ORIGINAL: stubblejumper
at age 14 my first year hunting big game i shot, 1 antelope at 507 yards. then i shot a cow elk on opening morning she was about 25 yards away (neck shot) dropped in her tracks. then i shot a whitetail doe, and finally a 4 point whitetail buck. in the next few years i got picky, so i killed a 7x5 muley and a 8x7 muley. so yes to easy. if it is withen 500 yards it is dead. sorry but gun hunting is easy.
So you have killed a total of onecow elk with a gun.Not even a single bull with a gun.That really gives credibilityto your opinion that gun hunting for elk is too easy.
The bulls in the fenced operations are a lot more expensive than cows.
Let him save some money and he'll get his rifle bull.