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Big Game Hunting => Elk Hunting => Topic started by: WapitiTalk1 on March 29, 2022, 08:08:58 PM

Title: You might be an elk hunter, if…..
Post by: WapitiTalk1 on March 29, 2022, 08:08:58 PM: Sung to the tune of Jeff Foxworthy’s “you might be a redneck, if”, only this thread is about those often enormous but sometimes subtle indicators that indicate that you may in fact, be an elk hunter. I’ll get this rolling.

You might be an elk hunter if you stop in your tracks when a screen door squeaking sounds like a cow mew.
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Post by: Timberstalker on March 29, 2022, 08:27:04 PM: If you drive down the highway, practicing your elk calls!
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Post by: Scruffy on March 29, 2022, 08:44:51 PM: Every time you see Milk Duds you think of Elk scat.....
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Post by: WapitiTalk1 on March 29, 2022, 08:57:39 PM: Yep, here we go.
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Post by: 257wbymagkiller on March 29, 2022, 09:02:04 PM: Practice calling in traffic and people look at you like your a maniac :chuckle:
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Post by: MADMAX on March 29, 2022, 09:04:48 PM: You know the smell
Anywhere
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Post by: pd on March 29, 2022, 09:09:31 PM: Easy to answer. Driving down I-90 from Snoqualmie yesterday afternoon, nearly broke my neck on four cows grazing in the brush along the side of the freeway. Then, less than two minutes later, nearly broke my neck again on four more cows.

You might be an elk hunter if you instantly recognized they were all cows.
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Post by: WapitiTalk1 on March 29, 2022, 09:18:06 PM: If you purposely, with gusto, at all costs…. avoid having any other significant dates, besides season start/end dates occur between September 1st thru November 30th, you’re probably an elk hunter.
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Post by: wadu1 on March 29, 2022, 09:22:52 PM: When you have a drawer full of calls, bugles and gadgets to attract elk. But still use the first one's you purchased.
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Post by: HUNTINCOUPLE on March 29, 2022, 09:42:11 PM: Hi my name is Andy. Me and my family are elk hunting aholics. Our poor kids had no choice but to be elk hunters. We calm our elk hunting behaviors by savoring the taste of the elk as we plan our next elk hunting adventure. :tup:
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Post by: KFhunter on March 29, 2022, 09:43:18 PM: You might be an elk hunter if...

Your ring tone for your Daughter is a calf

Your ring tone for your Son is a raghorn bugle

Your ring tone for your Dad is an old raspy bull bugle

Your ring tone for your wife is a cow in estrus whine...

and you know instantly who's calling :chuckle:

