BackofBeyond
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No update for 3 hours? My money is on him having his hands full of quartering a cow and sliding her out…
Holy $#!#, I'm Tired.
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rtraverdavis
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There it is. Congratulations!
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Carl 9.3x62
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Good job! Way to stick with it.
I could’ve shot 12 mother effing mature bulls today on public land under a 100 yards without even trying.
Yet we spent 7 hours watching 100’s and 100s of cows on private land and worked our asses to make it happen eventually.
But this kept happening
Yet we spent 7 hours watching 100’s and 100s of cows on private land and worked our asses to make it happen eventually.
But this kept happening
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Carl 9.3x62
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That's one of the best parts about cow hunting, is seeing all of the bulls.
About a 12.75 hour hunt. We didn’t bring enough water or food for that.
Getting this cow out was type 2 fun at it’s finest. While my partner was taking his sled pulls shifts I was eating snow to try regain some hydration. We were both calorically on fumes and had been for hours. The snow was deep. Shot opportunity wasn’t had until 10 minutes before end of shooting light.
Are we idiots? Did we vastly underestimate what would be required to kill elk glassed roughly 1.25 miles away in the amount of snow we had? Are we badasses?
I submit, all of the above
Getting this cow out was type 2 fun at it’s finest. While my partner was taking his sled pulls shifts I was eating snow to try regain some hydration. We were both calorically on fumes and had been for hours. The snow was deep. Shot opportunity wasn’t had until 10 minutes before end of shooting light.
Are we idiots? Did we vastly underestimate what would be required to kill elk glassed roughly 1.25 miles away in the amount of snow we had? Are we badasses?
I submit, all of the above
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BackofBeyond
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Fine line between dumbass and badass - but the type 2 fun is worth it.
Mostly dumbasses. Assuredly.
It was. But the elk we were after, in front of us, were a little too far away and a little directionally off completely being down wind. But we had no choice but to approach from upwind. The bulls we kept running into either snuck up on us from up wind or we’d run into them being perpendicular to the wind
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Nice work dad, way to bring home the meat.
NAHMINT
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Enjoy the new family they are great/special times.........
we are selling our LAST HOUSE... time to spend our savings !!!
we are selling our LAST HOUSE... time to spend our savings !!!
marksjeep
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Way to stick with it. Now time to process... 
Congrats!
Congrats!
Synonymous with Dec/Jan elk hunting. Nice work and congrats!
RobertD
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You're the man! Congratulations. I'm sure this is one you'll never forget!
Irrelevant
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Awesome man. Glad it worked out
seeth07
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Congrats, great thread, great recap of the hunts and glad you got that hunting time in during a chaotic time in your life
MarvB
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Nice!! Well done sir and yes the line can quickly blur back and forth between the assednesses, both bad and dumb! (Is that even a word?)
WildWill
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I was always told if you're gonna be dumb better be tough. Congratulations on the cow!
