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brokenscout
10-27-2010, 15:35
Got my first Elk 1 hour into season on my property.
ronaldrwl
10-27-2010, 15:44
Very nice, Pistol or Bow :)
jim02
10-27-2010, 15:47
nice job, looks great.
henpecked
10-27-2010, 16:16
bigger pictures and tell us how it went down
sniper7
10-27-2010, 16:27
Looks great! Congratulations!
blacklions
10-27-2010, 17:04
Congrats!! Very nice!


What unit should I buy the tag for? [Beer]
brokenscout
10-27-2010, 18:35
I was using a 30-06 with 150 grain Federal Power shock. I could tell you it was 1 shot one kill. But I would be a liar. The first shot he was running and I hit him in ass at 175 to 200 yards, the next shot hit him in the spine(and dropped him), and the last shot about 4 inches below the spine shot. My friend called it Buck Fever.
steveopia
10-27-2010, 18:50
Nice looking animal. Do you know how much it weighed? I've actually never been hunting but am in awe with how big these guys are.

Do you have anymore pics?
argonstrom
10-27-2010, 21:36
Nice hat!!!















Congrats, by the way! [Beer]
rondog
10-27-2010, 22:48
Congrats!!! I've never hunted anything but quail, doves, ducks, pheasants, etc., and that's been 30+ years ago. But I did have a close encounter of the elk kind this Labor Day up in Estes Park. That's me at the far right, with the video camera and tripod. That boy was close.....right after this was taken, he walked up closer to me and stepped over the guardrail and crossed the road. When he came over the guardrail, I slowly stepped over it also onto this side of it.

He didn't mess with me, but he sure gave me the stinkeye. A couple minutes earlier, his whole family was all around me, then he came up to shoo them away from me and back across the road.

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b150/rinselman/vacations/249.jpg
Irving
10-27-2010, 23:24
I'd be pissed I got up so early and was done an hour later.
patrick0685
10-27-2010, 23:36
congrats![Beer]
Chase723
10-28-2010, 07:02
Way to be man! Elk steaks for a year...I'm jealous. lol.
02ducky
10-28-2010, 07:55
Congrats brother, nice looking Elk... good for you!
GhostRider
10-28-2010, 07:58
Thats a nice one!!! I got a guy in Castle Rock that might let my son come try to get his first one this year on his property, I hope he does as well
theGinsue
10-28-2010, 18:03
Nice harvest. Just one hour in? Wow. My quickest was @ 1020 on opening day.

It's still no fun getting them out.
t-slice
10-28-2010, 20:31
You did better than i did [ROFL1]
UNFmoose
11-02-2010, 16:40
You did better than i did [ROFL1]

Seriously. I didn't see a thing and I only had a cow tag. Would have been my first elk. Going for my first deer for 3rd rifle.
rondog
11-02-2010, 16:52
It's still no fun getting them out.
So, how DO you get them out? If you don't have an ATV or horses, that is. Can you still hunt with Jeeps?
Byte Stryke
11-02-2010, 17:01
So, how DO you get them out? If you don't have an ATV or horses, that is. Can you still hunt with Jeeps?

Dress it out as much as possible THERE.
Drag<Skid<Sled<ATV<TRUCK.

I have seen guys go deep into the back country with Packmules.
brokenscout
11-02-2010, 17:45
Since it was my property, we used a truck.
Mtn.man
11-02-2010, 17:53
Congrats.