Can elk grow this big?

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I found this on you tube, old photos of native americans.

I never saw an elk this big, and with such antlers, like moose?!

Is this possible or is it a photoshop?

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I would guess photoshop. There is an extinct elk/deer species called the Irish Elk, or Irish Giant Deer that was a bit bigger than a moose. But even its head doesn't appear to be nearly as large as the head on the animal in the youtube video/photo. Unless, of course, those are just very small people. To be fair, people were smaller, in general, in the past. But I don't believe small enough to make the photo real.
 
Totally fake.
 
Completely fake. No .243 Win. available at the time. No way you kill a cervid that size without a .243.
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Ya, and I've got a pic of Ariana Grande sitting on my lap...........FWB
 
The official record is the largest moose, captured by a certain Catherine Percy in 2017 in Kamchatka. And the moose in Photoshop has some kind of strange face.
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A bad photoshop on top of it. To the left of the animal is a grossly large knife out of porportion to the hands of the people behind it. To the right lies an equally large rifle that nobody would be able to hold. Nice try though.
 
Hunted elk all my life - never really wanted/needed anything bigger than a 300 Win.
But if I saw that rascal, I might wish I was carrying a 500NE or a .577 Tyrannosaur.
 
Wow! A famous girl, it turns out. "Lady Catherine Sarah Percy (nee Valentine; born 23 June 1982) is an English gunsmith and mechanic. Before starting her own firearms business, she worked as a chief mechanic at Marquass Motorcycles."
 
I found this on you tube, old photos of native americans.

I never saw an elk this big, and with such antlers, like moose?!

Is this possible or is it a photoshop?

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I think that photo was taken to promote an Indian camp group or casino. It was probably the latest thing in advertising way back then before television. It must have worked because the idea is still being used.
 

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