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.
