This bull was taken in Texas on 1400 acres of free range. He had been shot at and missed by two rifle hunters previously. I had seen him while hunting for axis does, and the man informed me there were a nice group of elk that stayed around the area. I went back four times before I got a shot on him. He is considered an exotic in Texas but he was definitely not an easy hunt by far. He was very hard to get in range.

Sadly this place is now highfenced , beacause it was bought by a business man. It was one of my favorite places to hunt, because it had a nice herd of axis and lots of whitetails. They run all kinds of exotic ram and antelope hunts out of it now. Atleast I get to say I got one of the last exotic/free rangin elk out there.

It was shot in august, since they are not originally from Texas, they are considered exotics there. I only know of a few places though in Texas with free range elk. alot are highfenced.