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Sylvester Kronenwetter, second from left, harvested this cow elk on Friday morning while hunting in the Open Zone. The elk had an estimated live weight of 616 pounds and a dressed weight of 467 pounds.
After having not seen any elk in his designated hunt zone throughout the first four days of last week's week-long elk hunt, by Thursday evening St. Marys resident Sylvester Kronenwetter was ready to give up.