This bull elk was shot up the North Fork, out of Cody Wyoming in 2007. He gross scores 421, but after a deduction for his seventh tine he drops down to 401. He is 3/8 inch short on the one tine to be non typical.

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Reverse Range
Before you get up to follow the animal after the shot, make sure you have the range from where you shot, to the animal. And mark the spot where you 'shot' from. In open terrain it may indeed be necessary to reverse-range to your shooting position to find the animal or a blood trail.

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