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Big Game Hunting => Elk Hunting => Topic started by: runningboard on October 15, 2017, 08:25:32 AM
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was out opening & shot under a bull by misjudging distance, got out once during the week but Friday morning I went out but was late & they saw me & tore out of the area since it was getting light, went back in evening & posted up. saw then coming in from other side so I gathered my gear & ran across the field but they beat me to the field so I dropped in the cut grass (3") I ranged them & it was 430 @ 6pm. I belly crawled but figured I'd never close the distance in time. I counted them & thought to myself, "there's only 6, there were 15 this morning, where's the rest?" so I stayed put & kept scanning the whole area. after about 15 minutes I saw some spikes & cows coming in from another direction & stayed laying down but turned to face them & kept ranging them as they came closer 150, 140, 127, when the closest 1 got to 102 I took aim & fired, couldn't see through the smoke but heard it hit. he ran in a semi-circle & tried to follow the rest out of the area but he began to falter & fell just out of the cut field, my 1st muzzy elk. I usually hunt archery but was busy with my racing season so didn't even get tags until 2 days before muzzy season.
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Well done! It's not easy to get an elk with a muzzy. Good for you! :tup:
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Awesome job with a traditional muzzy!
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Nice job!
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Congratulations on the great "smoke pole" bull.
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as he lay shots
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Awesome!
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Nicely done. Congrats on the first muzzy bull :tup:
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That's really cool. Tell us a little about your weapon.
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Good job RJ, he'll be good eatin!
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Way to fill the freezer! Nice spike. :tup:
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the gun is a Traditions .50 cal that I picked up @ a gunshow from a friend of a friend for $100, don't know a whole lot about it, used a 275 grain maxi-bullet ahead of 105 grains of Pyrodex RS. with tribal customs being what they are, I gifted the whole animal to a family that lost a mom, daughter, aunt, grandmother to help feed all of the guests who came for her services, I only have the teeth, skull, recovered bullet & tag to show for my efforts, not complaining. just hope my wife or son connects in their seasons for our freezer.
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Nice spike and that's a heck of a tradition man. Good thing to see people taking care of each other.
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Nice spike and that's a heck of a tradition man. Good thing to see people taking care of each other.
Thanks Don_D, I'm proud of some of our traditions that promote helping each other out, my son is hoping to get his 1st elk & as tradition expects that he give his 1st away, he has been asking different families if he connects do they want some elk meat.