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Big Game Hunting => Muzzleloader Hunting => Topic started by: HoofsandWings on December 07, 2012, 06:23:33 PM

Title: My Muzzy Elk Permit starts next weekend
Post by: HoofsandWings on December 07, 2012, 06:23:33 PM: Now that I have my 4 point whitetail that I took last weekend with my quality hunt muzzy permit, I am headed to the blues for a cow which starts next week. Hopefully the weather will start cooperating with cooler temps and maybe some snow.
Snow will make it easier to drag elk quarters back to the truck.
I remember the good old days when I could pack the quarters out on my back.
Title: Re: My Muzzy Elk Permit starts next weekend
Post by: bobcat on December 07, 2012, 06:29:50 PM: Quote
I remember the good old days when I could pack the quarters out on my back.

It's opposite for me. When I was younger I could/would drag. Now that's too much work and I just have to get it up on my back. For me the bending over is what hurts.

Good luck. Looks like you will have some snow.
Title: Re: My Muzzy Elk Permit starts next weekend
Post by: HoofsandWings on December 07, 2012, 09:05:33 PM: Bobcat, I could pack on my back, but my back surgeon said I have a 30 pound limit.
That is a lot of round trips.
Title: Re: My Muzzy Elk Permit starts next weekend
Post by: bobcat on December 07, 2012, 10:33:42 PM: Isn't it harder on your back to be bent over and pulling that weight? I know it is for me.
Title: My Muzzy Elk Permit starts next weekend
Post by: jackelope on December 07, 2012, 10:50:43 PM: I heard forecast for a good amount of snow in the Blues this weekend.
Title: My Muzzy Elk Permit starts next weekend
Post by: jackelope on December 07, 2012, 10:52:30 PM: This ought to put some white stuff in the hills. (https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.tapatalk.com%2Fd%2F12%2F12%2F08%2Fa4u7a6ad.jpg&hash=8dd5669061d9d0bfdc12f0b5f6d4c95868f5a8ac)
Title: Re: My Muzzy Elk Permit starts next weekend
Post by: HoofsandWings on December 08, 2012, 08:03:50 AM: Quote from: bobcat on December 07, 2012, 10:33:42 PM
Isn't it harder on your back to be bent over and pulling that weight? I know it is for me.
I have one of those tarp sleds with a harness. It works great in plowed fields.
Title: Re: My Muzzy Elk Permit starts next weekend
Post by: splitshot on December 09, 2012, 09:32:09 PM: i wish you great luck. i have packed many bull quarters out of the watershed but no more. too old, will be 72 in jan.. got my last one in 98. loved the shed which i drew 4 times. have fun. mike w
Title: Re: My Muzzy Elk Permit starts next weekend
Post by: HoofsandWings on December 11, 2012, 06:36:36 AM: Quote from: splitshot on December 09, 2012, 09:32:09 PM
i wish you great luck. i have packed many bull quarters out of the watershed but no more. too old, will be 72 in jan.. got my last one in 98. loved the shed which i drew 4 times. have fun. mike w
The watershed is a tough place to hunt. Mike, you are only a few years older than me. I did not know there were people on this site that were older. The areas I will be hunting are not steep.