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2018 Oregon Elk #13240506 10/29/18
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 2,252 Oregon A aheider OP Campfire Regular
OP aheider Campfire Regular A Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 2,252 Oregon	Had a good elk hunt in the Oregon desert and managed to find a bull on opening morning. Shot the bull with 160 Accubond hand loads out of the 7 mag at 255 yards. He soaked up three rounds before tipping over. I was using a Tikka T3X Superlite with a Athlon Midas Tac 4-16. Hit him in the right shoulder angled toward the off side. Caught two of the bullets just under the hide in front of the offside hip, and one exited. Weight retention was 72% and 60% respectively. Took a rear quarter and the head two miles over fairly moderate ground to the Polaris and then was able to drive around to within a mile of the bull. Made the pack out a little easier. Thankfully I had a couple buddies give me a hand!

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Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,741 lapine oregon baltz526 Campfire Regular
baltz526 Campfire Regular Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,741 lapine oregon	Chukar country Elk. The anti American Constitutional party (Democrat). Wants to dismantle your rights, limiting every aspect of your constitutional rights. Death by 1000 cuts is the tactic. Each cut bleeds constitutional rights to control you. Control is the goal.

Re: 2018 Oregon Elk baltz526 #13240634 10/29/18
Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 5,467 jennings lodge, oregon Oregonmuley Campfire Tracker
Oregonmuley Campfire Tracker Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 5,467 jennings lodge, oregon	Congrats - thats a heck of a nice bull and some awesome country!! Looks like a fun hunt!! "Rather hunt Mule deer than anything else" "Team 7MM-08"

Re: 2018 Oregon Elk baltz526 #13240652 10/29/18
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 2,252 Oregon A aheider OP Campfire Regular
OP aheider Campfire Regular A Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 2,252 Oregon	Originally Posted by baltz526 Chukar country Elk. No doubt, saw those little buggers every day.

Re: 2018 Oregon Elk Oregonmuley #13240655 10/29/18
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 2,252 Oregon A aheider OP Campfire Regular
OP aheider Campfire Regular A Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 2,252 Oregon	Originally Posted by Oregonmuley Congrats - thats a heck of a nice bull and some awesome country!! Looks like a fun hunt!! Thanks! The elk are really spread out and move a lot which makes them difficult to locate. The 2 mph rock roads don't help either....

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Re: 2018 Oregon Elk aheider #13240665 10/29/18
Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 46,079 Likes: 5 Colorado S smokepole Campfire 'Bwana
smokepole Campfire 'Bwana S Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 46,079 Likes: 5 Colorado	Gorgeous bull, and great photos, congrats! A wise man is frequently humbled.

Re: 2018 Oregon Elk aheider #13240733 10/29/18
Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 4,216 Boise, ID tominboise Campfire Tracker
tominboise Campfire Tracker Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 4,216 Boise, ID	That's a damn nice bull - great job! I presume that is a draw tag area in Oregon? Regards, Tom

Re: 2018 Oregon Elk aheider #13240758 10/29/18
Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 13,659 Indiana pointer Campfire Outfitter
pointer Campfire Outfitter Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 13,659 Indiana	Nice bull in some super neat looking country!! Congrats!

Re: 2018 Oregon Elk aheider #13240764 10/29/18
Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 8,173 S.E. Alaska MuskegMan Campfire Outfitter
MuskegMan Campfire Outfitter Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 8,173 S.E. Alaska	Outstanding field photo of you and your bull!

Re: 2018 Oregon Elk aheider #13240787 10/29/18
Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 141 Land of the Free F Firemann Campfire Member
Firemann Campfire Member F Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 141 Land of the Free	Beautiful country for high desert elk. "I've made alot of money in my life, most of it spent on guns and women. The rest of it I just wasted."

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Re: 2018 Oregon Elk aheider #13240789 10/29/18
Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 141 Land of the Free F Firemann Campfire Member
Firemann Campfire Member F Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 141 Land of the Free	Beautiful country for high desert elk. "I've made alot of money in my life, most of it spent on guns and women. The rest of it I just wasted."

Re: 2018 Oregon Elk aheider #13240842 10/29/18
Joined: May 2017 Posts: 1,053 Likes: 1 Justahunter Campfire Regular
Justahunter Campfire Regular Joined: May 2017 Posts: 1,053 Likes: 1	Nice bull! Todd

Re: 2018 Oregon Elk aheider #13241126 10/29/18
Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 21,183 N.. Newaukum, Washington J Judman Campfire Ranger
Judman Campfire Ranger J Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 21,183 N.. Newaukum, Washington	Nice bull and great pics. Ping pong balls for the win. Once you've wrestled everything else in life is easy. Dan Gable I keep my circle small, I’d rather have 4 quarters than 100 pennies. Ain’t easy havin pals.

Re: 2018 Oregon Elk aheider #13241384 10/29/18
Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 2,923 SE Okla R RNF Campfire Regular
RNF Campfire Regular R Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 2,923 SE Okla	That's a very nice bull, congrats. A gun in the hand is worth more than the entire police force on the phone.

Re: 2018 Oregon Elk tominboise #13241625 10/29/18
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 2,252 Oregon A aheider OP Campfire Regular
OP aheider Campfire Regular A Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 2,252 Oregon	Originally Posted by tominboise That's a damn nice bull - great job! I presume that is a draw tag area in Oregon? Yep, draw tag first season elk.

Re: 2018 Oregon Elk aheider #13241790 10/29/18
Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 10,731 Likes: 1 upstate ny R rong Campfire Outfitter
rong Campfire Outfitter R Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 10,731 Likes: 1 upstate ny	Nice bull!!

Re: 2018 Oregon Elk aheider #13241798 10/29/18
Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 24,616 Idaho wageslave Campfire Ranger
wageslave Campfire Ranger Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 24,616 Idaho	Very nice animal. Congrats. Slave P.S. Nice pics too. Have Dog Will Travel

Re: 2018 Oregon Elk aheider #13241802 10/29/18
Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 17,784 Likes: 1 Wyoming W WyoCoyoteHunter Campfire Ranger
WyoCoyoteHunter Campfire Ranger W Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 17,784 Likes: 1 Wyoming	Great!!! Molon Labe

Re: 2018 Oregon Elk WyoCoyoteHunter #13241836 10/29/18
Joined: May 2011 Posts: 56,301 Likes: 9 Oregon Fireball2 Campfire Kahuna
Fireball2 Campfire Kahuna Joined: May 2011 Posts: 56,301 Likes: 9 Oregon	Looks like Riverside area. Good bull! Was he alone? _______________________________________________________ An 8 dollar driveway boy living in a T-111 shack LOL

Re: 2018 Oregon Elk Fireball2 #13241879 10/29/18
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 2,252 Oregon A aheider OP Campfire Regular
OP aheider Campfire Regular A Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 2,252 Oregon	Originally Posted by Fireball2 Looks like Riverside area. Good bull! Was he alone? Five cows and a couple spikes were with him. My buddy killed one of the spikes.

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