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Hunter discovers rare mammoth tusk on West Texas ranch

“If that’s a stump, it’s the weirdest stump I’ve ever seen.”—

Devin Pettigrew / Center for Big Bend Studies

Team members Erika Blecha, Haley Bjorklund, Justin Garnett and Bryon Schroeder wrap the tusk with strips of plaster-covered burlap that will harden into a cast to protect it during transport.