A Minnesota Secret...

[1_pointer]

Great bull, congrats!!!

 

[Northwoods Labs]

Nice elk. What part of the state are they located in?

 

[get-n-birdy]

The Fond du lac tribe has been looking into elk restoration in ne mn.

 

[get-n-birdy]

The elk herds in mn are way up in the nw corner.

 

[CampRipleyLF]

Nice bull, I'd love to draw a tag.... been putting in for 4 years now

 

[OhHeyThereBen]

Lefse, lutefisk, and a bull elk. That's a beauty! ND has a similar once-in-a-lifetime draw. Hoping that happens sooner rather than later for me!

 

[BrentD]

Lefse, lutefisk, and a bull elk. That's a beauty! ND has a similar once-in-a-lifetime draw. Hoping that happens sooner rather than later for me!

Oh man, at this time of year, it doesn't get better than that. I am missing all three right now.

 

[MN_Bowhunter4]

Nice! I too put in every year and cross my fingers. Congrats on the tag and bull!

 

[maxx]

Very nice I didn't know MN had this. I knew WI had their first hunt this year.

 

[jblenker]

Thanks everyone. This one is from the very NW corner of the state. There is a smaller herd SE of there too but they don't have a season due to lack of numbers.

 

[Sytes]

Amazing bull considering the #'s!
They give an age?

Grats on a once in a lifetime hunt!

The challenges faced for reintroductions of elk where their numbers are contending with NW Minnesota's soybean, etc agriculture lndustry. Hopefully, yet daunting, the opportunity to re-introduce into the Eastern area though again to contend with the other challenge, predators, wolves and bears.

Amazing to see a beaut of a bull from Minnesota on this forum. Congrats!

 

[Eric.MN]

Some of you may recall this story but here was one found in MN-
https://www.fieldandstream.com/phot...-elk-found-back-huge-antlers-stuck-mud#page-3

 

[jblenker]

Amazing bull considering the #'s!
They give an age?

Grats on a once in a lifetime hunt!

The challenges faced for reintroductions of elk where their numbers are contending with NW Minnesota's soybean, etc agriculture lndustry. Hopefully, yet daunting, the opportunity to re-introduce into the Eastern area though again to contend with the other challenge, predators, wolves and bears.

Amazing to see a beaut of a bull from Minnesota on this forum. Congrats!

The biologists took a bunch of different hair and tissue samples but I never heard what the age was. We were required to stop to get him registered and so they could take all the sample. They were supposed to get back to us about the age and some other things. Right after this hunt is when the CWD stuff started hitting hard so I'm sure the DNR labs were busy testing for CWD instead. My guess would be he was 8 or 9.

 

[Ruttybull]

Congrats on drawing the tag and capitalizing on it! Great Job!!!

 

[Eric.MN]

Is a dandy of a bull, congrats! I just noticed your from Albany, I grew up by collegeville and now am in NW St. Cloud, for now..