Kurt Klaffke harvested this bull in August, 2000 while hunting in his home state of Oregon. Kurt writes, "I decided to harvest this 4x4 on only the 3rd day of the Archery hunt. He was still hanging with the herd, despite a small 6x6. Having seen this herd of 18 elk with the 2 branch-antlered bulls, 5 days prior to the hunting season, I watched, as the raghorn broke off his trez point on the right antler while sparring (see photo). I knew he'd be the one I'd harvest, it's one of those things all my elk have in common, either missing or broken points. The weather was dry with much of the private timber lands in the area closed, so rather than get greedy, as I usually do, I figured with this raghorn at 19 yards, I should swallow my pride and go ahead.
Getting down on my belly, I slowly crawled thru the Salmon-, Thimble- and Elder- berry thicket until I could get no closer. I had to wait for more than 20 minutes for a calf, which seemed to be shadowing the bull, to move off and away from the bull. At this point in time, the 6x6 was still only some 100 yards away. Incidentally, this was my 10th branch-antlered Roosevelt Elk (my 3rd raghorn) all taken with my 80 lb Martin bow, Easton arrows, and Wasp broadheads, here in Oregon's Saddle Mtn hunt unit."