Here is one from Hells Canyon. Shot him half way between the river and the top... little over 3000 vertical feet to the top and another 4 miles flat ground to the truck...
It was a steep bugger above and below me. had to tie him up until I had him boke down into small peices.
glad I had some guys that owed me. would have been brutal to do it alone. (killed him on the lower left of the picture; which was taken about half way to the ridge top)
I am with YukonDall, I would have just set up camp right there for a few days to recover from the hike up there and in the mean time eaten all the elk meat that I could!
I killed this bull last year in NV. I wounded him and he went into these boulders and I finally put him down on the back side is a 30' drop off. I thought he was going to jump off.
We piled these two bulls up on the same nasty side of the canyon. Took us 2 days to get them out, WITH horses. I'm sure if there was a rule book about being in this predicament it would read "turn around quickly and go home, try not to kill yourself or the horses"!!! They were both lodged up against deadfall and made quartering a real nightmare.
Sit tall in the saddle, hold your head up high, keep your eyes fixed to where the trail meets the sky...
Those are some nasty scenes, gentlemen. I won't tell you about shooting a bull last fall that died in the middle of an open logging road. I had to move him to get by with the pick-up! I know that will never happen again.
I killed a bull with my bow last year and after the shot he ran back to the meadow I pulled him from. I was hunting on private land so I called the landowner to see if he would mind me driving through his field to get to him. He said no problem go get your truck and I'll meet you there to help you. When I showed up with my truck about 30 minutes later this is what I drove up to.