Girl with Elk she bagged: Nebraska State Record

[RicInOR]

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Eighth-grader's monster bull elk officially declared a state record


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[NWGlockgal]

I'm conflicted. I'm not a hunter and it saddens me to see such a magnificent animal killed.
On the other hand, just because I don't understand or agree with something doesn't mean I am going to condemn it. So congratulations to her.

 

[Lilhigbee]

I'm curious what makes it non-typical??

 

[2506]

I'm assuming she did that with a bow, which makes it all the more impressive.

 

[Certaindeaf]

That's some mighty peaked looking corn.

 

[Ura-Ki]

Outstanding!!! What a Gift to have the chance at harvesting such a fine animal! Teaching a young person the art and the responsibilities of taking an animal to feed the family!

 

[RVTECH]

I'm conflicted. I'm not a hunter and it saddens me to see such a magnificent animal killed.

Better killed and used than to die naturally and rot - which this old boy was probably close to.

 

[RicInOR]

Fourteen-Year-Old Nebraska Girl Shoots Potential State-Record Elk

 

[FireArm]

Wow! Thats an example of why some men/women hunt their entire lives. Hopefully shes hooked. Im hoping to get my daugher out next deer season.

 

[edslhead]

Those antlers would make an awesome PapaSan chair frame!

 

[wired]

Nice Elk and congrats to the girl. I really had no idea they had elk in Nebraska.

 

[F2CMaDMaXX]

I understand why some people are conflicted, my wife is the same way, but she understands what it means and wouldn't object to me going hunting.
It's trophy hunting, killing for pleasure that she hates.

 

[v0lcom13sn0w]

Nice Elk and congrats to the girl. I really had no idea they had elk in Nebraska.

ha ha i was thinkin the same thing

 

[v0lcom13sn0w]

I understand why some people are conflicted, my wife is the same way, but she understands what it means and wouldn't object to me going hunting.
It's trophy hunting, killing for pleasure that she hates.

the pleasure of eating and feeding my family an animal that is 100% organic that i worked my butt off before and after it was harvested is why i hunt. a huge rack is just a bonus(could be said about other topics too)

 

[2506]

I'll take back my bow comment...
Good looking rifle.

 

[wired]

I could give a damn about racks, the elk sort anyway. Thats why I file for cow tags every year. Its the "free" meat I like. Makes some mighty fine jerky and I really and truly do not see the difference between bovine and elk as far as what the meat comes from.

 

[Member 5605]

Wow. That's a biggen!!

 

[Dungannon]

Unlike Oregon or Washington, that Nebraska girl got a letter of congratulations from her governor.

 

[OutwardHound]

I had no idea there are elk in Nebraska. That is a dandy bull.

 

[Mark W.]

The largest Blacktail buck I have ever seen in my 48 years of hunting in Oregon was 4 point harvested by a 14 year old girl just south of Silverton. After field dressing it weighed in at 225lbs on the big grain scales in the barn on the farm we were hunting on. She shot it with a single shot Thompson contender carbine in 7mm-08 hitting it just below the chin as it raised its head the round took about 3" of the Neck just below the skull out and the deer dropped like a sack of potato's. Another hunter and I watched from about 350 yards away as she sat on a wooden chair leaning up against a pump house with the rifle in her lap. She sat perfectly still as the buck walked within 35 yards of her with its head down feeding. She raised the rifle and fired almost as fast as you could imagine no hesitation and she hit it perfectly.

The best part was she attended St. Marys school and the next day took photos to school to brag to all the boys how she was a better hunter thent hey would ever be LOL.

She's an old married lady now with a couple kids that hunt just like their mom.

OH and as to the comment about Elk in Nebraska Elk as actually a Prairie animal that hunting pressure pushed into the trees. SO Nebraska is more natural Elk habitat then Oregon is.