Don't look a gift elk in the mouth ( or don't hate me)

[Brittany Chukarman]

Probably shouldn't tell this one but it is a good story. We started seeing elk on our game cams at night mid-September. I'd hike out early trying to catch them but they were always gone. Oct 2 there was bugling, chuckling and grunts all night long. I had a hunt in Wyoming leaving in a couple days and didn't plan on hunting elk until I got back. My plan for the day was to go to the woods and cut a load of firewood. With all the activity during the night I had to see if any had stuck around in daylight. I put on my dirty wood cutting clothes and went down by the woodshed where I had a good view, no elk in sight and I could hear a bull moving away. Figuring it was over I went back in, changed back into my PJ's and made a cup of coffee. I grabbed my binoculars and went out on the deck to have my coffee. As soon as I got out there I spotted elk. Back in the house, grab the rifle and hustle down to the woodshed. A big cow was standing perfect. Bigger than I wanted but everything was just right. Took the shot and she bolted out of view into the sage. It wasn't until i got back in the house getting knives together that I realized I was in my PJ's and house slippers. By then my wife was waking up and I told her "I think I just killed an elk in my pajamas".Got dressed and went looking for her. She had ran about 50 yards before piling up. Heart shot. Nice, fat cow. Butchered some before leaving for Wyoming and hung the rest in my walk-in. That meat that hung longer was so tender. I usually start butchering the next day but from now on I'll start on the trim and let the big pieces hang longer.

 

[Hem]

Probably shouldn't tell this one but it is a good story. We started seeing elk on our game cams at night mid-September. I'd hike out early trying to catch them but they were always gone. Oct 2 there was bugling, chuckling and grunts all night long. I had a hunt in Wyoming leaving in a couple days and didn't plan on hunting elk until I got back. My plan for the day was to go to the woods and cut a load of firewood. With all the activity during the night I had to see if any had stuck around in daylight. I put on my dirty wood cutting clothes and went down by the woodshed where I had a good view, no elk in sight and I could hear a bull moving away. Figuring it was over I went back in, changed back into my PJ's and made a cup of coffee. I grabbed my binoculars and went out on the deck to have my coffee. As soon as I got out there I spotted elk. Back in the house, grab the rifle and hustle down to the woodshed. A big cow was standing perfect. Bigger than I wanted but everything was just right. Took the shot and she bolted out of view into the sage. It wasn't until i got back in the house getting knives together that I realized I was in my PJ's and house slippers. By then my wife was waking up and I told her "I think I just killed an elk in my pajamas".Got dressed and went looking for her. She had ran about 50 yards before piling up. Heart shot. Nice, fat cow. Butchered some before leaving for Wyoming and hung the rest in my walk-in. That meat that hung longer was so tender. I usually start butchering the next day but from now on I'll start on the trim and let the big pieces hang longer.

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Heck yeah!
I missed a great whitetail buck with my muzzleloader while in long underwear and slippers once.

 

[duckhunt]

I have shot deer in my grove right behind the house a couple times.

 

[Sytes]

"I think I just killed an elk in my pajamas"

Hahaha! Epic! Awesome freezer filler! Best with your WY hunt!

 

[Flatbrimmer]

That’s like life goals for me right there

 

[Caseknife]

Tractors make great hunting partners. Shot a nice whitetail buck out the kitchen window one year before work. Had to call and tell them I would be a bit late.

 

[Corn king 60]

My son who drives tractor trailer for UPS shot this buck at our farm just after daylight a few years ago.if you look close brown pants and hat. Dad I got to get to work,can you take care of my deer
Congrats on your freezer filler

 

[LuketheDog]

Probably shouldn't tell this one but it is a good story. We started seeing elk on our game cams at night mid-September. I'd hike out early trying to catch them but they were always gone. Oct 2 there was bugling, chuckling and grunts all night long. I had a hunt in Wyoming leaving in a couple days and didn't plan on hunting elk until I got back. My plan for the day was to go to the woods and cut a load of firewood. With all the activity during the night I had to see if any had stuck around in daylight. I put on my dirty wood cutting clothes and went down by the woodshed where I had a good view, no elk in sight and I could hear a bull moving away. Figuring it was over I went back in, changed back into my PJ's and made a cup of coffee. I grabbed my binoculars and went out on the deck to have my coffee. As soon as I got out there I spotted elk. Back in the house, grab the rifle and hustle down to the woodshed. A big cow was standing perfect. Bigger than I wanted but everything was just right. Took the shot and she bolted out of view into the sage. It wasn't until i got back in the house getting knives together that I realized I was in my PJ's and house slippers. By then my wife was waking up and I told her "I think I just killed an elk in my pajamas".Got dressed and went looking for her. She had ran about 50 yards before piling up. Heart shot. Nice, fat cow. Butchered some before leaving for Wyoming and hung the rest in my walk-in. That meat that hung longer was so tender. I usually start butchering the next day but from now on I'll start on the trim and let the big pieces hang longer.

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Aint nothin' wrong with that!

 

[kansasdad]

Nice!

New signature line suggestion/dad joke:

You:I once shot an elk in my pajamas.
Me: What was it doing in your pajamas?

 

[Chief23]

Dang I'm jealous. How nice to walk out the back door and smoke one to fill the freezer.

 

[hank4elk]

Shot turkeys off the old porch. A blacktail buck.

Not a jammies guy, but I shot a cow in my slippers a hundred yards out. Home.

 

[Redmt]

Hmm, I thought that was normal hunting attire? I've gotten piggies and last years 3 point off of the front porch in my bathrobe. How the piggies got into my bathrobe is still a mystery.