what's fun is the knowing look you get from other elk hunters when your wife calls :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:
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Post by: Mike450r on March 29, 2022, 10:21:29 PM: If you typed this after reading the posts in the thread going to the freezer and grabbing 2 packs of ground, 1 pack of cubed, and the last pack of backstrap and planning the menu for the rest of the week.
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Post by: trophyhunt on March 30, 2022, 05:15:08 AM: When wife tells you to stop now because it’s out of season, after you continue to bugle in the house after the rut.
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Post by: LDennis24 on March 30, 2022, 05:55:46 AM: You miss Thanksgiving dinner during late muzzleloader cuz the elk were all over your spot!
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Post by: trophyhunt on March 30, 2022, 06:14:50 AM: Quote from: LDennis24 on March 30, 2022, 05:55:46 AM
You miss Thanksgiving dinner during late muzzleloader cuz the elk were all over your spot!
totally worth it!! :chuckle:
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Post by: GOcougsHunter on March 30, 2022, 08:57:40 AM: you can't find your truck keys but can easily point out a tan rump patch 500 yds away in thick brush. Bonus points for spending 30 minutes trying to get everyone else with you to be able to locate the same rump patch.
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Post by: gaddy on March 30, 2022, 09:19:49 AM: You can spend a couple of weeks in the woods in all kinds of nasty cold weather, hiking around in the mud ,snow and wind and enjoying it. Yet can't bring your self to go out to the mailbox or walk the dog, if it's chilly and sprinkling :chuckle:.
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Post by: scotsman on March 30, 2022, 09:26:41 AM: You are going for a walk… could be anywhere, deep in the woods or the Burke Gilman trail…. You faintly detect a smell, could be pee…. Stop, freeze, flare your nostrils like a a bird dog on a track….
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Post by: KFhunter on March 30, 2022, 09:42:30 AM: Guilty Guilty Guilty! of most of these :chuckle:
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Post by: Buzzsaw461 on March 30, 2022, 10:15:27 AM: When you just about get rear ended because what you thought was a Elk on the edge of someone’s property turns out to be a 3D target.🤣
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Post by: vandeman17 on March 30, 2022, 10:22:54 AM: You stockpile your vacation time in case you hit the jackpot during application season and need to take the entire month of September off.
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Post by: bracer40 on March 30, 2022, 10:27:49 AM: Instead of counting sheep you replay last years elk call ins and shot…
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Post by: pianoman9701 on March 30, 2022, 11:26:14 AM: When 1-2 weeks off in September is a prerequisite for accepting a new position.
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Post by: NRA4LIFE on March 30, 2022, 11:34:26 AM: The bathroom door at work, when opened, sounded like a bugle.
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Post by: WALLEYEGUY on March 30, 2022, 11:38:37 AM: Regardless of back, open heart, and knee surgeries you seem to find your way up a mountain every OCT. You are deemed insane by your spouse because a month ago you could not mow the grass :chuckle:
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Post by: ballpark on March 30, 2022, 12:29:47 PM: You've watched every season of ELK101 :tup:
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Post by: fishngamereaper on March 30, 2022, 01:06:22 PM: Your addicted to Google Earth looking for pocket meadow's and spot's that could hold wallows... while hoping to find those few and far between images of live elk to re affirm you are in fact an elk country expert.
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Post by: blackveltbowhunter on March 30, 2022, 02:38:13 PM: You have practiced abstinence, from Cristmas to February because its the only way to guarantee no babys in September!
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Post by: HUNTINCOUPLE on March 30, 2022, 04:20:52 PM: Quote from: blackveltbowhunter on March 30, 2022, 02:38:13 PM
You have practiced abstinence, from Cristmas to February because its the only way to guarantee no babys in September!

That quote needs to be printed on all calendars. :chuckle:
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Post by: brew on March 30, 2022, 05:56:51 PM: you start checking Craig's list in late summer for free refrigerators to line the walls in your garage in case you kill an elk so you can put the quarters in them---then your wife comes out and asks why we have so many "beer" fridges
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Post by: lewy on March 30, 2022, 08:06:23 PM: You think ur Copenhagen taste even better when you get cow estrus lure on ur fingers
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Post by: WapitiTalk1 on March 30, 2022, 08:12:47 PM: Quote from: lewy on March 30, 2022, 08:06:23 PM
You think ur Copenhagen taste even better when you get cow estrus lure on ur fingers

:chuckle:
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Post by: elksnout on March 30, 2022, 08:27:32 PM: After a solid week of listening to the wind blowing up the tarp over the wall tent during the night like sailing the Mayflower over the Atlantic and rain hammering down you still get up with the alarm to go hunting because, you know, this is fun and why God made vacations.

elksnout
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Post by: haftard on March 30, 2022, 09:05:31 PM: Quote from: Scruffy on March 29, 2022, 08:44:51 PM
Every time you see Milk Duds you think of Elk scat.....

Every time you see elk scat you think of milk duds
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Post by: spookgus on March 30, 2022, 09:08:39 PM: If your boots smell like cow estrus urine and you believe that a diaphragm goes in you mouth
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Post by: ALLTERRAIN on March 31, 2022, 02:14:51 PM: If you stop and check for any warmth in fresh droppings but gag at the smell of cleaning up after your dog at times!!
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Post by: cooltimber on March 31, 2022, 02:33:03 PM: Quote from: haftard on March 30, 2022, 09:05:31 PM
Quote from: Scruffy on March 29, 2022, 08:44:51 PM
Every time you see Milk Duds you think of Elk scat.....

Every time you see elk scat you think of milk duds
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