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  1. GrantK

    Feeding the Rat (AKA GrantK's elk hunting obsession)

    Given the short season lengths on this one and the upcoming CO options I have really limited patience with trying to ferret elk out of thick cover they don't want to leave, if I knew there was a giant in an area I would approach it a lot differently, but to just fill a tag I like to keep...
  2. GrantK

    Feeding the Rat (AKA GrantK's elk hunting obsession)

    Unless I snag a better option off the reissue list this week that's the plan.
  3. GrantK

    Sunrise Sunset Pictures

    there's something about the cold ones... I think it was about -20 when I took this one, the start of a very long night...
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  5. GrantK

    Sunrise Sunset Pictures

    this one off the back porch wasn't bad...
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  7. GrantK

    Feeding the Rat (AKA GrantK's elk hunting obsession)

    At this point it was 8:50 AM, I had the elk quartered and hung by 9:30, per my watch quartering an elk solo burns about 450 calories and is classified as a “moderate” workout… I disagree with this a little... I loaded up the backstraps, tenderloins, neck, and trim and headed back to camp to get...
  8. GrantK

    Feeding the Rat (AKA GrantK's elk hunting obsession)

    I waited a couple of minutes soaking up just how quickly things had turned around, then walked toward where he had been standing, from there I started looking downhill, hey, that looks like an elk... This may be the smallest bull I’ve ever shot, but with the amount of effort and completely...
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  11. GrantK

    Feeding the Rat (AKA GrantK's elk hunting obsession)

    It was dead quiet as I crunched my way along, feeling more in tune with the woods than I had at any point so far this year, I was moving pretty quickly when I saw a patch of color in the timber that looked out of place, I froze, and as I did it disappeared, I was in the game, maybe? I chambered...
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  13. GrantK

    Feeding the Rat (AKA GrantK's elk hunting obsession)

    Day 4 I was pretty much out of great ideas after seeing zero elk the day before, I figured I’d give this zone one more morning before going into my last ditch plan, which involved crossing a rather large river and what looked to be a really unpleasant climb, I’d spent a good part of midday...
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  15. GrantK

    Feeding the Rat (AKA GrantK's elk hunting obsession)

    I would look at someone with that rig as being well above the median as far as glassing tech on this hunt... did said person also use a side-by-side as a part of the rig?
  16. GrantK

    Feeding the Rat (AKA GrantK's elk hunting obsession)

    I did have good company while I glassed...
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  18. GrantK

    Feeding the Rat (AKA GrantK's elk hunting obsession)

    Day 3 After leaving elk feeding in the dark the night before I didn’t have to think too hard about where I would be going in the morning. I started a little late as I wanted to be sure I didn’t bump anything in the dark, by shooting light I was a couple hundred yards from where I had left the...
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