New Mexico Rifle Hunt. Was down to the last morning of the hunt, passed on multiple small bulls and saw multiple 325-360” bulls but no shot opportunity. A big herd bull with cows and 4 or 5 satellite bulls came out of a bottom and headed away from us through some sand buttes towards private land. I told the guide I could make the one mile sprint to cut them off before they hit private land. He laughed but then realized I was dead serious and said “okay lets try it”. We went as fast as you can in loose sand for about a mile and then a really thick fog rolled in, it slowed the elk down given the low visibility. We spotted a decent 5x5 at 80 yards, then 3 smaller bulls popped out behind him. About a minute later this main frame 6pt stepped out of the fog, I saw the big split and thought it was the heard bull and pulled the trigger. He dropped but stood up and took off so I put another one in him. When I walked up I saw the broken beam and brows, turns out the herd bull and cows had split off. 20 minutes after I shot the fog lifted and we spotted the 360” giant herd bull 500 yards away covering the last 50 yards before jumping the fence to private land. Had I not pulled the trigger so quickly there’s a very good chance I would have gotten a shot at the Brahma. I was super pumped as this is my biggest bull ever but I cant pretend it didnt hurt watching a 360” walk away knowing I had a chance.