Few more Pics...
YUM
YUM
Amazing fir snag... took me 14 strides to walk around the base... tree was insanely amazing....
AND.... this was the 168 TSX out of my 06'... went in chest of a big calf and stopped right at the hip ball/joint....
I quartered them both up and buried pieces in the snow... and got the heck out of there.
Early the next morning we headed in and started the real work. They were only 3/4 mile from the truck... and we had snow and a sled... but frick... those sleds and deep snow and thick sage... not fun...
Well, that morning... and that evening... there was a lot of trudging around in the snow... but that was about it.
The next morning we sorta kinda slept in a bit, then decided to head down the road and try a canyon we liked the looks of during archery season. As I eased close to the parking...
The next morning the 4 of us headed out. It was 7 degrees and the snow was deep and the elk sign was sparse... but life was still good...
This mom... holy smacks... just not a many moms like this... these boys got a good one.
A lot going on this year and I didn't know how much elk hunting I'd get in... and I dreaded not having meat in the freezer... so... my hunting pardner and I vowed to kill legal elk as soon as possible...
I took her and her two sons (12 an 14) into some nice country on a Friday afternoon... and...
OK, where's Buzz?
I think you are getting some good advice.... fairly unanimous too... The 7-08 has been proven again and again as a good elk gun...
Get the good pills and do it again!!
Congrats on getting a nice ram Danders! My deepest sympathies to you and yours with the loss of your dad...
My dad is 75 and we spent a lot of time hunting together this fall... I hope the day he goes is still a long ways off.
Im REALLY having a hard time deciding what to do with this ram... ugh... Full? Ped? Euro??
Aaaarrrgh!!!
And for those of you laughing, I LOVE Euro mounts...
"A Lot" is a relative term I guess, but as compared to it "not being allowed"... there certainly isn't a lot.
Anyhow, cool! Glad you got that elk out the way you wanted! I'll take Buzz's opinion a step further though, I commonly de-bone, even if I'm close to my truck... or sometimes spend a few...