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Paul.
"Kids who grow up hunting, fishing & trapping, do not mug little old Ladies"
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My first (or second) year in Wyoming I saw one nearly identical at the local processor’s shop! It was taken by an out of state hunter somewhere in the Bondurant area of Wyoming! memtb
You should not use a rifle that will kill an animal when everything goes right; you should use one that will do the job when everything goes wrong." -Bob Hagel
“I’d like to be a good rifleman…..but, I prefer to be a good hunter”! memtb 2024
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Outstanding! Congrats on your bull.
No need for every hunt to be a lung-sucking, back-breaking hunt. You did well.
Regards, Guy
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Nice work, Percy! … and you, too, hunts…  FC
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Good job Don, that's the way i try to pack them in, put a winch on a 16' flat bed that we pull with a John Deere with a Bucket loader. ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/1GLKIU2.jpg) Picked this one up with my Jeep drove to the nearest 2 track road they brought the trailer to the road and I dropped him on it, he was to heavy for me to bring back 20 miles with my Jeep. ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/eg5AvGS.jpg)
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You never see:
"Front End Loader"
On the "Gear List" from any elk outfitters. However, I have yet to hear from someone who denies the use of same when possible.
I can walk on water.......................but I do stagger a bit on alcohol.
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Congrats on the bull and the extraction method. Way cool!
Semper Fi
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Very nice.
Corn fed elk should be tasty!
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Good job!
I have been lucky enough to have mechanized help when loading a few elk, as well as one fair-sized bull moose taken in Alberta. Don't mind such help at all...
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John Steinbeck
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Went to the feedstore and grabbed another tag this morning, in case another one blows thru.... I have 2 more months of season.
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Should have guessed you had made provision for the dogs on everything, well done hunts sure appreciate your pics..mb
" Cheapest velocity in the world comes from a long barrel and I sure do like them. MB "
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that's what I'm talking about. No reason all "hunts" need to be hard. I like an easy peasy kill every now and then too.
Laws aren't preventative measures. In other words, more laws won't prevent gun crime from happening.
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Congrats Hunts, on getting some winter meat and the hunt continues!!
My favorite elk hunts were Ranching For Wildlife hunts when the ranch hands would snake the carcass down the hill and load them in my truck!
The whitetail here on the farm get the tractor treatment but it's not the same as living in the west...
I went with a retired buddy on his first elk hunt (RFW) where he shot a cow. He was amazed with the size of a mature elk and grateful for the ranch hands loading it in his truck too.
Your dogs are smart enough to drive, maybe they could just follow you with the tractor!
"Camping places fix themselves in your mind as if you had spent long periods of your life in them.
You will remember a curve of your wagon track in the grass of the plain like the features of a friend."
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Congrats! Love your barn!! Pretty darn swanky
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Didn't you read, you can not kill anything with a match bullet. I mean hornady calls it a MATCH bullet........jeez......
(Obviously I'm joking, the "m" in eldm stands for murder)
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Nice work Don,
I grew up in that area. Throughout most of my early years it was news when we'd see elk around. Now it's a common occurrence.
No task is half-a$$ed more than the spelling of Creedmoor...
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Cool beans Hunts!!! Ok who's truck in the background of the shop?? Dam cool shop what's up the stairs??? Sorry I'm nosey!!! GWPGUY. 🐾👣🐾👣🇨🇦
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