Hunting Washington Forum
Big Game Hunting => Muzzleloader Hunting => Topic started by: mossyhead on December 01, 2012, 10:04:44 PM
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Anyone else been out chasin elk? My partner shot a nice cow the day before thanksgiving , but I've been holding out for the monster bull I had been watching right up until the opener. Seen him from the tail end of modern rifle right up until three days before late season opened. He is a beautiful 7x8 and I will keep trying until it's over. He has been on private property all along and no one else is hunting it to my or the owners knowledge- just can't find him anywhere in there. Anyway , the cow my partner shot was 185 yards broadside right through the heart. He was shooting a 300 grain Hornady SST and it performed awesome. 100 grains of Pyrodex pellets held right at the top of the back and dead elk. The bullet was weighed at home and only lost 7 grains - nothing more than the polymer tip. 373 lbs. hanging in skinned quarters at the butcher. Good luck to everyone out there.
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Good luck with the bull.
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Any luck with the bull? where are you hunting? I hunt in the Buckley area and have the same problem, private property.
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if you are in buckley or close by it is mostly the white river... no public 652 in the area
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I am outside of buckley and have permission to hunt in a couple of fields but they still seem to find their way into other fields I cant get in. All in 652
