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Offline gavinboone

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First Elk
« on: September 21, 2015, 08:48:41 AM »
Harvested my first Elk yesterday!
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Re: First Elk
« Reply #1 on: September 21, 2015, 08:53:28 AM »
Nice job :tup:
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Re: First Elk
« Reply #2 on: September 21, 2015, 08:56:00 AM »
Congratulations on a fine looking animal!! :)
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Re: First Elk
« Reply #3 on: September 21, 2015, 09:05:16 AM »
Congratulations!!!
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Re: First Elk
« Reply #4 on: September 21, 2015, 09:08:39 AM »
 :tup:
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Re: First Elk
« Reply #5 on: September 21, 2015, 09:15:55 AM »
Nice BIG Cow!
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Re: First Elk
« Reply #6 on: September 21, 2015, 12:31:31 PM »
Nice job!
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Re: First Elk
« Reply #7 on: September 21, 2015, 12:41:40 PM »
Nice cow.   :tup:
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Re: First Elk
« Reply #8 on: September 21, 2015, 12:50:04 PM »
Good Job! :tup:
She looks pretty big!
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Re: First Elk
« Reply #9 on: September 21, 2015, 12:50:28 PM »
Congrats!  :tup:
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Re: First Elk
« Reply #10 on: September 21, 2015, 12:53:06 PM »
 :brew: :EAT: :cue: :IBCOOL:
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Re: First Elk
« Reply #11 on: September 21, 2015, 01:08:42 PM »
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Re: First Elk
« Reply #12 on: September 21, 2015, 04:57:32 PM »
Congrats!  Great eats there! :tup:
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Re: First Elk
« Reply #13 on: September 21, 2015, 05:02:48 PM »
 :tup: good job
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Re: First Elk
« Reply #14 on: September 21, 2015, 05:11:14 PM »
Nice job you'll always remember your first!  :tup:
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Re: First Elk
« Reply #15 on: September 21, 2015, 10:05:49 PM »
Way to go!  You will always remember that one!
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Re: First Elk
« Reply #16 on: September 21, 2015, 10:15:49 PM »
Thats great!! Nice job!
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Re: First Elk
« Reply #17 on: September 21, 2015, 11:01:03 PM »
Heck yeah, congrats. Still after mine :tup: Great work!
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Re: First Elk
« Reply #18 on: September 21, 2015, 11:09:14 PM »
 :tup: :tup:
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Re: First Elk
« Reply #19 on: September 21, 2015, 11:51:02 PM »
Congrats looks like a nice big cow.
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Re: First Elk
« Reply #20 on: September 22, 2015, 01:11:02 AM »
Good job getting it done!
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Re: First Elk
« Reply #21 on: September 22, 2015, 05:11:20 AM »
Way to get it done

Congrats  :tup:
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Re: First Elk
« Reply #22 on: September 22, 2015, 05:11:43 AM »
Nice job!!
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Re: First Elk
« Reply #23 on: September 22, 2015, 06:31:46 AM »
Nothing like your first elk, I can still remember that day like no other and the older I get I'm lucky to remember to put my pants on in the morning.  Congratulations on getting it done!
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Re: First Elk
« Reply #24 on: September 22, 2015, 06:54:36 AM »
 :tup:
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Re: First Elk
« Reply #25 on: September 22, 2015, 06:57:30 AM »
Nice job and a nicer trophy pic. It's worth the extra time to get them in a good pic. Makes for a good memory.
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Re: First Elk
« Reply #26 on: September 22, 2015, 08:22:31 PM »
The first one is like no other feeling you'll ever have! Congrats!
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Re: First Elk
« Reply #27 on: September 22, 2015, 08:28:04 PM »
Congratulations! Nice job on the pic....
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Re: First Elk
« Reply #28 on: September 23, 2015, 02:36:22 AM »
Great job!! East side?  Give us the story! 
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Re: First Elk
« Reply #29 on: September 23, 2015, 03:29:19 AM »
Nicely Done  :IBCOOL:
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Re: First Elk
« Reply #30 on: September 23, 2015, 02:26:44 PM »
Congrats.  :tup:
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Re: First Elk
« Reply #31 on: September 23, 2015, 02:31:13 PM »
Good for you.... :tup:
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Re: First Elk
« Reply #32 on: September 23, 2015, 03:42:56 PM »
Thanks everyone. I had been camped north of Ellensburg from Friday through Wednesday. Missed a cow on Wednesday morning because my arrow came of the rest. I went to Riverside archery, got a new rest, worked Thursday Friday and Saturday and headed back over on Saturday. This time my wife and 2 of 4 kids wanted to come (the other two were at their mom's, wish they could have been there). So we got a hotel for the night. I shot her on Sunday morning at about 20yds right as I shot the whole heard spooked straight towards me (turns out there was 3 other people putting a stalk on them from the other side of the clearing). With her pointing almost towards me when the arrow hit I wasn't real confident in the shot. I spoke with the three people. Told them the case and they agreed not to push her. I decided to wait a couple of hours before blood trailing. So I went and picked up my family in downtown Ellensburg. It took about an hour to blood trail her and she was only a couple hundred yards from the road. We mostly boned her out, except left bone in the hind legs. While my wife and I were cutting her up, the kids had pliers and a rock, pulling teethe for souvenirs. I grabbed to game bags with both hind quarters, my wife packed my backpack full of meet, we had tied a knot in the hood of my jacket and stuffed that full of meat, our oldest carried that and the youngest carried the head. Quite the family experience.
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Re: First Elk
« Reply #33 on: September 23, 2015, 03:43:46 PM »
Another pic
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Re: First Elk
« Reply #34 on: September 23, 2015, 06:14:07 PM »
 :tup:
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Re: First Elk
« Reply #35 on: September 24, 2015, 01:16:48 AM »
Congrats!!  :tup:
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Re: First Elk
« Reply #36 on: September 24, 2015, 01:27:33 AM »
Great job getting the kids in on it. Awesome story


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Re: First Elk
« Reply #37 on: September 24, 2015, 05:46:46 AM »
GREAT job!
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Re: First Elk
« Reply #38 on: September 24, 2015, 06:03:50 AM »
 Great story!
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Re: First Elk
« Reply #39 on: September 24, 2015, 03:33:25 PM »
Excellent,  you must be pleased by your efforts and I am sure your efforts will be very tasty on the grill.
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Re: First Elk
« Reply #40 on: September 24, 2015, 03:52:40 PM »
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Re: First Elk
« Reply #41 on: September 24, 2015, 03:55:25 PM »
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Re: First Elk
« Reply #42 on: September 24, 2015, 04:03:34 PM »
That's great!  Family memories and lots of game meat...   :)
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Re: First Elk
« Reply #43 on: September 25, 2015, 05:13:58 AM »
Quote from: elkboy on September 24, 2015, 04:03:34 PM
That's great!  Family memories and lots of game meat...   :)

Deffinetly! I took bone out meat to the butcher, besides back straps and tenderloins, 135# of meat. Way more than I'm used to with a deer! Can't wait for all the tasty steaks roasts and burgers.
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