Two hunters paid a pilot to fly them into the far north for elk hunting, where they bagged six nice bucks. The pilot came back as arranged to pick them up. When they started loading their gear into the plane, including the six elk, the pilot objected, saying, "I told you before, the plane can only take out four of your elk. You gotta leave two behind."

They argued, telling him that the year before they had shot six and the pilot had put all of them aboard, and the plane was exactly like this one. Against his better judgment, the pilot finally permitted the hunters to put all six aboard.

When they attempted to take off, the plane couldn't make it, crashing in the wilderness. Climbing out of the wreckage, one hunter said to the other, "You got any idea where we are?"

"I think so," replied the other hunter. "Ain't this is the same place we landed last year?"