Oregon Coast Range Cow Hunt

[Little Big Man MT Chris]

Congratulations on your wet adventure today. I bet it felt good to figure out how to pull her up to the road

hunting in logging country here in OREGON there is so many roads old and new , we vary rarely have to cut , qtr and pack out, some times we can get access to a chainsaw wench, they can pull an elk out of most holes, today we got lucky where we found her

 

[bobbydean]

Congratulations!

Really enjoyed the write up and pictures.

I love that you still hunt with your Mom and Dad.

 

[7mm08mo]

Congrats that looks like a large cow. Good luck to your mom, keep us posted on how her hunt goes.

 

[fishing4sanity]

That looks to be a nice big cow, congrats!

 

[Lefty315]

Nicely done on what appears to be a huge cow!

 

[Little Big Man MT Chris]

Nicely done on what appears to be a huge cow!

I will try to get the hanging weight when we take it to the butchers , i think we're gonna take her Saturday or Sunday, I work Saturday, so I will try to get that info from the folks if they do

 

[oswald2581]

Pretty amazing how big bodied those Roosevelts get!!

 

[Little Big Man MT Chris]

Pretty amazing how big bodied those Roosevelts get!!

What I've always herd people say out here in the coast range , is the Roosevelt Elk are bigger bodied than the Rocky Mtn Elk and The Rocky Mtn Elk get bigger antlers than Roosevelt Bulls , But I have no idea if that really true or it's just an old wives tale, that's told out here because we're in Roosevelt country.

 

[LuketheDog]

Great job! I remember seeing Roosies when I lived in CA, but forget how much bigger they are!

 

[cgarner]

Congratulations.

 

[jmgraham1986]

Good stuff buddy. Those coastal elk are monsters!

 

[Little Big Man MT Chris]

The folks took the Elk in this morning , it was weighed in at 361 lbs so I'm guessing she was 700 or more pounds before she died, I've only been hunting elk for 3 seasons now , this is my 2nd , don't know what avg weights are or what to compare with , I do know this female is 120 or so pounds heavier than my dads spike bull back on Nov 20th , can't remember exact weight believe it was between 220 to 230 after cleaned and hung when taken in to butchers

 

[hank4elk]

Cool. Those Rosies are big.
Had a cow here 2 yrs ago weigh 276,that was a big RM elk.
My only Tule was a cow & she was just below 185.

 

[Little Big Man MT Chris]

Cool. Those Rosies are big.
Had a cow here 2 yrs ago weigh 276,that was a big RM elk.
My only Tule was a cow & she was just below 185.

My dad was telling 6 or 7 years ago before I started hunting again they got a cow that's was close to dbl the size of mine , don't know never saw it, I've been told Rosie's can get to 1000 on the hoof , but this is also just what I've herd, my friends who have hunted Rosie's for a long time , think she is between 3 to 4 years old, I can say when I was out with dad the day he got his spike , we had 4 cows cross a 200 yard meadow 300 yards or so from us and the lead cow was TWICE as big as the 3 cows following, we all looked at each other with wide eyes , we were like holy dam that was big !!

 

[Fire_9]

I think that's Mt St. Hellens in the back ground

So I have to ask. How do you not know if it's Mt. St. Helens? It's the only one without a top....

 

[Little Big Man MT Chris]

So I have to ask. How do you not know if it's Mt. St. Helens? It's the only one without a top....

Ha ha ha ha !!! Ya I know , but I can't name all are mountains around here in the NW, its been awhile since I've seen it , i hunted the same area during BlackTail season and never saw it , so when i saw it last week , it took a second to register, so rather than speak like a know it all , I just choose to err with caution rather than stick my foot in my mouth on a national web site i made that mistake earlier this summer when i mis spoke about Oregon Wolves , I ain't going down that road again if i can help it

 

[Fire_9]

Haha I hear. Just giving you a hard time. I grew up about 40 miles from St. Helens so I know it fairly well

 

[ashersdad]

Congratulations!! Gotta love hunting the Oregon Coastal range.

 

[Little Big Man MT Chris]

My got her Elk this morning, I wasn't able to be there , I am at the girlfriends helping build a new headboard for her bed , this is the only pic I was sent from the field ! The Turner Clan has completed their Oregon Coast Range Cow Hunt !!! Thanks for following along everyone and all the great comments, it was a lot of fun

 

[Drysider]

Congrats on the successful hunts!