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Today will be a grateful chore of deboning my first elk, & done with a bow. Lots of time spent prepping for this hunt: Road knowledge, locating concentrated areas of bugles at wee hours of AM, water holes, benches, & how bulls use the line of No Return (Rez border) to evade pursuit. This was a TUFF hunt; mostly due to my learning curve, but locals tell me this was the slowest they have seen in yrs. Seemed like all 125 tag holders brought 5 buddies in the forest, so many dudes buzzing around and sitting water! It was hot, smokey, high winds, & no cows to be seen/heard. I only saw 1 bull killed in the back of a truck. No real rutting activity until day 12!?! Bulls actively bugles from day 1 & called back to challenge bugles… but no interest in cow calls. I don’t call often. I actually don’t like to call until the last 150yrd—for any game. It was obvious when other hunters were near due to cow calls & the over frequency of use. I had my share of “could have been done”, like the 6x6 on Day 2 (narrow shooting lane and killed a tree at 63yrd). My caller granted me 8 days, then returned to the real world. I kept grinding. Hunt sun up to sun down. Trying different areas, different times of AM, different approaches. Even though bugles occurred every day, some days went by without seeing a bull. Then, things changed on day 12. Responsive bulls, yet still no cows (I guess I never found them). Bulls engaging to challenge calls & kept around with soft cow calls. I had activity all day long. I bumped a bull 5:30pm when pursuing his bugle. It ran 73yrd up hill. A scraggly tree 8’ in front of me partially broke up my figure. Quickly counted left side: G4, G5, G6=thinking this was a 6x6. Face to face we stared for “eternity”. He barked several times. Calmed him with meek cow calls. His caution factor overrode desire to breed and he slowly turned to walk away. Ranged at 83yrd, pulled back, broadside, WHACK, punched him with 100gr G5 Montec. Then heard a crash, but not sure of what was really happening due to topo incline changes. Found blood at impact site. Found bull 30yrd away, face down into a rotting tree on a steep slope. Ecstatic rush of achievement! Antlers were actually 5x6 with an earlier broken right G1, but I didn’t care! It was a late night. Had an awesome friend drive up to help pack out. While not a monster, he will be just fine as a memory to the hunt’s high/lows resting over the cabin’s fireplace. Took him to Authentic Taxidermy/Troy Smith yesterday; it was a haul & I passed several taxidermist en route, but Troy did great work on my pronghorn. History has shown me—go with the proven & you won’t regret it. Troy asked if I wanted G1 tine fixed… “Nope, keep him just as I found him”.🏹

Scary thing is how many people are dumb enough to actually believe that…

I like the comment about the shipping containers blocking Jaguar movement

I must have had Elk on the brain.

Yup, more horses than a Cheyenne Frontier Days rodeo. When will they allow thinning of the herd like North Rim Buffalo? 😂 Those prolific horses are like a riding lawn mower, eating everything in it’s path.

Wow. I hate rattlers, kill everyone that I can. Rock, shovel, shotgun, whatever. Wife was taking out the trash the other night (she’s a keeper) and I somehow heard her scream over the TV football game. Sure enough, we had another snake. Turned out there was 3 rattlesnakes within 20 feet of our trash can. Probably the last time she will be taking the trash for a while. Good thing she can mow the yard during daytime.

Hey guys I know its a long shot but I found a Iphone in unit 10 last weekend. Upper northwest corner if anyone knows someone who lost it shoot me a message.

Why does Electric Boogaloo come to mind? JK, GLWTS!

Sorry, got busy and didn’t see it

Shes a tracking machine. Needs more experience before I put her in the ground with someone's trophy on the line, but she is nose to the ground all the way.

Next year my Airedale and I will be ready to take on this task. She could probably do it this year but I'm not comfortable in taking time off from work with her lack of experience so far

Update: this was found 100 yards past the last blood , in the exact direction the bull was headed.My buddy said there was another hunter in there when he was walking out to let the bull die after shooting him and wait a bit and he asked if he’d shot anything… my buddy told the guy they shot a bull and the guy described the bull. This is a really crappy situation and really unfortunate. Whoever got his bull I’m sure takes pride in how hard they hunted for it. Psshhhhh.

Lighter than the stock stock shoot maybe we oughta trade?

The 9.3 also has a following in Alaska.

Regular old Energizer from HD or wally world here.

They seem to be pretty similar. I have always had a fascination with the mauser metric calibers that seem to be so ahead of their time that people are still basically reinventing them with new names. One of my main hunting rifles is a 6.5x55 which is basically 6.5 creedmoor that everyone loves/loves to hate, except it was invented 120 years ago.

Recteq with sear plates 🫳🎤

DONT WOULD BE MY ADVISE, (YODER YS)