The first streaks of dawn. The soft crunch of frost beneath your horse's hooves. A spacious and unexpected meadow, with open sightlines but plenty of cover.

In the morning mist -- after two consecutive days of hunting on horseback, crossing snowy ridges and scouting marshy drainage in quest of the perfect set-up- you can feel it: this is the spot.

You confer with your guide and take your position. The guide calls.

Immediately, the bull answers back.

Then, finally, movement to your right. You freeze. Is it…?

Dimly, out of the mist, a bull Elk bull - a 6X6 with heavy wide beams, shambles from the undergrowth. He pauses for what seems like an eternity.

Adrenaline fills your veins. It's a struggle to stay motionless. The magnificent animal turns his head from one side to another, looking -calculating? - then takes three more rocking steps into the clearing. He stops.

Heart pounding in your chest, you raise your rifle.

About 60 yards.

You lay the crosshairs on his front shoulder, squeeze the trigger,
and---.

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