Elk with the bow.

[bowpredator]

Here are a few elk that I have taken with the bow.

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a few more

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a couple more

[Aneoakleaf]

Good job ! The photos are well taken . The hanging meat looks very clean!
Good post.  

[bearpaw]

I thought that top photo was awesome...

[bowpredator]

Thanks, there have been more but in the past I never always carried a camera, now I have one that stays in the pack all the time.

[mtndew]

Nice photos. Looks like you had a double lung pass through shot on the hanging elk...nice shooting!

[D-Rock425]

nice pics.  I have to ask is there a reason to split the elk in two peices like that in the last picture.  I've seen it done by other people too dint know the reason behind it

[Wanttohuntmore]

I see the one was with a recurve!  Cool!  How many were taken that way?  All westside elk?  Any pointers (are you calling them in or stalking, still hunting, etc?)  Can't argue with your experiences!

[jaredpost]

Nice Elk. Looks like I need to go with you next fall 

[Ranger91298]

I love how dark the antlers look in the first picture....great shooting and thanks for sharing the pictures...

[alwinearcher]

Nice work!

[bowpredator]

When we can get an elk out whole, we like to hang it on the rack so we can do a really clean job of skinning them out and getting them cooled off as fast as possible. That's why we cut them down the middle like that. We will then rinse them out real good, dry them off cut them into quarters and get them into the cooler as soon as possible. One of the guys we hunt with is a retired meat cutter and also the one who does the butchering for us so he has tough us how to take really good care of the animal and to keep it as clean as possible so when he cuts it, it comes out nice and clean. The cow with the recurve is the only elk I have killed with a recurve but some day I would like to hunt with one again. I prefer to call them in, but spot and stalk works well along with sitting on a stand on well used trails and feeding areas.

[bowpredator]

Here is a picture of us skinning out on ofthe bulls our group got a few years ago.

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We even do it with the bears too.