Hannah Helmer’s elk likely weighed between 900 and 1,000 pounds. Hannah Helmer and her dad, Joel, with the possible state-record elk. “To experience that with her as a dad who hunts was pretty ...

Hannah Helmer was shaking as she attempted to zero in on the monster elk about 200 yards away. “I tried not to think of how big he was,” she said, “and just getting those crosshairs right where I was ...