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2015 wapiti hunt
« on: December 31, 2015, 12:51:18 PM »
Here are some pictures of my 2015 backcounty elk hunt. I was in a spike/cow are and shot this cow at first light of the second day; 45-yard shot. She ran 30-yards and piled up. Lungs/heart and thru the back shoulder. My arrow snapped in 3 places as she ran.

I was about 3 miles to the road so we boned her out in the field. I dated her tooth and she was 7-8 years old (lead cow). Her 6x6 boyfriend gave me a nasty glare as the herd scattered  :yike:

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Re: 2015 wapiti hunt
« Reply #1 on: December 31, 2015, 12:52:38 PM »
one more pic...

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Re: 2015 wapiti hunt
« Reply #2 on: December 31, 2015, 01:02:21 PM »
Nice job, looks a little steep in places :chuckle:

What do you mean you dated her tooth?

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Re: 2015 wapiti hunt
« Reply #3 on: December 31, 2015, 01:07:02 PM »
i think you can send them in.. but i just used this as a guide.

http://fwp.mt.gov/hunting/planahunt/huntingGuides/dea/agingElkBrochure.html

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Re: 2015 wapiti hunt
« Reply #4 on: December 31, 2015, 04:47:40 PM »
She is beautiful! Nice work!

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Re: 2015 wapiti hunt
« Reply #5 on: December 31, 2015, 04:52:03 PM »
Great job! Congrats!

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Re: 2015 wapiti hunt
« Reply #6 on: December 31, 2015, 06:37:18 PM »
Hmmmnm, never seen that before, that's interesting, they usually use the molar wear for age estimating.

Thanks for sharing.

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Re: 2015 wapiti hunt
« Reply #7 on: January 01, 2016, 12:16:39 PM »
Nice! Congratulations  :tup:

 


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