I live in Kentucky.
We have elk in the eastern part of the state.
My father was drawn for a hunt (Cow)6 or 7 years ago.
He harvested one that weighed 620 lbs. It was a record at the time. I am not sure if it still stands as they only post info on the bulls.
He took it down around five pm and it took untill eleven pm to get it back to camp. We had the state bioligist with us and he would not let us gut it untill we got it back to camp because he wanted to get a proper weight on her.....
Hell of a trip.
wstakelin