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Shot at no more than 10 ft. with a 348 grain aerotip powerbelt and 130 grains of triple seven powder.! Yes I said feet. She almost walked on top of me!
Congratulations!!
thanks I was happy it was my first elk.
I finally tripped the trigger yesterday. I called in 4 bulls sitting in the same spot in about a 10 minute span of time. The first was a nice 6x6, the next two came in at the same time from opposite directions and they were both decent 5x5's, and then last this little guy came in and actually gave me a shot, where as the others just never stood where I needed them to. I packed him 1.25 miles back to camp by myself in 3 trips. I'm one sore sucker today. He'll be good eatin'.
Damn that is a lot of work solo
They sure get into some funny places after they get shot.Originally Posted by van7559
Shot at no more than 10 ft. with a 348 grain aerotip powerbelt and 130 grains of triple seven powder.! Yes I said feet. She almost walked on top of me!
Yeah no shit we had a hell of a time gutting her there
time to learn the "gutless" method. She is in about the perfect position to get started pulling 1/4's.
I got lucky when my bull died next to a couple of oaks so I simply tied his hind legs in position and got to work. Pull all the meat off of one side, roll the critter over and repeat. Getting the tenderloins out is not hard, but ya gotta be careful to prevent cutting into the stomach/intestines. I also like heart, so it's the last thing I do is cut open the chest, BUT by law, it's not required to be eatin', so with the gutless method, there's no reason to cut open the chest.
Well done my friend!
Killed my elk on the evening of the last day of the season. Must say I'm not happy with the performance of the 270 grn powerbelts I was using. I hit it three times (yes, i had the time to reload and shoot three times at this one.... amazing). Once in the neck... didn't expect much performance out of a bullet there. The second entered behind the front shoulder and exited through the middle of the far side hind leg. Entry and exit holes about the same size. Third shot was a put down shot in the head. Anybody know of a better bullet to use in muzzloaders in CO? Something that actually expands?
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