26 year wait - Utah elk hunt

[The Hedgehog]

Chilled Lakes... you know, in case you have nothing to do.

I’ve been hiding at work from you guys. Big congrats.

 

[The Hedgehog]

I gots to know - did you drink only

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Or did you also have some

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I only took my own and didn't drink half of it on the elk hunt. Didn't try the Polygamy porter. Elk hunts not as beer friendly as antelope hunts. I always cringe when I see people drinking it, that may have picked it up a long ways from the brewery. That stuff goes skunky so quickly. I never, EVER buy a 6 pack that has a canned on date more than 6 weeks old and may have been left out unrefrigerated for too long. It's printed on the bottom edge of can.

 

[Baerman]

Congrats Greenhorn! Epic adventure and great bull.

 

[BAKPAKR]

I never, EVER buy a 6 pack that has a canned on date more than 6 weeks old and may have been left out unrefrigerated for too long. It's printed on the bottom edge of can.

If it will help me get big elk, I will start checking dates!

 

[elkduds]

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Late to the victory party, mountain internet is basically a rusty can on a wet string. Looks like it culminated just off the 18th hole somewhere. Congratulations and thanks for taking us all along on an adventure we will never get to have. WELL DESERVED!

 

[Ought Six]

Congrats Kurt! Hell of a bull! Thanks for bringing us along!

 

[tzone]

Wow!! Congrats. I don't elk hunt and you got my dream bull!

What a hunt and thanks for sharing.

 

[275Rigby]

Thanks for sharing an epic hunt - I’ve got 17 Utah elk points and will get there someday!

 

[Trevlist]

Thanks for sharing.

 

[The Hedgehog]

The giant I tried for opening day (pics in post 139) is absolutely dead now based on the pic I’m seeing in the Carters instgram post.
I’m guessing 400+ they were calling him Captain Hook.

 

[The Hedgehog]

They killed the drop tine bull I photographed on July 4 this week also. He’s the 3rd bull in the post 140. Broke his right side dropper off in velvet but still scores 395. Early rifle is tough on the huge bulls. The Carters on this unit are deadly on the huge elk, not much of a luck factor. These are 2 of the 3 best elk I saw while in Utah.

 

[Hem]

They killed the drop tine bull I photographed on July 4 this week also. He’s the 3rd bull in the post 140. Broke his right side dropper off in velvet but still scores 395. Early rifle is tough on the huge bulls. The Carters on this unit are deadly on the huge elk, not much of a luck factor. These are 2 of the 3 best elk I saw while in Utah.
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Impressive bull.must have rattled the hunter.

 

[Irrelevant]

Looks like they shot it in the @ss

 

[TheTone]

Makes you wonder what they could produce if they moved rifle season out of the rut

 

[The Hedgehog]

Looks like they shot it in the @ss

without being there, hard to tell where it was shot at, hit, and where the bullet exited.

 

[The Hedgehog]

Captain Hook was the name based on a curl in the beam he had in 2022 season. He is a 400+ bull.

 

[The Hedgehog]

Some grainy video I took evening before archery opened.

And some video of the “drop tine bull” above @Spitz took while we were bowhunting a couple days later.

 

[fishing4sanity]

Glad you got that chance to hunt those bulls, just to see one like that while not even hunting would be an amazing experience. Congratulations on the whole adventure!

 

[perma]

Captain Hook was the name based on a curl in the beam he had in 2022 season. He is a 400+ bull.
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How do you fit something like that on a wall?!

 

[Dave N]

How do you fit something like that on a wall?!

You move EVERYTHING else off! Even then,