Aldrich, a Missoula resident, was hunting with his son, Kevin, in Hunting District 210 near Drummond. There’s a patchwork of public land accessible in the area for hunters willing to walk in, because the access roads are closed. Aldrich knows the logged-out landscape well, having hunted there since 1990.
On Nov. 12 the two hunters trudged through 6 inches of snow to reach the public land before sunrise. Shortly after first light Kevin said his father told him he saw a small bull uphill. The animal was too far off for a shot, so they crept closer.
Aldrich was carrying a .280 Kimber Ackely Improved rifle he won in a raffle. Lying prone he fired two of his hand-loaded 140 grain Nosler bullets, both landing within inches of each other just behind the elk’s shoulder.
By the time Aldrich and his son reached the elk where it had conveniently expired on a road, its oddity was apparent. Sticking out of the left hindquarter, close to the spine, was an archer’s arrow. The carbon shaft was buried into the elk about 14 inches.
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