http://blog.kingsoutdoorworld.com/2006/12/09/can-an-elk-last-20-years-in-the-wild/ Behind the Scenes at King's Sun, 23 Nov 2008 09:26:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.2 http://blog.kingsoutdoorworld.com/2006/12/09/can-an-elk-last-20-years-in-the-wild/#comment-19760 Wed, 13 Dec 2006 19:17:58 +0000 http://blog.kingsoutdoorworld.com/2006/12/09/can-an-elk-last-20-years-in-the-wild/#comment-19760 I believe it, while hunting horns in the spring we have found old bulls and especially cows that their teeth are worn down to nothing. I believe it, while hunting horns in the spring we have found old bulls and especially cows that their teeth are worn down to nothing.

]]> http://blog.kingsoutdoorworld.com/2006/12/09/can-an-elk-last-20-years-in-the-wild/#comment-19562 Mon, 11 Dec 2006 18:50:18 +0000 http://blog.kingsoutdoorworld.com/2006/12/09/can-an-elk-last-20-years-in-the-wild/#comment-19562 There is word going around that a cow elk was shot down here on the San Juan unit that still had its original ear tag in when there were first transplanted. If that is the case, the cow elk could very easy be 20 years old. There is word going around that a cow elk was shot down here on the San Juan unit that still had its original ear tag in when there were first transplanted. If that is the case, the cow elk could very easy be 20 years old.

]]> http://blog.kingsoutdoorworld.com/2006/12/09/can-an-elk-last-20-years-in-the-wild/#comment-19556 Mon, 11 Dec 2006 16:16:36 +0000 http://blog.kingsoutdoorworld.com/2006/12/09/can-an-elk-last-20-years-in-the-wild/#comment-19556 In 2004 a bull was harvested on the White Mountain Apache Reservation that was aged by Matson's Laboratory at 21 years old. This bull still gross scored 349. The average age of the roughly 225 bull elk harvested annually on the Reservation is 8.5 years. The average age of Boone & Crockett bulls harvested on the Reservation is 11.5 years old. In 2004 a bull was harvested on the White Mountain Apache Reservation that was aged by Matson’s Laboratory at 21 years old. This bull still gross scored 349. The average age of the roughly 225 bull elk harvested annually on the Reservation is 8.5 years. The average age of Boone & Crockett bulls harvested on the Reservation is 11.5 years old.

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