Local finds elk of a lifetime on Game Range opener
May 26, 2022

Darin Woodside
Brooke Woodside with her son Steel and the 6X6 bull elk skull that she found May 15, opening day on the Blackfoot-Clearwater Wildlife Management Area. While Woodside harvested a six-point bull in high school, this one has a lot more mass.
SEELEY LAKE – Brooke Woodside has participated in the opener on the Blackfoot-Clearwater Wildlife Management Area, known locally as the Game Range, nearly every year since she was 13 years old. She knows the area well and has found a lot of sheds. However, this year's 6X6, 28-pound rack and skull were the biggest she has ever found.
Woodside has lived in the area her entire life. Hunting for sheds opening day of the Game Range is a family tradition.
"I started out doing it with my mom and dad and now my husband [and son] are included in that," Woodside said.
This year the family decided...
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