Toutle Cow #388 Down

[Spuddieselwwu]

Not too much of a story here.   Missed out on an opportunity earlier in the morning with a skiddish cow running with a young spike.  The snow made things pretty prohibitive in terms of getting where we scouted out earlier in the year, but we made due with what we had.

Driving down for the day at around 3:30, we neared the 4100 and I was glancing through the clear cuts for one last chance to harvest an elk that day (I would have been coming back down this weekend if I had not tagged out), and low and behold I spot a small group making its way from a cut into the timber.  We creeped into the cut a bit without spooking them, found a solid rest, ranged in the biggest girl at 206 yards, and BOOM.  Elk down.   She slid down into the timber a bit and wedged herself in between a tree and a stump on some pretty steep ground, so quartering her up was not easy, but we made the most of it.  Thanks to Silkonthewetside for the company and help - had a great day.

Anyone shoot a collared elk before?  We knew it was collared before taking the shot, she was by far the biggest, didn't have a calf with her, and was the only cow broadside to us.  I left a message with wdfw as instructed and haven't heard back.

[elkoholic1]

 

[Elkrunner]

Nicely done...never shot one with a collar.  Seen a lot of them before.  Keep us posted on what the wfwd says.

[BOWHUNTER45]

Nice  did she have hoof rot ?

[MADMAX]

good job bud !

[Spuddieselwwu]

Thanks all! 

Just spoke with WDFW- they were very cool:
-She was 16yrs old
-Tagged last Feb in the Toutle
-Has traveled to Coweeman
-She was pregnant last year, but not lactating (was not pregnant this year)
-No signs of hoof rot (none this year either)
-Was in great shape and healthy upon tagging
-The collar was a VHF, and they do not need it back... 

[Bluesdude]

Thanks all! 

Just spoke with WDFW- they were very cool:
-She was 16yrs old
-Tagged last Feb in the Toutle
-Has traveled to Coweeman
-She was pregnant last year, but not lactating (was not pregnant this year)
-No signs of hoof rot (none this year either)
-Was in great shape and healthy upon tagging
-The collar was a VHF, and they do not need it back...

16 years old??? holy "cow"! (no pun intended). Good job taking an older elk out of the herd, she was probably not going to live much longer anyway, I bet there wasnt much left for teeth

[Austrian Hunter]

 

[pianoman9701]

Nice shot placement, too. Well done!

[mrmoskillz]

Hey that was my pet!  Just kidding and great job on a nice big fat cow! 

[HUNTINCOUPLE]

Good work guys!!!

[Blacklab]

Nice one congrats 

[SCRUBS]

Congrats spuddieselwwu

[BullMagnet76]

Very Nice Congrats!!!!!!!!!!

[longrangekiller]

That will be some good eating