Last saturday I went on a limited entry elk hunt up Nephi Pole canyon with one of my friends, he had the tag and when we got to the top he went down one ridge and I went down the other to spot for him. I sat down right at daylight and spotted a heard of elk a thousand yards away, I set up my spotting scope up and just as I had the focused on the bull another group of hunters sitting on a rock on Golden Ridge shot, shot again, finally he went down. I focused in again on where he went down and I could see him thrashing around. I kept looking at the hunters and they continued to sit on the rock for thirty minutes while the bull thrashed. The bull finally got to his feet and they shot, again down he went. He still layed there thrashing around. Ten minutes later they sent two people back to the horses, it took them another fifteen minutes to get back to the hunters. After another twenty five minutes they sent six of the group over to the bull while the shooter stayed at the rock. The whole time the elk was trying to get up and could not, he kept rolling down the hill. One of the "bravest" of the party tied up his horse and went down to where the elk was still thrashing threw a couple of broken limbs at the bull. He tried to get up but could not, he could only get up on his front legs and walk down the hill dragging his back legs. Again the super hunter shot and again he dropped. Still thrashing the little brave helper grabbed a limb that was as tall as him and started poking him. Unable to move, the little brave called for the hunter to come over and finish him off. He got onto his horse and made it over to where they tied up the other horses and tied up. Instead of going down to the elk and finishing him he made sure his gear was tied to the horse in a proper manner and then five minutes later he started walking down to the elk. I panned back down to where the elk was laying and witnessed the worst thing yet, the woman that was with them was taking pictures of the elk laying there still thrashing around. Finally the mighty hunter finished him off...what a relief. Anyway I hope someone who reads this knows the group and says something to them, there was five men, one young boy and a woman with them, I am glad they did not ride back my way because they would have gotten an ear full. Just a little fyi, the bull they killed was not the one we were after so I write this because I hope I never see any kind of unsportsman like conduct like that again the rest of my life.