My First Muzzy Elk

[Wea300mag]

Twenty-six years ago I harvested my first elk. Yesterday, I was able to relive some of that excitement with my first muzzy kill. The hunt (Margaret) was very active. I left the house at 3:30AM Thurs and arrived at my destination at first light. Over the next six hours I tried putting the sneak on 6 different elk herds but could not get a clean shot. The elk were very spooky, most likely from being chased by hunters for the last 3 months. At this point the snow picked up so I decided to look at a different part of the unit but did not see another elk.

The next morning I went back up to the area where the elk had me running in circles. After two failed stalks, I finally had all the right conditions and hit this elk with a high shoulder shot from about 75 yards. I recovered my bullet against the hide on the opposite side of entry. While it retained most of its mass, I expected more mushrooming. 

Smokepole: Knight Bighorn with Williams Peep
Powder: 100 Gr FFFG
Bullet: 300 Gr Hornady SST

[MLBowhunting]

Nice cow.  Gonna taste good and congrats

[_TONY_]

Very nice 

[BOWHUNTER45]

Sweeeeet ... that bullet did a fine job 

[Sabotloader]

Wea300mag

Way to get it done! Congrats!!

[Jerome]

We were glad to hear you connected on a healthy cow.  Maybe the wdfg did read all our emails.

[SkookumHntr]

Your bullet looks about right! Ive never got the typical "mushroom" like you would expect, thats actually better performance I think then normal!

[Wea300mag]

We were glad to hear you connected on a healthy cow.  Maybe the wdfg did read all our emails.

And to think we just wanted them to refund points. 

[Wea300mag]

Wea300mag

Way to get it done! Congrats!!

My stepping into muzzy hunting was much smoother due to your great write-ups.

While I'm handing out thanks: Special thanks to 50CalJim for the hands-on muzzy lessons and to Jerome and son for sharing Margaret area information. Lot's of great people on here. 

[Jason]

Congrats Looks like a good size cow.

[MountainWalk]

Great job. A good feeling for sure.

[billythekidrock]

Congtats. Glad to see you get one.

[Wea300mag]

Here is the benefit of being your own butcher and sausage maker:

20 lbs of pepperoni
25 lbs of my standard medium heat summer sausage w/cheddar cheese
25 lbs of jalapeno and cheddar summer sausage

All made with fresh elk meat that was never frozen. 

Landjager and brats are on the agenda for tomorrow.

[Crunchy]

Why cant I kill an elk in a nice, clear, flat looking spot?  Nice work

[BullMagnet76]

Nice Congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Smokepole]

Dang.... nice going!

[elkh8me]

cant beat that 300 gr SST for elk.  nice work!!!

[ANDERWAGON]

Looks like some good eats... Congrats!