First elk ever. I ACTUALLY FREAKIN DID IT!!!!

[LukeDuke]

Love it!!! Nice work

 

[williaada]

What a great animal!

 

[Spartan52]

Nice elk, great hunt, now if you want to get blown away. Try a Moose. Shooting it is the easier part.

 

[Ben Long]

Excellent! Best post in ages. Congratulations on a fine bull.

 

[88man]

congratulations

 

[Slate]

Congrats

 

[Elkoholic]

Congrats to you!
You summed up elk hunting pretty well.... But man we sure do love it!!!

 

[jphares44]

Wow, what an awesome post! Congrats, I'm happy for you!

 

[nuevo_eph]

Well done and I'm happy our state got you your first elk!

 

[rmyoung1]

Congrats, @nwihunter ! What you did, on your own no less, is a great accomplishment. I think those of us who grew up in elk country don’t fully appreciate the hurdle that folks from elsewhere have to climb to hunt elk successfully. Nice job.

 

[JohnBud]

This season was my 4th year elk hunting. I am like a ton of guys on this site, midwestern whitetail hunter their entire life with the itch to try western hunting. I started watching Randy on tv back in 2014 or so. His claim was that anyone can come out to these public lands and and harvest elk just like he does. It was something that I’ve wanted to do forever but it just didn’t seem that easy to go and do on my own. I joined this site and and lurked and learned whatever I could, contributing when I could. I have had the chance to hunt with a couple of members now and was given some good advice from some others and I want to thank all of them. This hunt was the one of the most difficult, exhausting, grueling, miserable, exciting, satisfying, rewarding, fun things I have ever done in my entire life. It was a solo drop camp rifle hunt in New Mexico. This might be one of the smallest bulls posted on here this season but it is all mine and I couldn’t possibly feel any bigger sense of accomplishment. Thanks to everyone that has posted all of the small bits of information that led me to harvesting my first elk!!!
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Congrats from a fellow Wisconsin whitetail hunter that is working to follow in your foot-steps for a solo elk. That, my friend, is a fantastic trophy!

 

[2rocky]

Welcome to breaking through a glass ceiling. A new species, new state, new terrain all seem like unsurmountable odds. Enjoy the feeling and keep it in reserve when you have those moments of doubt and uncertainty. Not only are you an Elk HUNTER but an Elk KILLER.

 

[JoltnJoe]

Big congrats sir!

 

[EastTNHunter]

Huge kudos! Good for you for sticking with it and fulfilling a dream!

 

[recon6036]

big congratulations to you

 

[mtrecon]

Awesome! Congrats

 

[Clzandstra79]

Well done man, congrats! Someday I’m hope I can do what you just did

 

[TransplantHunter]

That is awesome! Way to go!

 

[Lone Elk]

Congrats on your Elk!! You set the goal, worked towards it and accomplished it. Enjoy the feeling and savor the memories. I'm willing to bet almost everyone on here who harvested their first bull can relive the feeling we had through your story. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Rzrbck918]

Thats awesome. Congratulations!