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Big Game Hunting => Elk Hunting => Topic started by: Matt on September 17, 2009, 11:00:27 AM

Title: Buddies first elk
Post by: Matt on September 17, 2009, 11:00:27 AM: I have a group of friends in the Bumping unit drew 4 tags in a group. Here is Keiths first elk.
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Post by: backwoods_boy on September 17, 2009, 11:04:36 AM: :yike:
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Post by: .54 THUNDERHAWK on September 17, 2009, 11:07:59 AM: FIRST ELK....WOW :bow: :bow:
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Post by: testar77 on September 17, 2009, 11:09:00 AM: :yeah:
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Post by: rezboy on September 17, 2009, 11:09:47 AM: Nice one!
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Post by: Matt on September 17, 2009, 11:16:53 AM: Yeah he's such a girl. Look at his bow he has his spot-hogg sight and cams powder coated blue marble. He's all about the bling. LOL. He has had the worse luck elk hunting. For the last 3 years he hasn't even seen an elk during the season. But the wilderness area is a whole different ball game. Now it's gonna be hard to be around him and all the braggin.
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Post by: Huntbear on September 17, 2009, 11:20:45 AM: Wow, nice elk! Congrats to your buddy on his first!!! Could he not hold out for a bigger one?? :chuckle: :chuckle:
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Post by: AKBowman on September 17, 2009, 11:52:58 AM: Dude that thing is ROYAL
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Post by: MuleySniper on September 17, 2009, 01:53:43 PM: Dang nice elk, too bad he's ruined now!! :chuckle:
MS
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Post by: KimberRich on September 17, 2009, 02:02:51 PM: Awesome Bull. Not a bad start to his Elk hunting career!

He'll probably spend the rest of his life trying to get a bigger one!

Hope the rest of the group connects!
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Post by: bankwalker on September 17, 2009, 02:17:01 PM: damn if that was my first elk i would just give up forever. thats gonna be hard to beat
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Post by: h2ofowlr on September 17, 2009, 02:39:21 PM: He set the bar high. Spike and cow until the next draw.
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Post by: Crunchy on September 17, 2009, 02:46:15 PM: Ya its not likely he will be able to top that one.
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Post by: JDNehl on September 17, 2009, 02:49:55 PM: Matt, are they back yet? how'd the others do?
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Post by: Matt on September 17, 2009, 05:24:53 PM: Dans camp got 3 cows I think only 1 bull so far. They said that there was a lot of smoke in there yesterday. They will be coming out on the 20th.
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Post by: timberghost72 on September 17, 2009, 07:35:11 PM: Wow! nice bull
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Post by: Hunting Cowboy on September 17, 2009, 07:56:41 PM: helluva bull! Congratulations!
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Post by: NWBREW on September 17, 2009, 08:03:09 PM: :yike: :drool: NICE ELK....My first elk was a frickin cow.........In still ate her :drool:
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Post by: Matt on September 17, 2009, 08:14:19 PM: So now the real story is starting to filter off the mountain. Seems that the mighty bowhunters have been up in the wilderness area since the 4th of September. Now these aren't the type of hunters that pack into the back country year after year and rough it. Well they have been hunting hard for 8 days. Up at 3 every morning and back after dark. With many many blown chances in these 8 days. The calling lessons from Rocky have come in handy but just not gettin it done. So yesterday huckle and chuckle are humpin hills and the sun is beatin down on them. So they decide to take a break by one of the local wallowing holes. Well into Rip Van Winkles nap a mighty splash is heard. You guessed it the bull in the picture lured in by the snoring is tearin it up. Keith just happens to be the first to wipe the sleep from his eyes and with the reflections from that pretty shinnie bow he is able to find his instrument of death first and letter fly. Now we aren't talking about just any joe archer here. Keith is the 2002 Redding C class champion. So somehow the arrow hits it's mark and the real work begins. Congratulations Keith.
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Post by: BoomWhop on September 17, 2009, 10:21:14 PM: Nice, holy crap thats big. Good job. :brew:
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Post by: bowhunterforever on September 18, 2009, 12:55:21 AM: Congrats to your bud! :drool:
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Post by: robb92 on September 18, 2009, 06:20:24 AM: Nice elk and good story!
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Post by: JDNehl on September 18, 2009, 07:49:05 AM: Congrats to Keith. Can't wait to hear the stories.
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Post by: MtnMuley on September 18, 2009, 07:53:24 AM: Great 1st bull! :tup:
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Post by: WaltHenry on September 18, 2009, 08:15:18 AM: Nice bull.
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Post by: Matt on September 20, 2009, 07:20:15 PM: Here is another bull from my camp. Shot 2 minutes out of Easton. Goes to show you don't have to be in the back country to kill big bulls. We raw scored him at 357. It was a one yard shot. He was the smaller of the 2 bulls coming into the call. The bigger bull was busted off on one side above G4.
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Post by: Matt on September 20, 2009, 07:23:45 PM: Here is my cow from opening morning. I was sick as a dog 30 feet up in a tree. I took the first shot that was available. Used the Shuttle T-locks for the first time. I was very impressed. She only went 30 yards and left a massive blood trail.
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Post by: NWWABOWHNTR on September 29, 2009, 12:53:20 PM: Better pic of Keith the FUNKMASTER and his reaction to his first bull!
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Post by: Bullsnot on September 29, 2009, 12:56:47 PM: Looks like he is trying to pass gas on it! :P :chuckle:

Great bull and congrats to him!
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Post by: NWWABOWHNTR on September 29, 2009, 01:01:49 PM: Actually I am thinking he just realized its 3 miles mostly up hill back to camp.... and then another 7.5 miles to the nearest road from camp.... :yike: :bdid:
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Post by: Bullsnot on September 29, 2009, 01:02:54 PM: :chuckle: :chuckle:
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Post by: bow4elk on September 29, 2009, 01:04:41 PM: Looks like a "just for good measure" arrow in the ribs? Great bull!!!
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Post by: rosscrazyelk on September 29, 2009, 01:42:25 PM: :drool:
It is all down hill from here for him.
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Post by: jtaghansen on September 29, 2009, 01:46:20 PM: Man that's definitely one to be proud of. Nice first elk
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Post by: bowsandhose on September 29, 2009, 03:52:52 PM: wow great bulls and grats on the cow
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Post by: Wea300mag on September 29, 2009, 05:54:48 PM: Great first elk, It's all downhill for him now. :chuckle:
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Post by: hard hunter on September 29, 2009, 08:39:29 PM: Great Bull and congrats to the hunter
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Post by: Watimberghost on September 30, 2009, 01:58:09 PM: Looks like a successful year. Great bulls and nice cow
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Post by: Elkpiss on September 30, 2009, 03:35:03 PM: awesome bull, good job guy.. 8)