What did he shoot the bull with? Rifle--the bull, no doubt, died. People seem to get the idea (especially with some of the larger calibers) that if they hit the animal, it goes down. I.e., if it didn't go down, it was a miss. Elk are tough beasts, and to run up hill for a 1/2 mile after a lethal shot is not unheard of. Archery--may have been a muscle shot, but he had no business taking that shot.