Posted: November 15th, 2012
St. Marys man shoots heaviest antlerless elk in annual state hunt
A St. Marys man shot the heaviest antlerless elk harvested during the annual Pennsylvania elk hunt Nov. 5-10.
Sylvester Kronenwetter shot a 616-pound elk Nov. 9 in Huston Township, Clearfield County. It was one of 52 elk killed during the hunt, according to the Pennsylvania Game Commission.
The heaviest antlered elk was Richard Tratthen Jr.’s 8×8, which weighed an estimated 840 pounds. The Lackawanna County hunter shot it Nov. 7, in Jay Township, Elk County.
One of God’s creatures snuffed out why? How is this cause for celebration? Tell me that magnificent life had to be thinned from the herd to protect him from disease. Perhaps Mr. Kronenwetter needed this elk for food? Awful.