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Big Game Hunting => Elk Hunting => Topic started by: Warning Shot on October 20, 2013, 06:31:52 PM

Title: My First Elk
Post by: Warning Shot on October 20, 2013, 06:31:52 PM: I've only been hunting for elk for 4 years now. I live in rural North Bend and drew a special hunt cow tag in GMU4601. For 2 weeks prior to the season opener we've been observing a 6x6 bull and 20+cows hanging out in my area. So on the Fri. night before the opening everybody is settling down in my yard for the night. The expectation of an elk hanging in my garage early Sat. morning was very high. Out in my blind by 6 waiting anxiously for the first light. When it's light enough to see....no elk in sight. Sipping on a cup of coffee.....7:05 am....I hear the shot ...my neighbor about a 1/4 mile away takes down the 6x6. So I sit for the next 3 days not seeing a single elk. On Tues. afternoon a spike with 7 cows show up 90 plus yds. out. I wait til dark and they never did give me a good opportunity to take a shot. Up early on Wed. I sat all day until 2:30 when the spike showed up again by himself. He grazed 30-40 yards in front of me for 45 min. and wandered off into the woods again. Is this it? All I'm going to see today? At 4pm 2 cows walk out followed by the spike and a 3x3.....so as I'm getting my gun into position, out come 2 more cows with another spike. Now there's elk all over the place. 2 more cows come charging out of the woods with the 4x4 strutting out right behind them. Now my heart is pounding thru my chest! He walks out and stops... 40 yds. broadside. I squeeze the trigger and when the smoke clears... there he his. DOWN! :yike: :yike: . WOW I dropped my first elk.....Amazing... Had some buddies help me out and now it's time for my GF to fill her tag in Nov.
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Post by: buglebuster on October 20, 2013, 06:39:08 PM: Nice 4x4 :tup:
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Post by: buck man on October 20, 2013, 06:39:15 PM: Congrats on your first bull! :tup: just curious... Is your house your blind? :chuckle:
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Post by: bowhunterforever on October 20, 2013, 06:40:09 PM: Nice first bull :tup: congrats
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Post by: alwinearcher on October 20, 2013, 06:41:38 PM: Great bull!
Congrats
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Post by: Michelle_Nelson on October 20, 2013, 06:59:59 PM: Congrats! Very nice!
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Post by: blackveltbowhunter on October 20, 2013, 09:33:16 PM: Dandy Bull!!
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Post by: X-Force on October 20, 2013, 10:05:49 PM: congrats looks like you have a great little honey hole
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Post by: zackmioli on October 20, 2013, 11:20:16 PM: great bull and great first post! welcome!
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Post by: duckmen1 on October 20, 2013, 11:28:35 PM: Very cool. Glad it worked out for you and persistence pays off. Congrats
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Post by: MLBowhunting on October 20, 2013, 11:32:25 PM: Great bull
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Post by: Huntergal on October 21, 2013, 12:42:53 AM: Nice bull.
Title: Re: My First Elk
Post by: Warning Shot on October 21, 2013, 09:59:47 AM: Quote from: buck man on October 20, 2013, 06:39:15 PM
Congrats on your first bull! :tup: just curious... Is your house your blind? :chuckle:
My blind is built under a large hemlock tree with a old growth cedar stump as cover. It about 25 yds. from my house and opens up to a 10 acre field.
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Post by: HUNTINCOUPLE on October 21, 2013, 10:16:46 AM: :tup:
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Post by: Crunch14 on October 22, 2013, 01:00:45 PM: Nice one! I sent you a PM too.
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Post by: Ridgerunner on October 22, 2013, 04:05:50 PM: Cool looking bull
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Post by: 206 on October 22, 2013, 06:43:04 PM: dang
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Post by: Soady on October 22, 2013, 10:08:33 PM: Welcome to the site, nice first bull and first write up. BTW the grass needs mowing again :chuckle:
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Post by: Jrod79 on October 22, 2013, 10:17:58 PM: :tup:
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Post by: 6x6in6 on October 22, 2013, 10:19:07 PM: 25 yards from the house? A cup of coffee?
Heck, you could set up the whole coffee maker with an extension cord.
I'm jealous. :chuckle:

Congrats on your success and a very nice bull. Welcome too! :)
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Post by: sakoshooter on October 22, 2013, 10:29:30 PM: Congrats.
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Post by: gunnarnewt on October 23, 2013, 11:00:12 AM: :tup:
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Post by: evburt on October 23, 2013, 02:00:42 PM: Congrats! Great looking bull! :tup:
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Post by: oneshot12 on October 23, 2013, 03:47:21 PM: nice bull congrats
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Post by: carpsniperg2 on October 23, 2013, 11:39:15 PM: Grats
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Post by: ELKBURGER on October 24, 2013, 06:16:43 AM: Congrats on a great first bull!!!
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Post by: runningboard on October 25, 2013, 06:41:10 PM: congrats and thanks for sharing your story, great 1st post! :tup:
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Post by: rosscrazyelk on October 26, 2013, 08:20:25 AM: :tup: