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The Legendary Hunt for the Mercer Bull, One of the Biggest Elk Ever Taken

Summary by Outdoor Life
This story was originally published in the January 1960 issue of Outdoor Life. I woke up before daylight, aware that it was very cold in the tent. We were camped at an altitude of 9,200 feet on Cotton­wood Creek in the Ruby River coun­try of southwestern Montana. That’s west of Yellowstone and a few miles north of the Idaho border. It was October 21, and by that season the nights in that high country are pret­ty sharp. The fire was out, so the c…
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Outdoor Life broke the news in on Thursday, August 14, 2025.
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