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Re: 2008 Backcountry Elk Hunt - The Hard Way!!!
« Reply #15 on: September 21, 2008, 07:51:01 PM »
good going jon...glad to hear we weren't alone thinking th elk were wierd this year.
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Re: 2008 Backcountry Elk Hunt - The Hard Way!!!
« Reply #16 on: September 21, 2008, 08:05:41 PM »
Success always makes a bad hunt a great hunt! Hot days, full moon, silent bulls and the whole gammit of crap that makes a hunt hard is where it really shows the quality of the hunter for sticking with it and doing the deed! Congratulations on a trophy!
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Re: 2008 Backcountry Elk Hunt - The Hard Way!!!
« Reply #17 on: September 21, 2008, 08:43:25 PM »
Jackelope - I wanted to swing by and say hi but I was determined to kill a bull before the season was over!  And yeah you weren't the only ones that were fighting the battle of no bulls bugling!  It was a tough year thats for sure!

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Re: 2008 Backcountry Elk Hunt - The Hard Way!!!
« Reply #18 on: September 21, 2008, 09:04:10 PM »
Good work man! Enjoy reading your posts...good luck with whitetails.

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Re: 2008 Backcountry Elk Hunt - The Hard Way!!!
« Reply #19 on: September 22, 2008, 05:34:08 AM »
Congrats on the bulls! Thanks for the story and the pic`s.

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Re: 2008 Backcountry Elk Hunt - The Hard Way!!!
« Reply #20 on: September 22, 2008, 10:51:00 PM »
Thanks for your support guys!

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Re: 2008 Backcountry Elk Hunt - The Hard Way!!!
« Reply #21 on: September 22, 2008, 11:57:58 PM »
Congrats on a nice bull!!
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Re: 2008 Backcountry Elk Hunt - The Hard Way!!!
« Reply #22 on: September 23, 2008, 07:07:02 AM »
Congrat, sounds like you really earned it! Good story to go with it.

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Re: 2008 Backcountry Elk Hunt - The Hard Way!!!
« Reply #23 on: September 23, 2008, 10:34:34 AM »
You remind me someone... Good job man that is an awesome bull!  Keep up the hard work man it gets easier over time I think.
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Re: 2008 Backcountry Elk Hunt - The Hard Way!!!
« Reply #24 on: October 11, 2008, 08:07:50 AM »
Jon, just found this post great bull and congrats for capatalizing on a tough hunt thats a feat in itself.  It was a tough year for us as well the bulls in Idaho were really quiet as well.  They were very fired up in Eastern Montana though just tough when your alone.  Congrats!
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