Nicholas Cooper started hunting through the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks' Apprentice Hunter Program at 10 years old. He's taken a turkey, a doe and a couple of young bucks, but he's never fired a ...
Nicholas Cooper, age 14, filled his cow tag and then his general elk tag with a bull in a matter of minutes in Mineral County. Nicholas Cooper started hunting through the Montana Fish, Wildlife ...
but few have succeeded at doing during a lifetime of hunting. Having drawn a cow elk tag and having his general elk tag for a bull only, he punched both out within 7 or 8 minutes of each other.
He’s not certain what caused the weird growth, but it seems to mirror the effects of an elk hoof disease that’s been spreading in Washington State. (Getty Images; Courtesy Tyler McKinley) Tyler ...