Hunter: Larry Knowlton

Location: New Mexico

Weapon: .338-.378 Weatherby

Date of Kill: January 30, 2010

Species: Bull Elk - 419" Gross B&C

Outfitter/Guide: Carey Sebring - High Lonesome Outfitters

Just thought you guys might like to see a few pics of the huge bull we shot in N.M. this past Saturday. Lary Knowlton, my long-time friend and frequent client, finally shot the bull of a lifetime after months of agonizing defeat. Lary acquired one of the N.M. enhancement tags for elk, and on Sept 1st we began a 5 month ordeal to shoot a 400" plus bull. We started together on day 1, and finished together with 1 day to spare. Together we spent roughly 20 days in N.M. over the past 5 months hunting elk, but Lary himself spent 52 days since early September trying to find "the one".

I can't tell you how many ghost stories, false leads and over-exaggerated elk we chased for the past 5 months, Lary in particular, but in the end I think it was all worth it! Carey's outfit had originally located this bull in early November, and spent weeks of their time trying to get this bull for Lary. At 3:30pm on Saturday, after a 4.5 hr climb to get to this bull that lived in the worst place I have ever seen in my entire life. Mr. Knowlton shot a 419" gross 7x8 with 64" of mass, 54" beams and a whole lotta tines. At 430 yards he shot just over him with the first one, but shots 2 & 3 were perfect and a few seconds later the bull was down. We actually had him figured at 403" - 406", but his mass was so big that we under judged that a bit, and because of the huge mass we though his beams were shorter than what they actually are. I had the beams figured at 51", but the huge mass made the bull look shorter than what he actually is. The main frame is 388", with 31" of extras, for a total 419" gross.

Lary knowlton with his huge bull!



Lary and I with the big bull that eluded all of us numerous times!



One more pic of the big bull (Carey Sebring)

Lamentations 3:12 - "He hath bent his bow and set me as a mark for the arrow."