Tagged out and grateful

[diamond hitch]

Yard elk is the lords way of saying you have built up a surplus of suffer points and freebe is in order. Good job!

 

[idnative1948]

Congrats! Sorry I missed the invite to sip on the Four Roses...

 

[LukeDuke]

Very cool. Congratulations

 

[jbseamus83]

That is so awesome! Congrats. I would love to one day have a place like that.

 

[Brittany Chukarman]

How big of a day pack will that tractor hold?

What's a day pack?

 

[Brittany Chukarman]

Well done sir!
I too appreciate the simplicity of the situation and the difficulty.
Now as for the 7 decades,that does have me beat by 2

I just barely made 7. First one in 68 then this one.

 

[Brittany Chukarman]

That is so awesome! Congrats. I would love to one day have a place like that.

I lucked out with this place. Bought it 27 years ago before this part of Oregon was discovered. At the time it wasn't much more than a nice house.

 

[FlatlandHunter]

Awesome job and great eating. Congrats

 

[MTGamecock]

That's good stuff. At a certain point Sunday night, I would have probably paid $1000 for a tractor-assisted pack-out. haha!

 

[Blacktailbc]

I like it. Nice bourbon also

 

[rtraverdavis]

That picture of you on the ridge with the tractor is too cool. Congratulations on making it come together.

 

[Hubby45]

Great photos ! Nicely done on the elk.

 

[EKYHunter]

Since mid-September elk have been coming into my pastures at night and leaving super early. I'm not complaining, deer and elk are welcome on my place and I'll gladly fix fence to have them. My season opened 10/17. I hike from the house and try to get ahead of them but they were always just ahead of me or it was just a little too dark to shoot. They would go up in the chukar country I no longer have the legs for. It was fun hunting and I was seeing elk every time, just not any shot opportunities. I'd make about a 2 mile loop and spend some time glassing them up out of my reach. Today I caught up to them with just enough early light to get a shot. I was able to take a nice cow in really good shape and lucky to get the tractor right to it. This was my only tag for this year so it was extra sweet to fill it. I've now filled a tag in 7 decades. I'm not a big drinker but tonight I'm celebrating my good fortune and looking forward to the butchering and another year of elk meat.

Great job sir! What a wonderful country we live in!!!

 

[SaskHunter]

Congrats! You make it look easy haha

 

[HFW]

Congratulations . Very nice. Something about that tractor vs a sled or a backpack ---- very nice way to come back with a load.

 

[Lefty1]

Since mid-September elk have been coming into my pastures at night and leaving super early. I'm not complaining, deer and elk are welcome on my place and I'll gladly fix fence to have them. My season opened 10/17. I hike from the house and try to get ahead of them but they were always just ahead of me or it was just a little too dark to shoot. They would go up in the chukar country I no longer have the legs for. It was fun hunting and I was seeing elk every time, just not any shot opportunities. I'd make about a 2 mile loop and spend some time glassing them up out of my reach. Today I caught up to them with just enough early light to get a shot. I was able to take a nice cow in really good shape and lucky to get the tractor right to it. This was my only tag for this year so it was extra sweet to fill it. I've now filled a tag in 7 decades. I'm not a big drinker but tonight I'm celebrating my good fortune and looking forward to the butchering and another year of elk meat.

Very nice! Also nice your able to use a tractor to get it out!

 

[Little Big Man MT Chris]

4 roses and a dead guy ale , good times right there !!! I was given a bottle of 4 roses as a gift this year and saved it until Blacktail season ! Congratulations on an elk ! Loved the pics

 

[mdhunter]

Beautiful spot, congrats!

 

[MarvB]

Nice! ...and beautiful country
used to work west of there in Baker, love that part of the state

 

[cjourd]

I need to try elk hunting pretty soon, before I get any further up there in age.