EARLVILLE NY hunter, BOB COOK, wins tag, shoots gargantuan bull elk in Pennsylvania

By David Figuradfigura@nyup.com,

Robert Cook , 67, who lives just outside of Earlville recently traveled to Pennsylvania with his son Justin, and with the help of a guide shot a gargantuan bull elk. He did it courtesy of winning a special tag to hunt a bull elk in the state's, highly competitive elk hunting lottery program.

It was only one of 25 tags for bull elk awarded this year by the state to elk hunters in a lottery program that saw more than 24,000 applicants who each paid $10.90 for the chance. The state also awarded 93 antlessless elk tags to hunters.

In addition, Cook's bull elk tag was the second time he had won one - making him the first double winner in the history of the lottery program that began in 2001. He won his first bull elk tag in 2002 and succeeded then in shooting a bull.

"Rob Cook is the only individual to draw two bull tags. How lucky can you be, eh?" said Bob D'Angelo, senior associate editor of Pennsylvania Game News.

Cook downed the 832-pound (live weight) bull on Nov. 1, the third day of Pennsylvania's special 6-day hunting season. He shot it from more than 80 yards away with a 7 mm Remington Mag rifle in Clearfield County located in the western central part of the state.

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