Colockum Lead Cow

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She lead a heard of 50 cows and bulls.  I knew she was a small one, but with her being in the lead gave me the best shot.  She was a stud glancing here and there trying to make a decision where to go but her mistake was stopping for a split second and being 150 yards up hill from me.

[stickbuck]

Nice work! Congrats on a good looking cow.

[elkoholic1]

 

[724wd]

looks like she had heart problems    probably good you took her out of the herd!   

[doyourtime89]

Great job...looks good size...plenty big enough to fill the freezer   

[coachcw]

alot of elk die of heart and lung problems !

[Labs07]

Nice way to put meat in the freezer!

[akirkland]

Ummm...whatcha gonna do with that liver? I love me some heart and liver! Good job

[HUNTINCOUPLE]

Nice cow! 

[D-Rock425]

 

[724wd]

alot of elk die of heart and lung problems !

really unfortunate, isn't it?  Smoking, drugs, lead poisoning... terrible toll!   

[Jonathan_S]

Heart trouble indeed. Good shooting. Nice looking rifle.

[C-Money]

Congrats! Nice elk! What cal BAR is that?

[buck man]

Congrats! Nice elk! What cal BAR is that?

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The liver was about 3 times the size of that picture.  Maybe the angle of the pic threw it off.  1/3 of it ate well the first night home and the rest is in the freezer. Very mild tasting after a soak in water and cleaned thoroughly.

Still going to eat what's left of that heart soon (pan fried).  I cut the bottom off and the top portion was well bled out. 

300 Win Mag BAR.  Nothing better than having mass fire power when in action.  This year was 1 shot but in years past the semiautomatic paid off many times.  Weight is an issue, but I'll take that anytime for the payload.

My season lasted 4 hours minus a couple days scouting so I was kind of disappointed taking the red cow.  I was determined to get a grey, but when you are hunting with the wife and you got elk up hill from the road it was a no-brainer.  I took her out mainly because she was leading the pack, up hill, gave me a clean shot, and she screwed up.

Someone mentioned the "gene pool".   I culled that young cow out from future leading.

Butchering on Thursday in Moses Lake.  Who want to go goose hunting on Saturday or Sunday?  I got some fully flocked full body goose decoys and my layout blind ready to go.  I may have field, after paying with smoked fish, but will not know until I go have a visit beforehand.