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Big Game Hunting => Muzzleloader Hunting => Topic started by: Rooster1981 on October 08, 2013, 09:04:36 PM

Title: My daughters first elk hunt
Post by: Rooster1981 on October 08, 2013, 09:04:36 PM: Well I was lucky this year and drew a toutle cow tag. I decided to hunt on the state land and set up a camp to let my daughter get the real feel for elk hunting on her first trip. We hunted from camp all morning finding lots of fresh sign and I knew it was only a matter of time until we got into them. We were walking on an old closed skid road when I spotted elk below us in the timber walking along us 100 yards away. I stopped and cow called and immediately got an answer from a cow. I set up in a shooting lane with my daughter spotting for me. The first elk to come out was a baron lead cow. I took aim and fired. The cow jumped and then the rest of the heard ran out in front of me, three more bulls. I waited for what seemed like forever" like 30 seconds" and the cow came stumbling out of the brush and leaned up next to a tree. I waited for a few seconds and when she cleared the tree I shot again and she hit the dirt. After getting my daughter calmed down we went down and found the cow a few minutes latter. I did put one more in the head because the first shot was a liver shot and the fallow up shot put her down but not all the way out.
We had a moderate pack out of about 1/4 mile, which took us three hours :chuckle:. It was a great hunt and trip for us only having one full day to hunt.
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Post by: duckmen1 on October 08, 2013, 09:24:41 PM: Very cool congrats
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Post by: SCRUBS on October 08, 2013, 09:29:18 PM: Congrats on the elk. Your daughter will remember this hunt for the rest of her life. :tup:
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Post by: runningboard on October 08, 2013, 09:30:18 PM: awesome and congrats on the memories you're building with your girl :tup:
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Post by: ShaneTyTrey on October 08, 2013, 09:32:36 PM: Congrats, way to go
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Post by: Mfowl on October 08, 2013, 09:50:37 PM: Congrats! Thats great!
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Post by: carpsniperg2 on October 08, 2013, 10:07:54 PM: Way cool!!! Congrats :IBCOOL: :IBCOOL:
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Post by: hoyt2002 on October 08, 2013, 10:22:30 PM: :tup:
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Post by: Natures Way on October 08, 2013, 10:22:48 PM: That is great congrats!
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Post by: MLBowhunting on October 08, 2013, 10:26:45 PM: Great job. She will never forget this hunt :tup:
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Post by: Huntergal on October 08, 2013, 10:44:33 PM: Congrats. Nice camp. What did she think about the hunting?
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Post by: bowhunterforever on October 08, 2013, 11:02:46 PM: Awsome :tup: congrats
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Post by: swwaoutdoorsman on October 09, 2013, 04:47:02 AM: :tup: good job!
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Post by: Hockeyhunter on October 09, 2013, 06:12:10 AM: Thats awesome!!! Taking my 10 year old son out for his first deer hunt next week! Would sure be nice to be sucessful like that! Congrats!!!
Title: Re: My daughters first elk hunt
Post by: ELKBURGER on October 09, 2013, 10:10:38 AM: Quote from: runningboard on October 08, 2013, 09:30:18 PM
awesome and congrats on the memories you're building with your girl :tup:
:yeah: Way to go!
Title: Re: My daughters first elk hunt
Post by: chukar hunter on October 09, 2013, 11:44:24 AM: Nice work on the harvest. That is a heck of a camp for a one day hunt! What a cool experience for your daughter.
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Post by: PolarBear on October 09, 2013, 11:46:14 AM: :tup: :tup:
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Post by: pianoman9701 on October 09, 2013, 11:50:09 AM: Nice going. What a great thing to do with your daughter.
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Post by: Patarero on October 09, 2013, 01:15:42 PM: Congrats! Sounds like a great "trip". Sidelock as well , cool!
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Post by: blackveltbowhunter on October 09, 2013, 06:51:03 PM: Good times!!! Nice elk! :tup:
Title: Re: My daughters first elk hunt
Post by: Rooster1981 on October 09, 2013, 08:24:36 PM: Quote from: Huntergal on October 08, 2013, 10:44:33 PM
Congrats. Nice camp. What did she think about the hunting?

She loves to hunt, we coon hunt in the winter with our hounds. And I have been taking both my daughters deer hunting for three years. This was my oldest first elk hunt though and she loved it. All she can talk about now is hunters ed and getting to shoot at elk next year. :tup:
Title: Re: My daughters first elk hunt
Post by: Rooster1981 on October 09, 2013, 08:30:56 PM: Quote from: chukar hunter on October 09, 2013, 11:44:24 AM
Nice work on the harvest. That is a heck of a camp for a one day hunt! What a cool experience for your daughter.

Thanks for all the compliments. Yeah are camp was alot of work. We left our place a 7:30 pm Friday night and got to camp at 11:45. We didn't get to sleep till 1:15 am. We were both up and hunting by 7:30 am and were gutting our elk by 11:30. Finished packing out @ 4:00 pm. Hung and skinned by 5:30. :IBCOOL: It was a fast turn around but worth it onehundred times over. I busted up camp @ 6:00 am and was on the road by 8:00 am sunday morning.
Title: Re: My daughters first elk hunt
Post by: buck man on October 10, 2013, 12:29:57 AM: Way to go dad! Great times she will remember forever. :tup: