Isn'tit a bitodd that any hunter presumes to have enough information to be able to judge another hunter's legal choices? But putting that aside, elk are managed different here in my neck of the woods. Some areas are spike only, so it's a yearling bull or nothing.Some areas are open bull, but because they get hunted hard you need to keep your expectations within reason. Then there are limited entry hunts and some of them take many years of applying before you draw a tag. So when you finally do draw, you wantto make the most of it as atrophy class hunt because the opportunity doesn't come around often.

Funny thing about the spike hunt is that after opening morning, it can be a real challenge to find a spike.So after days of seeing nothing but mature bulls, the spike is the trophy. Just goes to show its the hunt that makes the trophy.