Hunters marked the opening weekend of Arkansas’ 10th annual elk season by killing three large bulls along the Buffalo River.

All three animals were taken just before sundown in three separate elk zones.

Here’s the info, courtesy of the Arkansas Game & Fish Commission:

Pat Gilligan of San Francisco, Calif., who won his permit at a Rocky Mount Elk Foundation fundraising auction, took an 8X8 bull, meaning eight points on each side of the antlers, on the Gene Rush Wildlife Management Area of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. The bull weighed 855 pounds on check station scales.

Walter Short of Magnolia, who wears the unofficial title of Mr. Arkansas Elk Hunter, got his eighth elk in as many years with a 6X6 bull that weighed 715 pounds. He won his permit at a state fundraiser of the Elk Foundation, and he was hunting in the Hasty-Carver area near the river. Two permits are given the foundation by AGFC each year. Other permits are issued through an application period in May and a public drawing in June.

Jimmy Hall of Pea Ridge downed a 6X7 bull in the Erbie area near the river. Hall and his helpers quartered the elk in the field for transportation, so a weight was not obtained.