Elk .... Let's see them!!!

[kiwi hunter]

When I drew this tag in 2013 I was told by my boss I’d have all the time in the world to hunt. He knew I was invested with 12 years of my life trying to get the coveted tag. But when the time came to hunt and I approached him about the time off I’d been promised he flew off the handle and said that I could have opening day to hunt and if I wasn’t at work at 06:30 Sunday morning I wouldn’t have a job. So after 12 years I ended up with one day to hunt. I had my cousin sight in my rifle, and relied on friends to find me a bull because I had been working 7 days a week and 12-14 hours a day for the 2 months leading up to the hunt. At first light on opening day I missed a 375” bull 9 times because I was unfamiliar with the rifle and we didn’t know the distance on the bull. 15 minutes later I killed this rag horn at 100 yards with a single shot and my hunt was over. When my boss got to work Monday morning since he wouldn’t work sundays he asked how my hunt was and apologized for losing it on me saying he’d have given me more time but I’d just caught him at a bad time. I loved that hunt and would do it again in a heartbeat but I will never get shafted by and employer like that again.

Hope you're not working for thT asswipe no more. Life is short go spend time hunting.

 

[OntarioHunter]

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My brother in-laws OIL Nebraska bull. He had just returned from a deployment to the Middle East in late August of 2022. Hunted consistently during the first half of September with his bow. I hunted with him the first morning of the rifle season and we called this bull out of a corn field. Notice the green on his tines from rubbing corn stocks.

Interesting color hide on that one. Different, especially for an older bull.

 

[kiwi hunter]

The wife tagged out. 200 and 282 yards. 6.5-284 xp100. 127 LRX.

Her first bull.

Holy molie. Look out Putin. Congrats to the wife.

 

[Neumie]

CO 2016

My first elk, still hunting, 25 yards broadside. When I walked up on it I was amazed at the size.

 

[Justindrader]

CO 2016

My first elk, still hunting, 25 yards broadside. When I walked up on it I was amazed at the size.

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Big old girl for sure. How'd she eat?

 

[Neumie]

Big old girl for sure. How'd she eat?

I thought it was fantastic. About 200#

 

[Flatbrimmer]

went out today looking for coyotes and turned up a pile of mule deer and elk Dangerously close to public.. really don’t need another elk in the freezer but made for a really really fun quarter-mile stalk between the deer to get to the elk.

 

[Spoon&crockpot]

2021 Colorado OTC public land 3rd season bull. He was my first bull, I struggled filling An elk tag for over 7 years! Taxidermist just called said my bull will be coming back at the end of this month so excited!

 

[Justindrader]

2021 Colorado OTC public land 3rd season bull. He was my first bull, I struggled filling An elk tag for over 7 years! Taxidermist just called said my bull will be coming back at the end of this month so excited!

Great work. Something to be proud of for sure!

 

[Spoon&crockpot]

Great work. Something to be proud of for sure!

Thank you, definitely proud of how much work needed to be done to get him out of the woods.

 

[A_Holdgreve95]

2021 Colorado OTC public land 3rd season bull. He was my first bull, I struggled filling An elk tag for over 7 years! Taxidermist just called said my bull will be coming back at the end of this month so excited!

Congratulations!

 

[Deleted member 52847]

Biggest bull for me to date

 

[NoBadP17]

Another good day elk hunting
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Elk are neat but that hunting truck is neater

 

[Carl 9.3x62]

Elk are neat but that hunting truck is neater

Thanks. It's been a fun truck.

 

[Wildabeest]

The epic snow we’re having this year is really pushing them down. These are heading right into downtown SLC. Scroll down to the video. They closed off the freeway so they could cross.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1620814792327053312

 

[Khunter]

I would’ve been looking for a new job. After a long elk hunt of course

agreed, to heck with that job….easier said than done of course.

And had a range finder. nine shots and misses in a row is really something.

Can’t wrap mind around taking any shots after 2?,3?, when it has become clear the rifle aint right OR I have no earthly idea what my hold over is. …..Decision on when to stop shooting is diff for diff folks and situations but at some point well before one says, “down to my last, 10th bullet”?

 

[MikaelMc]

Archery OTC 2021

 

[MikaelMc]

Wife’s, 1st Rifle 2022

 

[Sagebrush77]

went out today looking for coyotes and turned up a pile of mule deer and elk Dangerously close to public.. really don’t need another elk in the freezer but made for a really really fun quarter-mile stalk between the deer to get to the elk.

That's cool! And I believe that bird is the Townsends Solitaire if I'm not mistaken. I studied birds for a bit before I decided to chase elk and deer haha.

 

[MARKANDERSON]

This is the only archery elk I have killed in the snow. 2005. It's a much different hunt with snow. Easier to find to find. Much harder to hunt. NO rut. Always in a larger group with many eyes.