Teen harvests bull and cow elk in same day
Nicholas Cooper started hunting through the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks' Apprentice Hunter Program at 10 years old. He’s taken a turkey, a doe and a couple of young bucks, but he’s never fired a shot at an elk, until a few weeks ago.
At 14 years old, the Mineral County resident has done something that many have wished for, but few have succeeded at doing during a lifetime of hunting. Having drawn a cow elk tag and having his general elk tag for a bull only, he punched both out within 7 or 8 minutes of each other.
“It took me 48 years to get my first bull which was just last year,” said his dad, Michael Cooper who is the Business Professionals of America advisor for the Superior School Chapter. “He’s smart enough to know this was a true stroke of luck, but he is overjoyed at this accomplishment.”
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