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Vintage Hunting Gallery - Volume 10

Classic Elk Images

Nothing goes better with fall colors than the quaking of aspen leaves and the scream of rut-crazed bull elk in the mountains. We dug through the archives to find classic photos of elk hunts from yesteryear. You’ll notice classic rifles, plenty of plaid, and big smiles on the faces of successful hunters. May the elk gods be just as generous to you this fall.

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1 of 10 — Canadian Rockies 1939

G.J. van Heek, a Dutch textile entrepreneur, traveled to the U.S. to study textile production and found time to head north for a little hunting. In the Canadian Rockies, he took this great elk and a couple of goats on the same hunt.

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2 of 10 — Montana 1961

This bull never had a chance in the fall of 1961. Three hunters, including Chris Mullikin pictured with his wife Christine, were shooting at this bull when Terry Carlson’s bullet struck the fatal blow on the bull as it was running. Christine still owns the mount. 

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3 of 10 —Idaho 1955

There is so much to love about this photo of George Agar with his 370-plus typical elk, but we’re not entirely sure about the foliage in place of the bull’s face. No doubt he turned some heads rolling through Bonner County back in 1955.

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4 of 10 — Washington 1965

Proudly strapped to the grill of his 1965 Chevy pickup, David Godfrey’s Roosevelt’s elk was the state record back in ‘65 when he shot it with his .308 Winchester. Today, it sits at number 14 for Washington.

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5 of 10 — Arizona 1970

Shoved into the back of what appears to be an old Willys Jeep is one massive typical elk killed by Roy R. Blythe on the Fort Apache Reservation. Those main beams measure longer than four feet, and the G-1s approach two feet. Check out the actual measurements in the score chart on this great bull.

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6 of 10 — Idaho 1915

This typical bull, measuring nearly 390 points, is currently number 10 in Idaho, and it was killed in 1915 somewhere in the Salmon River country. It hung in the Boise Elks Lodge until John M. Anderson purchased it in the early 1960s.

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7 of 10 — Oregon 1961

Ever wonder how many elk were killed by dudes wearing plaid shirts and blue jeans? We reckon it’s more than a few. Donald B. Martin killed this Baker County bull in 1961, and we hope he was wearing that killer outfit when he pulled the trigger on this beast.

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8 of 10 — Arizona 1967

Somewhere around Tonto Lake in eastern Arizona, Louise Campbell pulled the trigger on this great bull at the end of September 1967.

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9 of 10 — Alberta 1952

With guide Harold Jameson leading the way into the Ram River country of Alberta, hunter Ralph Fry brought home to Kansas a whopping bull that scored just shy of 400. Apparently, he did a little goat hunting while he was there.

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10 of 10 — Montana 1958

Hunting near Helena, Mike Miles connected with a tremendous bull that came in right at 384 points and grossed over 400.

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An American Elk Retrospective

Vintage Photos and Memorabilia from the Boone and Crockett Club Archives

A fascinating, comprehensive look at the story of elk hunting in America from the nation’s premiere big game hunting historians.

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Vintage Hunting Album

A Photographic Collection of Days Gone By

We’ve all heard it before…a picture is worth a thousand words. This couldn’t be truer with the release of Boone and Crockett Club’s book on the history of hunting featuring page after page of remarkable photographs of our hunting heritage dating back to the late 1800s.

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