My wife Eileen and I drew antlerless tags in our favorite area, about a half-hour's drive from our house. In addition to our OTC tags, this means either of us can legally shoot any elk we see except a spike bull.

Our elk-hunting plan is to take either a medium-sized cow or a raghorn, but such plans have a way of changing in the field. A couple years ago I planned to take the first legal bull that appeared in rifle range, hoping for a tasty raghorn, but the first bull turned out to be a decent 6x6. He's quite edible, especially when Eileen does the cooking, but hoping for something a little more so this year.


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John Steinbeck