get him into a holding pen so they could score him. I tell you what its very intimidating to try and force a 1100 pound elk with 6 foot long antlers to go somewhere he doesnt want to go.
Last edited by 300 RUM; 12-29-2004 at 10:49 PM.
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