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Big Game Hunting => Elk Hunting => Topic started by: Elk hunter4ever on October 10, 2015, 10:01:22 PM

Title: My first muzzy bull
Post by: Elk hunter4ever on October 10, 2015, 10:01:22 PM: Just got back home from elk camp after my first year muzzleloader hunting and was very successful. Long story short, I shot him Thursday morning at 50 yrds and dropped him in his tracks. After quartering him up, and making a meat pole at the kill site to cool the meat. I had him all back to camp before dark by myself. I really had a lot of fun the whole week. I wish there was more talking where I was at, but the end result for my first muzzle season ended pretty well. :chuckle:
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Post by: ShaneTyTrey on October 10, 2015, 10:03:40 PM: Congrats!
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Post by: SniperDanWA on October 10, 2015, 10:04:19 PM: Nice!
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Post by: jgilley on October 10, 2015, 10:11:54 PM: Welcome to the bull club my friend...
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Post by: fastdam on October 11, 2015, 04:05:13 AM: Very pretty bull. It looks like you are using an older style gun. Thats awesome!
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Post by: buglebuster on October 11, 2015, 05:09:11 AM: Congrats! Is that an eastside or westside bull?
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Post by: wingsandwilds on October 11, 2015, 05:20:32 AM: That's awesome. Sounds like smooth success.
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Post by: Ghost Hunter on October 11, 2015, 05:54:24 AM: Nice bull. Congrats. Be trying that before season is over.
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Post by: Watimberghost on October 11, 2015, 06:03:48 AM: Congrats on your bull!
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Post by: Elk hunter4ever on October 11, 2015, 07:12:14 AM: Thanks everyone. West side bull.
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Post by: MagKarl on October 11, 2015, 07:41:46 AM: Great job. Can you tell us about the shot placement and bullet performance?
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Post by: C-Money on October 11, 2015, 08:11:58 AM: Congrats, nice bull!
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Post by: Birdguy on October 11, 2015, 09:36:07 AM: Nice job on a great bull. Kinda cool you got to do it all yourself though I will tell help is always nice :tup:.
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Post by: Muleyslyr on October 11, 2015, 12:08:35 PM: Nice!
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Post by: h2ofowlr on October 11, 2015, 12:44:12 PM: Congrats on a nice bull.
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Post by: willapawapiti on October 11, 2015, 01:05:08 PM: Solid bull - congrats!!
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Post by: Little Dave on October 11, 2015, 01:07:42 PM: Nice one. Congratulations!
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Post by: Elk hunter4ever on October 11, 2015, 09:17:00 PM: I'm shooting a knight bighorn western with 295 grain powerbelt copper with green tip. With 100 grains of 777 pushing it. I've shot out to 100 yards and was very accurate at the range with this load. I had a small window to shoot through. I tried to get a double lung shot, but with a small tree curling up in front of the lungs and him looking my direction , I had to act fast. All i had was the shoulder so I took it. I lost a little meat to blood shock. But I was able to save most of it.
I looked again at my pic and noticed my gun wasn't in it. That was my father in laws gun. He hunted a different area that day when I shot my bull and forgot to bring his radio with him. :bash: So I was on my own. Good experience tho for me packing him out myself and memories to last a lifetime. :chuckle:
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Post by: pianoman9701 on October 12, 2015, 09:33:19 AM: He's a beauty. Congratulations.
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Post by: elkslare on October 12, 2015, 11:10:24 AM: Congrats meat in the freazer :tup:
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Post by: vfilbert on October 12, 2015, 11:49:25 AM: Quote from: Elk hunter4ever on October 10, 2015, 10:01:22 PM
Just got back home from elk camp after my first year muzzleloader hunting and was very successful. Long story short, I shot him Thursday morning at 50 yrds and dropped him in his tracks. After quartering him up, and making a meat pole at the kill site to cool the meat. I had him all back to camp before dark by myself. I really had a lot of fun the whole week. I wish there was more talking where I was at, but the end result for my first muzzle season ended pretty well. :chuckle:

Good-looking bull!!! General season west side?
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Post by: bearhunter99 on October 12, 2015, 11:50:26 AM: Great looking bull. Congrats! :tup:
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Post by: kevinlisa06 on October 12, 2015, 07:13:18 PM: Nicely done!
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Post by: Vo2max on October 12, 2015, 08:04:50 PM: Nicely done!