Don’t know there were hillbilly elk out thereNot just another cow elk, pretty neat to kill one with my late Grandfather's 300 winchester. Was a miserable day to be out, but better than sitting on the couch. Saw 4 wrecks on the way to my spot, 3 on one tight corner. Thought about turning around and heading home, but by that time I figured may as well press on.
Found 3 herds of elk and the last group of 150 or so were in a good spot for me, bad spot for them.
With the wind blowing full insane today, I knew I had to get close. Glassed them and looked like I could be in business stalking up a draw. Got right on top of them, the closest ones were about 30 yards, but all bedded in a big knot, no way to not hit 2. One on the far edge finally stood up to stretch and that was a bad move. Shot was only 72 yards and one shot from Grandpa's 300 Winchester did the trick. Last time I fired that rifle was checking zero for him in the summer of 1999. Since then, my Dad has shot 3 shiras moose with it, by brother killed a shiras with it and I wanted to, but killed a moose before they got down here to help me out. Haven't adjusted the scope at all since at least the mid-90's. My brother shot it before they brought it down, dead on at 100 yards.
Not sure how old this one is, but real old. I kept a tooth to have it aged by the GF.
I think this was the last whitetail my Grandfather shot with his rifle, November of 1999, he was 84.
The elk I shot with it today:
Old cow, kept a bottom tooth to send in for aging...I'm guessing crowding 20 years old:
Ivories, or what's left of them:
Second WY elk for the year...
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undercover
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So Buzz is up to 82 elk ? According to a University of Wyoming study, an average bull elk yields 218 pounds of meat while an average cow elk yields 169 pounds of meat…..that’s like roughly 16,000 lbs of meat or 8tons. Congrats !
Elkhunter24
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Awesome job! Congrats
Carl 9.3x62
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You ever get an age on that old cow @BuzzH ?
