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Big Game Hunting => Elk Hunting => Topic started by: gavinboone on September 21, 2015, 08:48:41 AM

Title: First Elk
Post by: gavinboone on September 21, 2015, 08:48:41 AM: Harvested my first Elk yesterday!
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Post by: bowhunterforever on September 21, 2015, 08:53:28 AM: Nice job :tup:
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Post by: rsrobins on September 21, 2015, 08:56:00 AM: Congratulations on a fine looking animal!! :)
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Post by: elkboy on September 21, 2015, 09:05:16 AM: Congratulations!!!
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Post by: gunnarnewt on September 21, 2015, 09:08:39 AM: :tup:
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Post by: wildmanoutdoors on September 21, 2015, 09:15:55 AM: Nice BIG Cow!
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Post by: stickbow9 on September 21, 2015, 12:31:31 PM: Nice job!
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Post by: CP on September 21, 2015, 12:41:40 PM: Nice cow. :tup:
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Post by: full choke on September 21, 2015, 12:50:04 PM: Good Job! :tup:
She looks pretty big!
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Post by: Chukarhead on September 21, 2015, 12:50:28 PM: Congrats! :tup:
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Post by: Jellymon on September 21, 2015, 12:53:06 PM: :brew: :EAT: :cue: :IBCOOL:
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Post by: baker5150 on September 21, 2015, 01:08:42 PM: Quote from: wildmanoutdoors on September 21, 2015, 09:15:55 AM
Nice BIG Cow!

:yeah:

Well Done
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Post by: de0827 on September 21, 2015, 04:57:32 PM: Congrats! Great eats there! :tup:
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Post by: MLBowhunting on September 21, 2015, 05:02:48 PM: :tup: good job
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Post by: elkrack on September 21, 2015, 05:11:14 PM: Nice job you'll always remember your first! :tup:
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Post by: chukar hunter on September 21, 2015, 10:05:49 PM: Way to go! You will always remember that one!
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Post by: C-Money on September 21, 2015, 10:15:49 PM: Thats great!! Nice job!
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Post by: Smossy on September 21, 2015, 11:01:03 PM: Heck yeah, congrats. Still after mine :tup: Great work!
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Post by: Becky on September 21, 2015, 11:09:14 PM: :tup: :tup:
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Post by: wall of wood camp on September 21, 2015, 11:51:02 PM: Congrats looks like a nice big cow.
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Post by: huntingbaldguy on September 22, 2015, 01:11:02 AM: Good job getting it done!
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Post by: Widgeondeke on September 22, 2015, 05:11:20 AM: Way to get it done

Congrats :tup:
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Post by: Skyvalhunter on September 22, 2015, 05:11:43 AM: Nice job!!
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Post by: trophyhunt on September 22, 2015, 06:31:46 AM: Nothing like your first elk, I can still remember that day like no other and the older I get I'm lucky to remember to put my pants on in the morning. Congratulations on getting it done!
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Post by: Drop Tine on September 22, 2015, 06:54:36 AM: :tup:
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Post by: Eli346 on September 22, 2015, 06:57:30 AM: Nice job and a nicer trophy pic. It's worth the extra time to get them in a good pic. Makes for a good memory.
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Post by: Vo2max on September 22, 2015, 08:22:31 PM: The first one is like no other feeling you'll ever have! Congrats!
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Post by: Ridge Hunter on September 22, 2015, 08:28:04 PM: Congratulations! Nice job on the pic....
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Post by: bowtechian on September 23, 2015, 02:36:22 AM: Great job!! East side? Give us the story!
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Post by: Vandal44 on September 23, 2015, 03:29:19 AM: Nicely Done :IBCOOL:
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Post by: 250savage on September 23, 2015, 02:26:44 PM: Congrats. :tup:
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Post by: CAMPMEAT on September 23, 2015, 02:31:13 PM: Good for you.... :tup:
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Post by: gavinboone on September 23, 2015, 03:42:56 PM: Thanks everyone. I had been camped north of Ellensburg from Friday through Wednesday. Missed a cow on Wednesday morning because my arrow came of the rest. I went to Riverside archery, got a new rest, worked Thursday Friday and Saturday and headed back over on Saturday. This time my wife and 2 of 4 kids wanted to come (the other two were at their mom's, wish they could have been there). So we got a hotel for the night. I shot her on Sunday morning at about 20yds right as I shot the whole heard spooked straight towards me (turns out there was 3 other people putting a stalk on them from the other side of the clearing). With her pointing almost towards me when the arrow hit I wasn't real confident in the shot. I spoke with the three people. Told them the case and they agreed not to push her. I decided to wait a couple of hours before blood trailing. So I went and picked up my family in downtown Ellensburg. It took about an hour to blood trail her and she was only a couple hundred yards from the road. We mostly boned her out, except left bone in the hind legs. While my wife and I were cutting her up, the kids had pliers and a rock, pulling teethe for souvenirs. I grabbed to game bags with both hind quarters, my wife packed my backpack full of meet, we had tied a knot in the hood of my jacket and stuffed that full of meat, our oldest carried that and the youngest carried the head. Quite the family experience.
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Post by: gavinboone on September 23, 2015, 03:43:46 PM: Another pic
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Post by: Nilehunter on September 23, 2015, 06:14:07 PM: :tup:
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Post by: Titan-1 on September 24, 2015, 01:16:48 AM: Congrats!! :tup:
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Post by: chester on September 24, 2015, 01:27:33 AM: Great job getting the kids in on it. Awesome story

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Post by: pastormike on September 24, 2015, 05:46:46 AM: GREAT job!
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Post by: bracer40 on September 24, 2015, 06:03:50 AM: Great story!
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Post by: Bahuna on September 24, 2015, 03:33:25 PM: Excellent, you must be pleased by your efforts and I am sure your efforts will be very tasty on the grill.
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Post by: HUNTINCOUPLE on September 24, 2015, 03:52:40 PM: :tup:
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Post by: palousehunter on September 24, 2015, 03:55:25 PM: :tup:
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Post by: elkboy on September 24, 2015, 04:03:34 PM: That's great! Family memories and lots of game meat... :)
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Post by: gavinboone on September 25, 2015, 05:13:58 AM: Quote from: elkboy on September 24, 2015, 04:03:34 PM
That's great! Family memories and lots of game meat... :)

Deffinetly! I took bone out meat to the butcher, besides back straps and tenderloins, 135# of meat. Way more than I'm used to with a deer! Can't wait for all the tasty steaks roasts and burgers.