After a four-year quest, elk hunter Terrance Monger got what he considers the bull of a lifetime — a behemoth scoring 374 3/8 inches of antlers, shot on public land in Wyoming with a general season hunting tag.

The Gillette man told Cowboy State Daily that from the first moment he saw the bull in northeast Wyoming’s Hunt Area 129 four seasons ago, his mind was set on getting it someday.

It came down to pure tenacity, refusing to give up, he said.

“I knew he was still there. It was just something that I couldn’t let go,” he said.

What’s more, at least one other hunter got a crack at the bull this year before Monger shot it on Sept. 18. There’s a chunk missing from one of the tines (points) on its right antler.

That’s probably from a bullet grazing the antler, Monger said.

“I think som

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